How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Santa Cruz

Anyone who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s will almost certainly have the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk commercials stamped on their subconscious, alongside their best friend’s landline. But Santa Cruz is much more than a West Coast Coney Island. (The Boardwalk, incidentally, is California’s oldest amusement park and is a…

Museum Shows Focus on Food

This article is part of our Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on how museums, galleries and auction houses are embracing new artists, new concepts and new traditions. Food — a subject of universal appeal — is a big deal in many cities and especially in New York. There are delis, lots of them, and…

The Tale of Steven and Stephen

Steven Nicholas Romo and Stephen Robert Morgan have a lot in common. They have the same first names. They’re both reporters. They were both raised in religious homes that eschewed homosexuality. And they both had the same fear: that being gay would mean there could be no happily ever after for them. One of those…