Jessica Ritz is a Los Angeles?based freelance writer whose work covering architecture, design, food, art, culture, and travel has appeared in outlets such as Architectural Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Travel + Leisure, Dwell, Wallpaper*, Luxe, Palm Springs Life, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, T Magazine, C Magazine, Santa Barbara Magazine, California Home + Design, Artnet, Metropolis, and Sunset. She has a B.A. in art and architectural history from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and an M.A. in urban planning from UCLA, and was previously an historic preservation consultant. You can find her on Instagram at @jessnritz and jessnritz.com.