Our advertising sponsor, local artist Joel Patience, has a great idea for holiday giving. He thinks beach days = best days.

Children’s book publishers were invited to submit up to 10 picture books published this year in the United States. The judges ...

Pacifica may be known for its surf — and its, ahem, Taco Bell — but this coastal town offers so much more: beachy hikes, ...

Pack your bathing suit and take your family to one of these easy-to-reach sunny destinations around the globe that are as ...

I went on a Celebrity cruise with my mom, grandma, and extended family. It had something for everyone, making it the best way ...

In a time of stress, there is nothing like uplifting art to provide a sanctuary for the heart and soul. You will find that in ...

Together, we saw the interior of Tortola before lounging on a white-sand beach in the British Virgin ... went to line dances by the pool and did watercolor and origami in the lounges.

(And if you don’t fancy the stairclimb, the sights are pretty remarkable from the flat California Coastal Trail, too, which parallels the black sand of Sharp Park Beach.) But if it’s history ...

The suites also come with coolers, beach chairs and beach towels for guests ... can be arranged to and from the Cruz Bay ferry dock. Watercolor paintings by St. John artist Elaine Estern ...

This week in the Holy City, check out author meet-and-greets, concerts from A Thousand Horses or Morgan Wade, torch lit boat tours or the BarBrewGrass Festival.