Tea gardens are a place of quiet contemplation and mindful sipping. If you're in the San Francisco area, this tea garden is ...

The fiery tones of maple leaves and the golden foliage of ginkgoes serve as auspicious reminders of autumn in Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden. California's oldest public Japanese-style garden ...

Improvements at the Japanese Tea Garden — once an 11-acre hole of a quarry — near completion after nearly a decade of work on the park. On June 5, a private reception and public jazz concert will mark ...

They identified over 200 volatile components, pinpointed 24 key aroma compounds, and constructed a detailed aroma wheel highlighting six main scent attributes: fruity, green, floral, roasted, woody, ...

A key concept in the tea garden is the idea of wabi‐sabi, or the beauty that is found in simple common material used in a refined way. Sabi is the patina that materials acquire with age, while wabi is ...

Portland is a place full of hidden, and not so hidden gems. It has great restaurants around every corner, beautiful parks overlooking Mount Hood and the city, as well as a fantastic bike culture and ...

If man caves existed in the early 20th century, then American railroad tycoon Henry Huntington had one of the finest. Built in 1911 on his sprawling San Marino estate, Huntington’s social retreat — ...

As Los Angeles prepares for the imminent reopening of the Huntington’s prestigious Rose Garden Tea Room, on May 24, expect that tea as a social engagement will only become more popular. Many Americans ...