Columns

Third Street Writers Nurture the Written Word When people think of Laguna Beach and creative expression, images of the Festival of the Arts, Pageant of...

In Defense of Committees Committees don’t get a lot of respect. People make jokes about them. Consider, for example, the old saw that a giraffe...

Comida Por Turistas Reports by Laguna’s hospitality industry clearly show, with great detail, how important that industry is to all those who make a living...

Remembering the Cabrillo Laguna’s long-gone Cabrillo Ballroom fascinates me. A century ago romantic dancing—a man and a woman embracing as they moved to music—became...

June Gloom The coldest winter Mark Twain ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. You could just as easily say that about the weather...

Short Story Short-term lodging (STL) was front and center at a recent City Council meeting. One resident cried, “You can’t make me, as a property...

The New Anti-Semitism “Anti-Semitism is hostility towards or prejudice against the Jewish people.” We are fortunate to live in a community which is populated by tolerant...

Why Do They Move Here? It’s a high bar. House prices are higher for a smaller and older house than someone could buy elsewhere. Lots...

Remembering Dad Last Sunday’s baccalaureate, the religious service that honors our graduating seniors, made a big impression. Held in Laguna Presbyterian Church’s lovely chapel, students...

Bird’s Eye View “It’s time to fly south for the summer,” cooed a Morning Dove. “Sorry dear, but you have that mixed up. It’s fly...

Of Smartphones and Schools With my size 11 sneakers, I am going to tread not so reverentially over sacred ground. The subject for today is...

The Duality of Ibiza “Nothing exceeds like excess. You should know that, Tony.” -Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer’s character in “Scarface”) If Tony Montana were alive today, instead...

Happy Campers Recent reports showed that the more LA taxpayers spent fighting homelessness, the worse it got. This is the exact opposite of the results...

Main Beach Park has lost whatever curb appeal it had. Conceived as a view improvement for the driving public, it never fulfilled its recreational...

I like books; always have. Invite me into your home and you’ll catch me surveying your library. Among my oddities is an inordinate fondness...