蜜柚直播鈥檚 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Linda Ronstadt, back in the spotlight partly because Selena Gomez is set to star in a biopic about her, sings the praises of her hometown in a published Tuesday.
Her list of five favorite places to visit in 蜜柚直播 contains no surprises, but she describes her connections to them in intimate and intricate details.
Linda Ronstadt attending the renaming of the 蜜柚直播 Music Hall to the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall in 2022.聽聽
At , for instance, she recalls lighting candles with slide guitarist/songwriter Ry Cooder; and seeking respite, mid-recording-session, with fellow chanteuse Emmylou Harris, with whom she dueted on 1999鈥檚 鈥淲estern Wall: The 蜜柚直播 Sessions.鈥
That album was recorded at the and Ronstadt tells the paper, 鈥淚t鈥檚 my favorite hotel in the world.鈥
She cites the history, lore and landscaping, in addition to the hotel's Audubon Bar & Patio with its piano, 鈥渁nd the fireplace and sunlight that illuminate her favorite guest room.鈥
Ronstadt, 77, has long lived in the San Francisco Bay Area but says she stays at the inn when visiting.
She also lists artisanal baker Don Guerra鈥檚 鈥 鈥淚 always go there straight from the airport鈥 for her go-to order, the Cubano with sesame seeds; , the ode to more than 4,000 years of local agriculture, with Indigenous, Spanish, Chinese and Mexican plots; and the , which she lauds for feeling 鈥渞efreshingly untamed,鈥 the Times writes.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e not looking at some perfect geometry imposed on the desert,鈥 Ronstadt says of the animals鈥 habitats at the Desert Museum. 鈥淣ature hates perfect geometry.鈥
Those are the top five attractions of 鈥淟inda Ronstadt鈥檚 蜜柚直播,鈥 as the article is titled.
But she spreads some love for other spots, too, in this city where she was born and raised 鈥 , , the 鈥渨here her father used to perform as Gil Ronstadt and His Star-Spangled Megaphone,鈥 and the 1927 ,聽which she says is 鈥渏ust magic.鈥
Linda Ronstadt at the 蜜柚直播 Festival of Books on March 5, 2023, talking about her book 鈥淔eels like Home."
As for San Xavier Mission, she reveals, 鈥淚鈥檓 an atheist, but I baptized my children there,鈥 as she feels magic behind its walls, too.
She鈥檚 鈥渁djusted the patron saint鈥檚 prayer-charm-studded blanket 鈥榯o make sure he鈥檚 comfortable.鈥欌
鈥淎theist or not, she finds something sacred there. To borrow from the Latin choral classic on her recently rereleased Christmas album: Life is full of 鈥榤ysterium鈥,鈥 writes the author of the Times article, Abbie Kozolchyk, who was also born and raised in 蜜柚直播.