Always loved the Castro, not only for its history and what it stands for, but because they feature great vintage and experimental films and put on interesting film festivals. Mehr erfahren.
This is the place for inspiring architecture and lively discourse. It is just wonderful. Mehr erfahren.
They've got homemade biscuits, gravy of course, and the best challah French toast. A local favorite, with correspondingly long lines on weekends. Mehr erfahren.
This 1,500-seat Art Deco palace has a marquee that rises above the neighborhood like a beacon. The nonprofit Film Action Oregon runs it, showing independent films and teaching kids to make movies. Mehr erfahren.
With high ceilings, a DJ and 2 bartenders, this feels like a basement party, and they've got whiskey specials. The atmosphere is less affected than places where everyone has a handlebar mustache. Mehr erfahren.
A small bar that serves the best fried chicken and coldest cans of Rainier Beer in town. You can see bikers, derelicts and cops all mixing it up. Mehr erfahren.
Powell's workers probably have more attitude than any Portlander. Which is nice because everyone in Portland is so damned nice. Mehr erfahren.
Caliban is probably one of the country's best secondhand book stores. Mehr erfahren.
The former jail, complete with Gothic towers, turrets and Al Capone's cushy cell, is scary in a good way. Mehr erfahren.
This little restaurant has a budino dessert that is fabulous. Mehr erfahren.
You need to visit a bakery that sends you home with your pastries in a cardboard box tied with cotton string. My favorit is Termini Brothers for chocolate-chip cannoli and pignoli-nut cookies. Mehr erfahren.
Right outside the city, this museum is our temple to the Wyeth family. You see the work in the settings where they were painted. Bring lunch and eat it by the Brandywine River. Mehr erfahren.
This park offers something else besides the game —spectacular views toward the city. Mehr erfahren.
This is the place for Mexican food with friends. Catch owner Rocco dancing Pee-wee Herman-style—white shoes and all—on top of the bar, pouring free Patron tequila. Mehr erfahren.
The ultimate surf shop, located in Haleiwa Town, rents snorkel gear and give scuba lessons. Mehr erfahren.
This ancient valley is great for swimming and strolling. Take the "moon walk," where you trek out to a waterfall and watch the moon rise. Mehr erfahren.
This breakfast spot is where the surfers go for mega-omelets and mahi-mahi eggs. Mehr erfahren.
This bustling restaurant is where pro surfers come to celebrate contest victories. The cuisine is Asian-Hawaiian-surfer fusion like blackened Ahi tuna with a wasabi dipping sauce. Mehr erfahren.
A total immersion in pre-Colonial island culture. Take in Samoan fireknife dancing and feast at a luau upon such dishes as poi (taro root), poke (marinated raw fish) and kalua pua'a (pork butt). Mehr erfahren.
They have great bread and banana bread pudding. A true local hangout. Mehr erfahren.
American philanthropist Doris Duke built her idiosyncratic retreat in 1937. It's an architectural masterpiece full of Islamic treasures. Don't miss the hand-painted ceilings and luscious gardens. Mehr erfahren.
Hit the tony Campbell Apartment cocktail salon or the magnificent Oyster Bar before stepping onto the panoramic mezzanine to take it all in. Mehr erfahren.
The interior is like someone's gorgeous private yacht. My favorite place to have raw oysters or dinner with friends. Porthole windows flash pedestrians' heels passing by up on the street. Mehr erfahren.
Overcrowded shelves containing millions of jars, bottles and tiny containers filled with every remedy and snake oil dream-merchandise for every ailment—imagined or otherwise. Mehr erfahren.
Even though it gets a big fashion and art-world crowd, it always has a Zen vibe. Get the black cod. Mehr erfahren.
Although he shows in New York fashion week, it's real Southern-inspired, hipster classics. Mehr erfahren.
The Farmers' Market in Nashville is really beautiful. You can buy your groceries, buy your vegetables and your plants, and then you can have something to eat at one of the little indoor restaurants. Mehr erfahren.
This is really refined Italian food, and they have a great selection of wines. It's one of the restaurants putting Nashville on the map. Mehr erfahren.
In the Market Street district, it's great for cool home furnishings. Minimalist and cutting edge, without being cold. You walk in looking for a mirror and leave with a cool coasters stack. Mehr erfahren.
