

What Social Media Addiction Looks Like
Kaley started using YouTube at the age of 6, downloading the app on her iPod Touch to watch videos about lip gloss collections and the online kids game Animal Jam. She posted her first video when she was 8 — in it, she played Animal Jam as an otter character, singing in a put-on British accent. A year later, she downloaded and began posting on Instagram, circumventing a guardrail her mom had tried to set up to block her from the app. She says she became addicted. She started


Oregon's Willamette Valley Flexes its Wine Muscle
There is a discernible and different vibe happening in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. While the headwinds impacting the wine industry are nearly universal – declining and shifting consumer patterns of consumption, tariffs, climate change, risings costs, and consolidation – in many places they take on an ominous tone that points to a state of somewhat inevitable decline. In Oregon, those same challenges seem differently assimilated. They feel couched in a cloud of exuberance – an


Luxuriating in the Willamette Valley
If you are headed to the Willamette Valley, you have many choices on where to stay - from luxury hotel resorts to small boutique properties to vineyard stays. After a recent visit to Oregon wine country, we've compiled a list of quintessential Pacific Northwest properties for your consideration, and all within proximity of the region's incredible winery offerings. Atticus Hotel atticushotel.com The beautifully appointed, independently owned boutique property is located righ










