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Jenny Peters has covered the entertainment, lifestyle and travel worlds as a freelance journalist for many years. Her credits include writing on film and television, celebrities, events and parties, travel, restaurants, wine and spirits, design and architecture, beauty, spas, golf, automobiles and fashion for USA Today, National Geographic Traveler, New York Lifestyles Magazine, Coast Magazine/the Orange County Register, TimeOut.com, TripSavvy.com, AARP.com, Variety, New York Magazine, the Los Angeles Daily News and many other domestic and international publications and websites. She was the editor in chief of Brentwood/Distinctive Living magazines (the Southern California luxury lifestyle magazines) and was also the EIC for Scene magazine.
Before she became a full-time freelance writer, Peters was a manuscript editor at Random House Trade Publishing, working with authors ranging from Woody Allen to Carl Sagan. She is a founding and voting member of the Critics Choice Association, who present the prestigious Critics Choice Awards every January honoring the previous year’s finest in cinematic achievement. Her favorite places to be are on the beach playing volleyball, scuba diving in warm tropical waters, sipping wine in the middle of a vineyard or simply strolling the streets and soaking in the atmosphere of one of the world's great cities.
She splits her time between Los Angeles and New Orleans, two places she considers among the world's best.
Reach her at [email protected].
The margarita-fueled party scene in Cabo San Lucas may claim the limelight, but the Mexican state of Baja California Sur has a wealth of natural and cultural treasures. On the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula, discover an often-wild desert landscape juxtaposed against brilliant blue waters teeming with life.
It makes sense that Los Angeles has some of the best seafood restaurants in America; after all, that big blue Pacific Ocean is right on the city's doorstep. There's every possible permutation, too, from little seafood shacks near the beach all the way to elegant (and expensive) spots where tuxedo-clad waiters present towers of raw crustaceans perched atop crushed ice for your dining pleasure.
The natural beauty of America is legendary, which makes the best places to visit in the US bucket list-worthy items that will titillate all your senses. These national parks, forests, ingenious man-made wonders and craters are destinations in their own right.
Australia Gold Coast By Jenny Peters If you've never taken the admittedly long trip from New York to Australia, we're here to tell you about what you've been missing.
Stars of film and television were out in force for the 2019 Critics' Choice Awards, decked out in appropriate finery early in the day to make the 4:20 p.m. PT start of the live show broadcast on the CW Network.
A few years ago, Jeff and Terry Edwards reassessed their Orange County living situation. The now-retired couple began with a home in Orange, detoured out of state for a short stint, then returned to Mission Viejo, moved on to two different homes in Coto de Caza, took a second-home slight detour to Laguna Beach and now, finally, have really found their favorite home in Shady Canyon.
Donald Trump's election is keeping RuPaul up at night. "Last night I woke up at 1:30 in the morning and I remembered what happened and I couldn't get back to sleep," RuPaul Charles told Vulture at the Critics' Choice Awards, where both he and his show, RuPaul's Drag Race, were nominated.
As the equally sharp-dressed Boisset tells it, he waited a long time to join forces with a celebrity. "You know how it is, a lot of celebrities call us to ask for collaborations," he says. "CAA, all the talent agencies, they call and say, 'Would you be interested in making wine with XYZ?'
New Orleans is, of course, a place known for taking its celebrations to the streets, both in the famed French Quarter section of the 300-year-old American city and well beyond. And while hitting the streets wearing costumes and carrying "go-cups" filled with adult beverages is definitely one of the most amusing parts of that venerable town, the Crescent City is also a place steeped in storied histories.
Despite reports to the contrary, the Great Barrier Reef really is not dead yet. Last week, Unesco resolved not to add it to its "endangered" list, notwithstanding fears that it would (and even with surprising additions such as Vienna).