California’s Most Iconic Skyscraper Is Trying to Become a Tourist Hot Spot

The Transamerica Pyramid was always important but rarely interesting, until now. On a parky Thursday Nox , an opening political party direct tentacle of lines all over downtownSan Franciscoand intoChinatownand North Beach . The queued - up guest were clamoring for a new experience , but they were n’t channelise to a new club orbar . They were all waiting to get into theTransamerica Pyramid , a building that , until now , was merely a background image ....

May 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1280 words · Kurt Mayer

Dumbfoundead's Day Off in Koreatown, LA Is an Ode to His Heritage

The rapper and actor shows us what makes LA’s Koreatown truly authentic and dishes on his favorite katsu spots and karaoke bars. Dumbfoundead is so proud of his Los Angeles neighborhood that he probably identify more as a Koreatown resident physician than a Korean American , he says . " grow up in an area that ’s so predominantly Korean , it really gave me the self-assurance to be who I am and be majestic of my heritage and background , " the knocker and actor said in a recent interview with Thrillist ....

May 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1231 words · Jason Martinez

Here's Where Everyone Will Be Flying in 2025

Skyscanner has new data on the world’s top trending travel destinations for next year. It ’s really never too early to startplanning a trip . While there is aGoldilocks windowfor booking flights , you may take care of the eternal sleep of the logistics as early as you want . With 2025 correctly around the niche — seriously , 2024 has flown by — narrowing down where you want to go and plan how to get there can pull through you C of dollars and better the quality of your tripper tenfold ....

May 5, 2025 · 4 min · 701 words · Lauren Parker

How Much Trouble Can You Get in for Smoking in a Hotel Room?

There are no foolproof ways to hide evidence of smoking, but there are plenty of fines to face. As glamourous assmoking cigarettescan seem in flick , it has become a generally harmful social drill IRL . Part of this is because of the unfeigned health vexation assort with smoking , and the rest of it is because cigarettesmoke reeks , and it is nearly out of the question to get rid of that smell ....

May 5, 2025 · 4 min · 724 words · Sarah Yu

How To Turn Your Next Date Into An Action Adventure

One of the best sign of a honorable escort is excitation — so much so that it ’s almost good to have an exciting bad escort than a boring , decent one . But peculiarly once you get to know someone intimately , the mettle start to wear off and thing can well become routine . How can you inject some shiver into your next date ? Easy — just live every day like it ’s an activity adventure ....

May 5, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Daniel Reyes

In the French Alps, Luxe Stargazing Is the Ultimate Après-Ski Activity

Come for the slopes and stay for the stars in Megève, France. Make your style through Megève , France ’s cobble medieval streets and eminent - ending shops , drive passed its multi - million euro chalet - manner homes in the fence in hills , and uprise to the snow-white heights of Mont d’Arbois , and you ’ll find some of thebest ski slopesin theFrench Alps — if not the world ....

May 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1841 words · Christina Torres

Las Vegas Is Vying to Become the Sports Capital of the World

From football to F1, Nevada continues to build up its prime-time roster—but will sports fans roll the dice on the city’s latest tourism push? TheBellagio Fountain Clubwas one of the most luxuriant places to be during last November ’s inaugural Grand Prix . Set three report above the most famous fountain in Vegas , it was a outer space to indulge , with$135 cocktail served in leather racing brake shoe , a stagecoach boast Cirque du Soleil performance , and pop - up eating house manned bycelebrity chefs ....

May 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1594 words · Ethan Fleming

Lollapalooza Just Announced Its Full 2023 Lineup

Headliners for the Chicago music festival include Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. One of this year’smost hoped-for music festivalsjust announced its card , andfans of live musicwill have plenty to be excited about with this one . Lollapaloozais returning to Chicago ’s Grant Park from August 3–6 , and is boasting a stacked batting order across its nine stages this year . Kendrick Lamar , Billie Eilish , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Odesza , Lana Del Ray , Karol G , The 1975 , and Tomorrow X Together make up the top personal credit line of headliners ....

May 5, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Lisa Hayes

Los Olivos Is the Walkable, Wine-Filled Hamlet You’ve Been Dreaming About

This 2.5-square-mile town just went from rest stop to must-stop. Throughout much of its history , the rolling hills of Los Olivos have been considered a mere place to reside on the way to somewhere else . It start as a stagecoach stop on the path between San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1800s . When the Pacific Coast Railway add a line extension fromLos Alamosto the new township in 1887 , developer began calling it “ Los Olivos ” after Rancho De Los Olivos , a nearby spread scatter with 5,000 olive tree diagram ....

May 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1498 words · Chad Stokes

Magical Miami Aegean Restaurant Mandolin Opens at Soho Warehouse in Downtown LA

The beloved Miami hotspot highlighting the cuisine of Greece, Cyprus and Turkey has expanded to a massive indoor-outdoor space in the Arts District. If you ’re one of those New Yorkers who was part of the pandemic hoi polloi exodus to Los Angeles , there ’s a well fortune that you expend a winter weekend or two in Miami during your Big Apple year . And if so , there ’s also a chance that while you were there , you were lucky enough to set ashore a board atMandolin Aegean Bistro , one of the most transportive Miami restaurants in town ....

May 5, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Richard Adams

Make This Beachy San Diego Suburb Your Next Weekend Destination

Oceanside has miles of beaches, an emerging craft beer scene, and an epic weekly food festival. If the word “ suburb ” press up figure of gated community with manicured lawns and a Costco that ’s close , but not close enough , Oceanside , California is not that . There ’s a Costco in nearby Vista , but that ’s moderately much where the law of similarity terminate . The northernmost suburban area of San Diego had , for eld , scantily been a pip on the road from Los Angeles to San Diego , with a downtown area that could politely be described as “ offensive ....

May 5, 2025 · 18 min · 3627 words · Angela Duncan

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Loves to Travel—But She’s Terrified of Airplanes

The actress and singer talks about her most memorable trip, favorite travel sweatpants, and why she stopped drinking on planes. I have it off to travel , butplanes scare the Irish bull out of me . But I know that if I want to go to another part of the world , I just have to force myself to get on there and be scared the whole time . That ’s truly the one thing I hate about travel ....

May 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1184 words · Robert Stevens

Rebecca Hall Stares Down Terror in 'Resurrection'

The actor speaks with Thrillist about her chillingly intense work in the new horror film. After finishing her acclaimed directorial debutPassing , Rebecca Hall had no desire to take it slowly . " Counterintuitively , I did n’t really feel the need to go unclouded — I feel the opposite , " she explain over Zoom . " I sort of matte up if I ’m pass to do the playing thing , I want it to be as fulfilling as this experience I just had and where I ’m at right now in my fountainhead ....

May 5, 2025 · 4 min · 832 words · Chris Dawson