Travel

Stay, Play, Repeat

Skip the airport. The getaway you need is right here at Temecula Creek Inn. Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia Here's the plot twist of the summer: the trip you've been craving doesn't need a boarding pass — just twenty minutes and a bag you'll barely bother to unpack. Tucked into more than 300 oak-shaded acres at the edge of wine country, a freshly reimagined Temecula Creek Inn makes a quietly convincing case that the ultimate flex isn't going far. It's going slow. Consider...

Fitness

The Best Thing I've Done

for My Kids This Year Has Nothing to Do with Them Article by Rancho Health Patient Testimonial | Photography by Stephen Byrne By 35, I’d come to terms with a few things. The college jersey wasn’t fitting anymore. My “highlight reels” lived exclusively in the heads of people legally obligated to remember them — namely, my wife and my mom. And somewhere between toddler tantrums, work emails that never stop, and the dad-bod creeping in like an uninvited houseguest, my body sent up a flare. Weekly...

Fitness

GAME ON

How a single free lesson grew into Temecula's pickleball boom. Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia Temecula's buzziest new hangout doesn't pour wine or plate brunch. It's eight freshly painted pickleball courts at Michael "Mike" Naggar Community Park, which opened this summer — and if the city's track record means anything, they were full by sunset. That's just how it goes here now. In five years, Temecula has gone from a couple of courts to a genuine pickleball town — and the...

Entertainment

Sweet Escape

Furry Friends + Fresh Chocolate = Best Day Ever Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Time Stood Still Photography It's the sweetest little zoo in Temecula — a hilltop packed with rescued animals, knockout views, and fresh chocolate made right on site. Furry friends + fresh chocolate = best day ever. Here's a sentence you don't get to write very often: there's a place in Temecula where you can spend the morning making new animal friends and the afternoon picking out hand-dipped chocolates —...