Author Archives: Nicole Clausing

How Glamorous Can Glamping Get? Let L.A.’s Most Stylish Camper Show You

Pamela Shamshiri, the founder of Los Angeles–based Studio Shamshiri, is an unlikely camper. If you’ve seen her award-winning… Read More

I Never Saw the Allure of Camping—Then One Night (and Two Meals) Changed Everything.

While I never considered the outdoors to be an enemy, we’re definitely not close friends. Family trips throughout my childhood included bonfires and, as… Read More

Everything’s Coming up Rainbows: The LGBTQ+ Businesses and Organizations We Love

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. It’s June, and that means… Read More

Camping in Place: How to Make a Sleepaway Camp in Your Own Backyard

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. The California summer camp experience… Read More

Our Editor in Chief Ventures Back into the Great Outdoors—and So Can You

It was a spur-of-the-moment thing, a last-minute road trip to a campsite a mere 30 miles from my house. I’d had my second shot,… Read More

Sear Those Ribs and Chill That Fruit: Here’s What You Should Be Cooking in June

It’s June. That means it’s time to fire up the grill and fill the freezer with chilled treats. We’re cooking outside, and eating there,… Read More

What’s Your Sign? Here’s How You Should Furnish Your Backyard According to the Zodiac

Some of us like clean, sleek lines. Others of us prefer a riot of color. Why? Who knows. There’s no accounting for taste and… Read More

From Books to Boozy Ice Cream, Here’s What We Can’t Live Without During the Summer

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Read More

From Sand to Sorbet and the Stars and Stripes, Here’s How We’re Observing Memorial Day

When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like Red Coals in the Sky

Sometimes it seems like every full moon gets a click-bait name. The one occurring May 26 has the particularly over-the-top moniker of the Super… Read More

From Bands to Blankets, Here’s What We’re Loving This Week

Flamingo Estate Is the Not-So-Secret Garden of Your Dreams

The gardener and the herbalist pack fresh masa around the seal of a vintage copper alembic still on the porch of the goatherd’s cabin. Read More

From Crater Lake’s Depths to Rooftop Luxury, Here’s Where We Like to Go Swimming

Cleetwood Cove Trail, Crater Lake… Read More

Safe Havens: Our Favorite Hotels for Social Distancing—and Getting Away from It All

1 of 7Ashley Scott Photography Salmon Falls Resort, Ketchikan,… Read More

The Ultimate Central Oregon Vacation Planner

Central Oregon is the stuff of our Pacific Northwest Dreams. With the beyond-bucolic river town Bend offering all the urban amenities (craft beverages! open… Read More

“Don’t Try to Fight It:” Letting a Landscape’s True Nature Come Through in Marin

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. A large patch of no­-mow… Read More

From Rom-Coms to Cult Favorites, These Are Our Favorite Films Set in the West

Designer Justina Blakeney’s Global Style Is a Little Extra (And We Love It That Way)

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. It’s been twelve years since… Read More

The Planters We’ll Stake Our Reputations on (And Maybe a Nice Little Ficus, Too)

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission. Folia Collective Seagrass Basket… Read More

Everywhere There Are Spikes: An Exclusive Peek at One of the World’s Greatest Cactus Collections

In a world of Instagram plantfluencers, pandemic plant parenthood new­bies, trending Monstera, and famous florists, the Cactus Store in Los… Read More

Pet Beds, Fruit Picking, and Sweet Discoveries: How We’re Observing Earth Day

Easy Garden-Fresh Upgrades to Weeknight Pizza

Sunset Staff in Partnership with Amy’s Kitchen and Taylor O’Sullivan Is there anything more satisfying and simple than a fine frozen pizza made… Read More

What’s for Dinner? Anything from Fried Chicken to Falafel, Thanks to These Unstoppable Restaurants

Your Spring Garden Checklist

We only recommend things we love. If you buy something through our site, we might earn a commission What should you be planting… Read More