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SUNSET celebrates your love of Western living. Discover new weekend and day trip destinations, inspiring homes and gardens, and fast and fresh recipes that highlight the West's great local ingredients.

Water and Wellness

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Bathing Culture • A soak and a steam aren’t just for far-flung spa resorts. These retreats offer soothing aqua therapy in the city.

An Epic Weekend at Esalen • Soak beneath the Milky Way and reconnect with nature at the legendary Big Sur retreat.

CULINARY WEEK

Raising the Barn • Josh Brolin and Kathryn Boyd Brolin built an earthy, artsy media barn that channels their creative spirit and the chic country charm of its coastal surroundings.

THE WELL HOME • Home and health are one in these houses that fuse fitness and good design. Plus, how to set up a high-style home gym and spa.

THE LONGEVITY VIEW • A home built for wellness and longevity, designed as an age-in-place retreat for a mindful couple and their close community, puts the definition of “the good life” in sharp focus.

HOME SPA GOALS • A fitness-focused SoCal family hired Studio Mesa to transform an outdated indoor pool house into the ultimate self-care center.

Home Gym Gems • Good-looking gear for a stylish fitness space.

YOUR Late Winter GARDEN CHECKLIST • Late winter and early spring are the perfect times to prep, protect, and plant for a thriving garden. From indoor micro greens to native pollinator strips and soil-boosting cover crops, these smart moves will kickstart your season with flavor, color, and sustainability.

Prepping Your Garden with Purpose • Try these pre-spring strategies to nurture soil, support pollinators, and leave your garden healthier than you found it through regenerative gardening.

YOUR REGENERATIVE GARDEN GAME PLAN • Use Bosch’s actionable tips to get your garden ready for spring while building soil, supporting pollinators, and reducing purchased inputs.

Houseplants as Living Art • Turn your space into a green gallery with these botanical building blocks that create drama, texture, and a lush indoor life.

Unbox the West • The Sunset Subscription Box delivers the Best of the West straight to your door!

Boldly Nourishing • At Besharam in San Francisco, chef Heena Patel reimagines the vegetarian flavors of her Gujarati childhood through a California lens. The result: comforting, plant-forward dishes that speak to both body and soul.

King IS Queen • Melissa King’s new cookbook blends the global and the local—and it’s a delicious love letter to flavor, technique, and the joy of feeding people.

Wellness & Beauty Awards 2026

Waves and Wisdom in Waikiki • A five-day surf retreat with champion longboarder Kai Sallas blends ocean adventure with a lesson in patience, courage, and finding flow, on and off the board.

EMBRACING THE HEART OF THE WEST • Few & Far’s bespoke experiences celebrate the rhythm of ranch life and the art of living lightly on the land.

Insider • Seasonal diversions and secret travel tips from local experts.

DRINK the ISSUE • The Sunset Wine Club features the best bottles in the West, perfectly paired with recipes in the magazine.

KING SALMON

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

The Haute Hotelier • Avi Brosh has created a hotel company that charms like no other. He shares the formula behind his feel-good brand.