California

Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to a Chinatown food tour day in San Francisco—a sentence that already feels like a good life choice. San Francisco has one of the best Chinatowns in the country, and I say that as a person from New York City, which has a perfectly respectable Chinatown of …

Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 Hours in San Francisco—a city that absolutely refuses to be contained by a single itinerary. San Francisco is not the kind of place where you can say, “I’ve seen it,” and mean the same thing as anyone else. One person’s San Francisco is sourdough and …

Greetings Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 hours in San Diego, the sunniest plot twist of my entire California adventure. Normally, I kick off these posts by revealing my Extremely Strong preconceived notions about the destination—like how I once believed Los Angeles was made entirely of Botox and crushed dreams, or how …

Greetings Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 hours in Palm Springs — a place so sunny, stylish, and unbothered that it feels like it was designed in a lab specifically to make New Yorkers question their life choices. What would make someone choose to spend 24 hours in Palm Springs?Well, as a …

Greetings Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane. So you’ve got 24 hours in Los Angeles and you’re wondering where to even begin? Same, bestie. LA is basically a giant quilt made of neighborhoods, freeways, and dreams of becoming TikTok famous — but if we’re starting anywhere, why not begin in the shimmering jewel box of Beverly …