Author Archive: tahoequa
Chopping Block
12 questions for Julia Walter, Executive chef, River Ranch Lodge & Restaurant Born and raised in Danville, a small town in central Kentucky, Julia Walter is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s School of Culinary Arts in Charlotte, South Carolina. Former chef de cuisine at Truckee’s Moody’s Bistro, Walter has presided over the kitchen at River Ranch Lodge […]
The Wild Goose Takes Flight
The Wild Goose has a secret it would like to spill: You need no longer be a card-carrying member of the Tahoe Mountain Club to dine at the North Shore lakefront restaurant. Built on the site of the former Sunsets restaurant in Tahoe Vista, Tahoe Mountain Resorts (the organization for the collective communities at the Village at Northstar, Northstar Highlands, Old […]
An elevated wedding experience
Tahoe’s luxury bridal market is in the midst of a comingof- age trajectory: Brides and grooms from all over the country, and in many cases, abroad, are deploying their precious resources, fulfilling life-long wedding fantasies— Tahoe style. Luxury is best described for the Tahoe bridal couple as a sensual experience embracing every nuance of a wedding— sight, taste and smell, but […]
Q&A with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
A native of San Francisco, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) was elected to the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors in 1969 and served two and a half terms as president of the board. She became mayor of San Francisco in November 1978 following the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk and was subsequently elected to two four-year […]
Kissed by Falling Stars
T.S. Eliot’s character, Prufrock, measured out his life in coffee spoons. I’ve been measuring mine in meteor showers. My husband and I waited for last summer’s Perseids’ rain of fire ensconced on lawn chairs outside our home in the foothills of the Sierra. As we searched the sky for the first wondrous flashes, I thought back to earlier meteor […]
This is How We Roll
It seems that cyclists—no matter who they are, where they live or what kind of bikes they ride—will always find a way to get together and pedal. This pair of Tahoe bike clubs brings plenty of two-wheeled fun, while also contributing to their local communities. Slow Rolling on South Shore Chief roller Mark Cutright is pretty clear about the […]
Sailing the Big Blue
It’s afternoon and the powerboats begin their stuttering retreats back to buoys and trailers. What once was inviting glass for wakeboards and water skis is now darkening, beginning to move and churn as the breeze picks up. Cat’spaws and zephyrs touch the water’s surface tentatively, then move swiftly down and across the water toward the North Shore. Welcome to summer sailing […]
From Bozen to Boating
Five generations and more than 100 years separate Jakob Obexer—who emigrated from Austria in 1906 at age 20—from Jacob Fields, a seven-year-old now running around the marina that his great-great-grandfather established. “There’s not a day that goes by that I do not feel blessed to be part of a family that is so rich and deeply rooted in Tahoe’s history,” […]
Greased Lightning
Lucy is a 1955 Chevy Bel Air convertible, lovingly restored by Ken Clark and his wife, Tempe, and shown for the past 16 years during Reno-Sparks’ Hot August Nights. “When I show that car, I become 18 again,” the 70-year-old says. “The thumbs up, the applause from spectators—you just feel good.” Hot August Nights is a city-wide celebration of the […]
Best New Restaurant: Manzanita
Traci Des Jardins loves Tahoe. So when the award-winning San Francisco chef was offered the opportunity to open a restaurant here, she took it. “I’ve spent time in Tahoe my whole life,” says Des Jardins, who grew up on a farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley and is of Mexican and Louisianan-French Acadian descent. “I’m […]
