by Kim Cooper | Aug 31, 2019 | The Esotouric Blog
We were cruising across the vast flat lands of Orange County, the GPS app set to avoid toll roads and freeways, as the setting sun tinted every surface with that magical liquid gilding that can’t be painted or bottled, but is best captured in passenger window...
by Kim Cooper | Jul 7, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Update, November 2019: The Marciano Art Foundation has closed, and all 70 visitor-facing staff members were fired, after they announced their intention to unionize. File under: when a “landmark” isn’t actually landmarked, property owners can make...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 14, 2015 | The Esotouric Blog
High in the Hollywood Hills, the 1927 Spanish castle that top cinematographer Oliver Marsh built was in pretty shabby shape by 1967, when wrestler/actor/carpenter George Ehling picked it up. Instead of restoring, he transformed the place into something brand new. Over...