Skyloft Has a Stunning View of Laguna Beach From Its Rooftop Bar

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 14, 2016
While in college, I once rode in a friend’s old, windowless van. It had a hole in the floorboard, next to an exhaust pipe that spewed its fumes into the cabin. After I got out, every inch of me—my clothes, my hair, my skin—smelled as if I’d been...
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