Laurie Jo Miller Farr

New York

Travel Writer at Freelance

Digital Editor at Haute Living San Francisco

Articles

Events Calendar: June 2025

5 days ago | hautelivingsf.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Catch baseball in 16 home games versus Padres, Braves, Guardians, Red Sox, and Marlins. 24 Willie Mays Plaza. mlb.com/giantsThe program embraces the future while honoring the past with a masterpiece from Founder Michael Smuin. At SF's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts before moving to venues in Sonoma, Walnut Creek, Mountain View, and Carmel. smuinballet.orgThe first major museum retrospective of this legendary Bay Area artist's groundbreaking work.
Events Calendar: May 2025

1 week ago | hautelivingsf.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

From Healdsburg to Half Moon Bay, springtime graces the San Francisco Bay Area with museum exhibitions, popular festivals, live theater, ballet, contemporary dance, and jazz performances... plus baseball, too. CURRENT Catch baseball in 29 home games versus Rockies, D-backs, Athletics, Royals, Padres, Braves, Guardians, Red Sox, and Marlins. 24 Willie Mays Plaza.
Auteur Opens a Stunning New Wine Tasting Destination in Russian River

2 weeks ago | hautelivingsf.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Sonoma Valley's newest destination for wine tasting is Auteur Russian River outside Healdsburg. Co-owners Kenneth and Laura Juhasz have announced the opening of of a striking new location perched on a wooded vineyard hillside. This intimate retreat offering immersive hospitality experiences embraces the region's vineyards and coastal forests, drawing guests into a setting as layered and expressive as Auteur's wines.
Chef Daniel Boulud and Chef Dominique Crenn Join Air France Cuisine Team on Departures from U.S.

2 weeks ago | libertepress.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Starting July 2025, Daniel Boulud, the famous Michelin-starred chef based in New York, will be creating exclusive new signature dishes for Air France’s La Première and Business cabins. His menus offer red meat and poultry recipes created exclusively for Air France customers. The airline is also partnering with Dominique Crenn, three-star Michelin chef based in San Francisco, who offers vegetarian dishes and elaborate fish-based recipes, on departures from the United States.
International Events Calendar: April 2025

1 month ago | libertepress.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Highlights in April 2025: From a World Expo in Osaka to a hip music and arts festival in the California desert, this month boasts a range of sensational cultural happenings. Dive into the diversity of events featuring Shakespeare, Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, David Hockney, Beyoncé, and more. Through July 6Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64 | de Young, San FranciscoMore than 250 personal photographs are exhibited in the show organized by London’s National Portrait Gallery.
Wine Regions Series:South of England Surprise - Napa Valley Life Magazine

1 month ago | napavalleylife.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Would it be fair to say that the Brits are known better as wine drinkers than wine makers? However, things have changed; local wine no longer tastes like rain. In this post-Brexit era, the passion to buy British is made easier by the production and proliferation of award-winning English sparkling wines. Photo courtesy of British AirwaysTwo years ago, British Airways appointed the airline’s—likely the airline industry’s—first Master of Wine.
Events Calendar: April 2025

1 month ago | hautelivingsf.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Fickle weather is no April Fool's joke, so grab those layers heading out the door. As any San Franciscan can attest, this is a good month to keep both sunglasses and umbrellas handy. For classic spring events beyond the city, head north to wine country for Vineyard to Vintner Weekend and south for Pebble Beach Food & Wine.
Events Calendar: March 2025

2 months ago | hautelivingsf.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Spring has sprung. Colorful and collectible, there are 80,000 free-for-the-taking tulips blanketing Union Square on March 22. At Queen Wilhelmina Garden beside the windmill, admire Dutch bulbs in bloom to herald spring. Japantown is all about cherry blossoms. "Magnificent Magnolias" are on view through March at San Francisco Botanical Garden inside Golden Gate Park.
Solvang Deserves More Than a Sideways Glance - Napa Valley Life Magazine

2 months ago | napavalleylife.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Twenty years ago, a small-budget film greatly impacted the world of wine. The wine-tasting road trip adventures of Miles and Jack in “Sideways” were filmed almost entirely on-location in the small town of Solvang and neighboring spots around the Santa Ynez Valley. As the longest transverse valley (east/west) along the Western Hemisphere’s Pacific Coast, unique geography hints at the movie’s name.
Travel Specialist Virtuoso Expands Into Global Luxury Goods and Lifestyle

2 months ago | libertepress.com | Laurie Jo Miller Farr

Virtuoso is taking its expertise in the luxury travel market in a new direction: luxury goods and lifestyle. The travel network will collaborate with world-renowned prestigious brands to enhance its customer offerings. The goal is for the new ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) division to complement what Virtuoso calls its longstanding global leadership position in luxury travel.