As a teenager growing up in Malibu in the 1950s, Kathy Kohner liked to hang out with the surfing set. But she wasn’t content with just being an onlooker. “I was 16. I didn’t want to be the girl on the ...

Do you remember the Gidget TV show cast? Well those actors, and the show itself, found their inspiration in the 1957 novel Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. Written by author Frederick Kohner, ...

In her youth, she was a real-life surfer girl heroine who inspired the “Gidget” movies, TV show and a book. Among the actors to portray Gidget were Sandra Dee and Sally Field. After the original ...

I can’t imagine growing up in the ’50s, certainly not as myself or any degree of myself that I am now. My strongest sense of the ‘50s comes from Betty Friedan and feminist critiques of the era. And ...

Outside of the basic ground tent, the timeless teardrop trailer remains one of the lightest, simplest ways to take a camping trip. While they're small, light and efficient behind your vehicle, ...