Oct 1st, 2012 at 11:00AM: It's no secret that the 13 states comprising the Western U.S. are a bit unusual. Enter Westphoria, Sunset magazine's 4-month-old blog dedicated to celebrating all that's quirky, kick-ass, and distinct about the Left Coast, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Think retrofitted teardrop campers, chicken "sitters," bike-powered farmers market smoothies, and, uh, hotel rooms designed to resemble ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Sunset Magazine's 'Westphoria' Blog Celebrates The Weirdness Of The Western States
Oct 1st, 2012 at 11:00AM: It's no secret that the 13 states comprising the Western U.S. are a bit unusual. Enter Westphoria, Sunset magazine's 4-month-old blog dedicated to celebrating all that's quirky, kick-ass, and distinct about the Left Coast, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Think retrofitted teardrop campers, chicken "sitters," bike-powered farmers market smoothies, and, uh, hotel rooms designed to resemble ...Driving Through Detroit
Jun 14th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
In a part of the public imagination, Detroit is an urban frontier, ripe for the conquering and reimagining, poised for a renaissance, driven by Chrysler ads and noble hipsters volunteering on urban farms. It's also true that Detroit is an abandoned city, dark and desolate, the kind of place where you can drive down Mack Avenue late one night and only see one pedestrian, a woman scratching her ...Detroit's Urban Farms: Budget Battles and Milking Goats
Jun 7th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
I had never milked a goat before the time I wrapped my fingers around Apple's teat and squeezed, inside a barn on a one-acre plot next to a public school in Woodbridge, Detroit. Two volunteers at the farm, Doug Reith and Leeann Drees, offered to bring me along for their turn at tending the animals at the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a school that's also home to one of the city's best known ...
