Home The Eyes Have It For over 25 years, Image Optics has been the quiet secret behind Hollywood's most iconic faces. Now, they're fitting yours.
Barbers & Salons Your Hair Called. It Wants to Look Like It Has Somewhere to Be. The boho era had a good run. 2026 is not impressed. As Vogue reported at the top of the year, the effortless beachy texture that has defined the last several seasons is packing its bags. What's replacing it isn't stiff or precious — it's polished.
Art & Music One Night, $1.1 Billion, and Nicole Kidman Staring Into a Golden Sculpture Christie's just had the kind of evening that makes you want to buy a Brancusi. You can't, obviously. But still.
Art & Music Golden Hour at the Norton Simon There is a particular quality to late afternoon in Pasadena, when the light turns the color of weak tea and good bourbon at the same time, and the Norton Simon’s sculpture garden does its best impression of a place where nothing has ever gone wrong.
Events Southern California Has Plans for You This June Pride parades, solstice festivals, a concert under the stars, and a theme park after dark. June across So Cal is not a month you sit out.
Events Updated Southern California Calendar for June 2026 Everything happening across Southern California this June, in one place.
Palm Springs Every Thursday Night, Palm Springs Closes the Street and Opens Everything Else Palm Canyon Drive shuts down to cars every Thursday evening and becomes something far more interesting. This is the Palm Springs the locals actually live in.
Art & Music The Curtain Is Up. Southern California's Theater Season Is Not Waiting for You. From Pasadena to Hollywood to Costa Mesa, the stages across Southern California this June are offering the kind of evenings that remind you why live theater exists in the first place.
Food & Drink The Best Meal in Southern California Might Come Through a Window No reservation required. No dress code. Just some of the most extraordinary food in the region, served from the side of a truck by people who mean it.
Home The Farmers Markets are the Best in Southern California No reservation required. No parking valet. Just extraordinary food, the people who grew it, and a Saturday morning that earns the rest of the weekend.
Newport Beach Newport Beach Has Trails. Beautiful, Surprising, Worth Every Step. Most people come for the water. The ones who lace up their hiking boots discover a completely different Newport Beach — and tend to come back for both.
Santa Barbara The Mountains Are Right There. Go! Santa Barbara sits between the Pacific and the Santa Ynez Mountains. Most people stay on the coast. The ones who go up remember it for years.
Palm Springs The Desert Wants You to Walk Into It Palm Springs has over 140 hiking trails within reach. Here are the ones worth lacing up for.
Pasadena Old Town Pasadena Is Eating Well Right Now A new wave of restaurants is quietly making Colorado Boulevard one of the most interesting dining streets in Southern California. Here's where to pull up a chair.
Events Your June in Southern California, Properly Scheduled The outdoor concerts, the festivals, the races, the living paintings, and the events that only happen here. June is not the month to stay on the couch.
Home The Museums Worth Leaving the House For This Summer Southern California's art season doesn't slow down in summer. It accelerates. Here's where the work is happening right now.
Food & Drink Southern California Is Having a Moment at the Table The restaurants opening across So Cal right now are the kind that change the conversation. Here's where to make a reservation before everyone else does.
Newport Beach Balboa Island Is the Best Afternoon You Haven't Had Yet A tiny man-made island in the middle of Newport Harbor, where the pace slows down and everything tastes better. There's a ferry. Take it.
Santa Barbara The Funk Zone Doesn't Care If You've Heard of It Santa Barbara's most interesting neighborhood was once an industrial district. Now it's where the city actually lives.
Palm Springs The Tram That Changes Everything In ten minutes, Palm Springs takes you from desert floor to mountain wilderness. Most people never make it up. That's their loss.
Pasadena The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Is Pasadena's Best Kept Secret. Most people drive right past it. The ones who don't tend to come back. There is a two-acre Japanese garden tucked into a residential neighborhood in Pasadena that most people have never heard of, and the people who know about it would prefer to keep it that way.
Food & Drink The Table Everyone in Altadena Is Talking About. Some restaurants open quietly and earn their reputation slowly. And then there's Betsy.
Home The Light Has Always Been the Point This new exhibition carries that conversation forward with a new generation of artists working in the same tradition.
Events June in Southern California A month so full of things worth doing that staying home begins to feel like a personal failing.
