By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik The very things that make up modern-day living — roads, buildings, tunnels, dams, bridges, water...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik There is nothing more exciting, rewarding…and potentially emotional…than shopping for the perfect gown in which...
By Karen Schaffner San Antonio, Texas is nothing if not surprising. From the friendliness of its citizens who go out of their way to make visitors...
Descanso Gardens is a vibrant island of natural beauty in a sea of urban development. BY NANCY D. LACKEY SHAFFER La Canada Flintridge is merely 20 miles...
Story and photos by Chuck Graham Our 4x4 vehicle was taking a pounding on the gritty washboard-riddled road toward the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia....
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik “Anything silly and colorful with a retro twist” is ceramicist Lyndsie Harris’s jam. This talented...
OLIVAS ADOBE O n Aug. 16, Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)OLIVAS  hosted its annual Night in Oaxaca at Olivas Adobe in Ventura. This celebration of...
Photos by Viktor Budnik An exceptionally wet winter has Ventura County bursting into full bloom this spring. Nowhere is this more evident than at Ventura...
Story by By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski and photos by Dave Karasinski Simply put: Quebec City is magical. Filled with charm, charisma and a happy spirit, the city...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | All photos courtesy Zachari Dunes on Mandalay Beach Oxnard’s Mandalay Beach is one of the prettiest seaside spots in...