Celebrity-beloved photographer Gray Malin, best known for his fine art shoreline snaps, captured the Hotel del Coronado in a retro-fabulous shoot last year. Original prints (including exclusives unavailable online) are for sale at the Del. Would-be collectors can browse shots of the beach, the pool, and—our favorite—some stylish pups, with prices ranging from $329 to $1499.
Laguna Beach–based jewelry brand Gorjana arrives at Fashion Valley with a bright, airy storefront (the company’s second in SD County), where you can shop for gold and silver baubles amid blush terrazzo, plush seating, custom artwork, and open spaces with plenty of natural light.
If you don’t remember a shootout scene in Ferris Bueller, you’re not alone—but you might find one depicted on a film poster hanging at South Park’s Trash Lamb Gallery. Presented in collaboration with Chicago gallery Deadly Prey, the exhibition, opening April 5, highlights the lurid technicolor world of handpainted Ghanian movie posters, a genre that sprung up in conjunction with the country’s traveling cinema industry.
Author and designer Megan Groth and her local team compiled a beautiful (and deeply giftable) ode to our binational home with Places We Love: San Diego Tijuana, a bilingual, 272-page guide packed with full-bleed photos celebrating the diverse beauty of SD and TJ. Even lifelong residents will learn something from the descriptions of each adored locale.
Courtesy of San Diego Wave FC
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2024 San Diego Wave Jerseys
The San Diego Wave FC kicked off the 2024 season with fresh jerseys inspired by the team’s coastal environs: the primary Del Sol shirt, bedecked in wiggly swaths of sunset colors; a magenta secondary jersey; and a warm-up kit painted in oceanic shades of blue. Cop a top to match the team at the Wave’s online shop.
Jackie is a long-time freelance journalist covering cannabis, food/restaurants, travel, labor, wine, spirits, arts & culture, design, and other topics. Her work has been selected twice for Best American Travel Writing, and she has won a variety of national and local awards for her writing and reporting.
Amelia Rodriguez is a writer and journalist and winner of the San Diego Press Club's 2023 Rising Star Award and 2024 Best of Show Award, she’s also covered music, food, arts and culture, fashion, and design for Rolling Stone, Palm Springs Life, and other national and regional publications. After work, you can find her hunting down San Diego’s best pastries and maintaining her five-year Duolingo streak.
