They’re now ghosts of the past—but suburban Marin County was once served by a web of railroad lines, culminating in the small, but busy working ports of Sausalito, Tiburon and Larkspur. The lines brought people, cattle and timber to the ferries and barges that served San Francisco. Once a storage ba

What does a soccer team have to do with San Diego’s arts scene? Quite a lot, as it turns out. When San Diego FC launched, the club could have spent its marketing budget on billboards, bus wraps, and digital ads. Instead, it went into neighborhoods, found local artists and creatives, and started buil

At Del Mar Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting, the walk between food tents can take a while. You might stop to watch a chef competition, get pulled toward the DJ, or find yourself playing mini golf before you remember which bite you were after. Across the Del Mar Polo Fields, there’s also line dan

At Del Mar Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting, everyone has their own goals for the day. One friend wants oysters and Champagne. Another heard there’s line dancing. Someone disappeared into Taco Alley. The food person is making a beeline for every chef demo, the golf friend has found the simulator

Anu Jain, the founder and principal designer at Atelier Oleana, has put her family home in St. Francis Wood on the market. For one of San Francisco’s most sought after designers, the sale is bittersweet: “We fell in love with the house almost immediately—I think we knew within ten minutes, it’s both

Tickets to the Del Mar Wine & Food Festival get you in the door. The real fun is figuring out who you’ll run into once you’re there. This year’s weeklong schedule of exclusive events, running September 30–October 4, includes dinners, tastings, and loosely-supervised chaos where celebrity chefs and l

CDA National Reserve delivers unrivaled lakefront living, championship golf and elevated style The 18-hole championship course was designed by Tom Weiskopf to offer a blend of pristine lake views and forested terrain. Members can enjoy a no-tee-time availability with possible sightings of elk, moose

Jonathon Glus is the Prebys Foundation senior fellow leading the development of the Art + Design District at the Downtown San Diego Partnership. He has been asked what an arts and design district is many times. In our conversation, I asked him instead to describe what it isn’t. His answer opened up

Sebastián Morúa is the Senior Vice President of Brand & Innovation for San Diego FC. He oversees Playmakers, the program through which the club has, over the past three years, engaged with over 80 working artists—not as marketing partners, but as co-creative directors. Morúa didn’t build Playmakers

Bernard Lacoute and wife farmer-philanthropist Jennifer Lacroute have put their Napa estate—Vichy Farm—on the market. The couple developed the property over the years with an exquisite renovation by Sutton Suzuki Architects. Almost three decades ago, Lacroute had founded the famed WillaKenzie Estate

Fall Arts Preview presented by SDFC Playmakers September Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art Now through Jan. 10, 2027 Sift through over 200 photographs, sketches, letters, and costumes from “The King of Vogue,” who photographed World War II, m

This is part of a three-part series. This is Act III. See Act I and Act II here. The Future We’ve been here before. In 2012, city funding for the arts and culture in San Diego had eroded. As a corrective, the city council unanimously approved “Penny for the Arts”—a promise to dedicate roughly one pe

This is part of a three-part series. This is Act II. See Act I and Act III here. Without concrete, wildflowers are just weeds. Any honest history of San Diego art and culture is tension and its reckonings. It begins before the name existed, with the Kumeyaay. It must pass through the Panama-Californ

This is part of a three-part series. This is Act I. See Act II and Act III here. Every spring, Christine Martinez reaches out to the arts community to explain what’s on the line, hoping they’ll engage with the city’s budget process. Cultural funding, she constantly reminds, is almost always strapped

Coming to market in the next few days, this spectacular Mid-century Sausalito dwelling (originally built in 1950), was given a subtle but comprehensive reinvention over the course of two years, overseen by the bi-coastal architectural firm Ike Baker Velten with interiors by the equally eminent San F

San Diego is full of people who deserve a few thousand words on what they make, who they bring together, and how their work changes the city around them. The artists, makers, advocates, and behind-the-scenes talent below are a small part of that larger ecosystem. To help us narrow our list, we looke

Some ancient philosophers believed that humans experience seven-year life cycles or phases of life. Some went so far as to believe that every cell in the body regenerates every seven years. Much later, in the 1800s, Austrian philosopher, architect, and social reformer Rudolf Steiner developed anthro

What makes San Diego, San Diego? That’s the question at the heart of this issue. Over the course of eight weeks, San Diego Magazine staff and I spoke to dozens of people, from long-time leaders at some of our biggest institutions to emerging artists working alone at night in studio apartments after

People remember the first time they see Joe Dreamz. Mine was a mile into the 2023 Carlsbad Half Marathon. He was standing on a speaker in the middle of the course, singing: “Hey you with the shoes, are you living Joe Dreamz?” Clearly not. I’m running uphill at 7 in the morning, I thought. Months lat

Hawaiian shirts hang from the ceiling like Jimmy Buffett chandeliers. Shelves of Waterford Crystal, uranium glass, and 1930s Depression-era glass line the narrow walkways, the latter mass-produced during a time when few could afford fine china. There’s enough to pour a mai tai for every San Diegan w