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When my friend Jessalyn first visited Disneyland as a child, she was smitten by its glimmering, unblemished mystery. “It was far more real than real,” she said. “A dream come true.” But after a few ...

Outdoor Supply Hardware was named Best Hardware Store in the Best of Santa Cruz County 2024 readers survey.

The world’s record for jumping rope in six inches of mud is held by an Aries. Are you surprised? I’m not. So is the world’s record for consecutive wallops administered to a plastic inflatable punching ...

Gary Shteyngart's hilarious satire Absurdistan is guaranteed to keep you in stitches, even as protagonist Misha Vainberg suffers far worse than stitches when he first arrives in American and endures a ...

It’s unclear whether the Brothers Comatose ever leaves the road. Legend has it they’ve even shown up at gigs on horseback.

Many couples in the United States experiencing fertility troubles spend thousands of dollars on various drugs and in vitro procedures. But there's another option as well. If you take Highway 152 from ...

Noble though it may be, biking can also be tough work. For those who dislike struggling up the steep hills of UCSC campus or getting worn out before they even make it in to work, Ecology Action is ...

Like many journalists, Dana Priest entered the field deeply imprinted with memories of investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein breaking open the Watergate scandal and bringing down a ...

Pub with more than 40 beers on tap, California wines and hard ciders. Weekday happy hour 4-6pm; also after 10pm Wednesday and all day Thursday. Karaoke on Monday. "Pint Night" on Tuesday, with happy ...

The thing that attracts me most to Italy, coming in a close second after art, of course, is the taking of meals. But the seduction begins even before the fork touches the plate, before the menu stirs ...