Does the Wet Suit You?
Slip Sliding Away
The notion that our small town civic leaders would need the services of consultants and professional pollsters, costing hundreds of thousands of...
Finding Meaning
New ‘Old’ Friends?
The Beautiful Wife abhors violence. But she also loves a TV show full of murder and mayhem. It’s called “Blue Bloods” and...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
TWIN SISTERS – 37 years old. We sing and dance, we bake deliciousness from the homeland. We are work live-in maids, for...
Pet Peeves
Flushed with Cash
I was on the royal throne when I read the Indy’s “Auditor Finds Shortcomings in Agency’s Books.” An obscure group, South Orange...
Guest Column
Quest for Mellon
“Coke’s tasty, but all that sugar just gets in your belly and starts radiating heat like a blacksmith’s forge. It just cools...
Wisdom Workout
A Reality Check
When was the last time you had a heart to heart talk with Life? Have you included Life in your current game...
The Kibitzer
Confessions of a Newspaper Junkie
The Pulitzer Prizes were awarded this week for excellence in journalism. Or what’s left of it, as more and more...
Taking Stock
Greetings from Earnings Season
Both the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 broke their streak of nine straight positive quarters three weeks ago as the...
Heart Talk
We Would Not Act Like Irvine
Since “Asians in Irvine score political victory,” appeared in The Los Angeles Times on April 1, I thought it...
Does the Wet Suit You
Echoes of Design Review
Report from a design review hearing in the near future. There are a few changes in the process. Applicants are now...
Finding Meaning
How Far We’ve Come
Who doesn’t love books? I do. There’s meaning in books. Of the things that make our town special, one is Laguna...
Musings on the Coast
The Fix Is In
“A camel is a horse designed by committee.” Anonymous
“If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the...
Pet Peeves
Partridge Family Tree
Timberrrr…yelled an ocean view advocate when he heard Laguna Beach is just a step away from being designated an official Tree City...
Just for Laughs
Read the Personals
FARM CO-OP will allow you to grow your own fruits and vegetables on your own plot. We have several people in our communal...
Village Matters
Gone Fishin’
We missed him when he was gone for just a few days on one of his fishing or camping trips. Now we’ll have...