Frank Ostini still revels in the surprise success that came with the 2004 film Sideways, which showcased the Santa Ynez Valley as a great place to visit and pinot noir as a worthy passion to pursue.

It’s already been two decades since “Sideways” pals Miles and Jack toured the Santa Inez Valley north of Santa Barbara and Miles, played by Paul Giamatti, declared, “I am not drinking any fucking ...

TAUNTON — "What is that thing on the sidewalk?" I asked my father. "It's a hitching post. Before there were cars, people used them to tie-up horses," he said. Hitching posts used to be ubiquitous on ...

CINCINNATI — Jeff Tuke chuckles when asked what he'd recommend people try during their first visit to the Hitching Post. "Oh, heavens. I go all over the menu. Everything is good,” said Tuke, who owns ...

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The summer months beg a retreat to Santa Maria, a favorite Central Coast getaway for some Bakersfield residents. In nearby Casmalia, The Hitching Post has made a name for itself as a restaurant hot ...

Transportation driven by social media is the new phase of hitchhiking%2C says one transportation scholar The average cost of owning and operating a car in 2011 was ...

A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New research lays out a roadmap for finding where these hypothetical, planet-hopping ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the summer of 1970, Joyce McKenny's friend asked if she wanted to hitchhike to Maine. They were on Route 1 when a handsome man driving a '57 Dodge pickup pulled over and offered them a ride.