Columns

Maro Works Wonders Over a Wood Grill With open arms and a grateful palate, I extend a gracious welcome to my new neighbors Mariano and...

The Autumn by My Discontent Spring is in the air. I can feel it.  Things are looking up.  But I cannot get with it. ...

The week in review! Southern Calif was as spared from any tsunami action, but north of Point Conception it was a different story. Santa Cruz...

Rock-a-bye Ladies I met a delightful couple, Gary and Dee, at the last Laguna Canyon Conservancy meeting. During dinner, Dee exuberantly shared about a collaborative...

Social Harmony “What if we pursued this connection between Shibuya and Laguna Beach?” John Parker, president, Amway Japan.   Shibuya is one of the main city...

Rejoice; people want to be involved! A woman came up to the microphone in an almost empty council chambers.  It was near midnight. Council members...

Climb Every Mountain As a mountain path gains height, it usually gets narrower. Two years ago on March 6, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

March Madness! The calendar says it’s March, but the thermometer isn’t hearing any of that. With ice in the canyon on Sunday morning, a high...

Risk and Safety “One percent of the population has the physical and mental ability to become an ocean lifeguard. Making the tryouts is an accomplishment,...

Your Friendship Quotient “Life without a friend is death without a witness.” (Rose Macaulay-1928) A benefit of living in Laguna is the easy involvement...

Our Town When I was in elementary school the now iconic commercial “Keep America Beautiful” was in heavy airplay. I can still see that Native...

Seeing the Murphy-Smith Bungalow Going out of town gets everything off base for me— I missed a talk in Laguna given by the oldest man to...

Oil And Troubles The revolutions breaking out throughout much of the Middle East may well be the most significant events of 2011. Their impact remains...

Winter’s Homestretch! McWeather is starting his seventh year with the Indy and it’s been an honor to be a team member. Rain totals continue to pile...

Local Chef-Owner’s Chop Delivers a Knockout Sunday Night Chef Fights was a bout to remember for our local hometown hero Chef Lindsay Smith-Rosales of Nirvana...