The Dreamy Domestic City Filled With Beaches, Mountains, & Wine

A destination that healed me, what travelers buy, and the winter wonderland experts recommend

In the fall of 2020, my husband’s department went through a merger and then re-organization, causing their entire team to lose their positions. Having lived our lives in New Jersey up until that point, we had always dreamed of moving to California, if for no other reason than to try it and to get away from the slog of the “go, go, go” lifestyle of the p…