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As much as it's a PITA to go from California to Italy, it's still one of my favorite places to visit. Let's say that the juice is worth the squeeze. Venice was the first city I visited in Italy, and as a 22-year-old, it left a deep, dark impression on my mind. Life is fundamentally sweeter, I became convinced, when your city, sidewalks, and streets are built to...

My modern bloomers make it easier to stylishly bike to and from the office and anytime in-between. Slip on under your skirt or dress so you can forget about nuisances like accidental flashing and thigh rub. I'm pleased as punch to return and share news of three new Ivalieu "eye-vah-loo" styles.

Helmets annoy me. More often than not, they’re more hindrance than help. Commuter helmets, while fashionable, are often nothing more than giant heat sinks; the result of poor design and a lack of ventilation. On the other end of the spectrum, racing helmets are very well ventilated, but generally uncomfortable and cost-prohibitive. As an industry professional, being forced to choose between the two led...

It's ironic that a radical way of designing a suburb is what now makes Seaside such a desirable vacation destination.

Introducing the Gold Premium Bike Helmet from Thousand! Magical things happen to your outfits when you take a practical item (like flat shoes, or say, a bicycle helmet!) and reinterpret them in a stand-out finish.

I think of myself as a California kid... But my first memories of swimming in the sea are of the bathtub warm Gulf of Mexico. Making drip castles on the white sugar sand beach, learning the dead man’s float from my mom, and watching the humidity coalesce into rain miles away.