Arcadia, The Chinese Beverly Hills

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For the ancient Greeks, the province of Arcadia represented a sort of “heaven on earth,” God-like perfection brought to this world. The Californian city of Arcadia (named after the ancient location), on the other hand, has become a “perfect” destination  for Chinese wanting to invest abroad. But why was this sleepy, upper middle-class suburb 50km to […]

San Diego: America’s Finest City

San Diego: America’s Finest City by Jessica DeFino The light was blindingly bright as I inched closer and closer to San Diego on the 1-5, as if I were driving directly into the sun. Traffic from Los Angeles to San Diego- normally just a two and a half hour drive- was slow-moving; not so much […]

Fashion Week Fall / Winter 2015 Street Style- Editors

At fashion week Fall/Winter 2015, the show is as much off the runway as it is onstage.  Before the show, after the show, backstage, on the streets – world famous fashion editors, models, celebrities, and stylists show off amazing clothes with major panache.  Our photographer Tim Regas follows them around the major Fashion Week Cities.  (More […]

Stephen Quake: Redefining Biomedical Engineering

  It’s been over 20 years since Jurassic Park introduced the concept of biomedical engineering to the public.  Scientists in the Michael Crichton novel-turned-film manipulated amber-preserved dinosaur DNA– more specifically, dinosaur genomes– to repopulate the planet with animals millions of years old, essentially reversing extinction. Today, Professor Stephen Quake has made sci-fi fantasies a reality […]

The Lake District in North West England

  In the Northwest of England, in the region of Cumbria, the lakes are so breathtaking they launched an artistic movement named the “lake poets,” which included famed wordsmith William Wordsworth. The rolling hills and quaint villages are now a modern popular holiday destination, but let’s not forget they launched the Romantic Age in the UK […]