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Don’t Come Here, You’ll Drown Laguna Beach is where the right hand often doesn’t know what the left hand is doing, even when they’re both connected to the same council member’s brain. Take traffic and parking for an example.  Our issue of too much traffic and too few places to...

The Summer of ’34 This is a true story dug from Laguna’s past. A story about love, and how it shapes our lives. In the summer of ’34, five people crossed paths in Laguna. Four were married, and neighbors. Gigi Parrish, an aspiring actress appeared in three movies that year. Born...

Moonlight Becomes You The current rains have turned our city green and lush, with the majestic hills as a backdrop and the dynamic, vibrant ocean sparkling in the sun. Our outer surroundings supply nourishment in the pursuit of fulfilling the dream of living a quality life. The...

Bored Review Design When we came to Laguna, the neighborhood welcome wagon put sticks and flags on our house. I asked, “What are those things for?” The Wagon’s self-appointed spokesman said, “It’s a local custom. Like bringing a pie over in other places.” “Oh, I like pie. Would...

Follow the Coffee In politics recently we’ve heard a lot about “following the money.” Here in Laguna we can also “follow the coffee.” It tells the story about respect and cooperation—or not so much. When I first started going to council meetings in the late 1980s there was a...

Sen. Klobuchar the One to Watch in 2020   Having left the comfort of Orange County to help produce a televised presidential debate from Des Moines in 1984, I know first-hand the significance of the Iowa caucus. This is why I say Sen. Amy Klobuchar, from neighboring...

Read the Personals READY FOR THE BIG ONE? I am a well-known survivalist who will help you learn the secrets of surviving the big one. I’ll supply you with all you need to live through disasters. My foods will last for years. Contact me. #SafeSecrets   ARE YOU INTOLERANT? Or, do...

Slip Sliding Away Whoosh goes kids down the slide. Whoosh goes $47,000 more taxpayer money down the slide with them. Recently, City Council voted unanimously to fix the Bluebird Park slide.  City Council members know that happy young bums are happy future voter bums sooner than...

Love That Transforms This is the 52nd “Finding Meaning” column. It’s been a year. The first column, like this one, followed Groundhog Day. It was a cue to that transcendent movie, “Groundhog Day,” featuring Bill Murray and the delectable Andie McDowell. A year ago, I wr...

Who Put That Idiot on The Board? The staff at Wet Suit World Wide Headquarters wishes to extend apologies for any past remarks that may have caused upset and for any future remarks that may do so as well. Please try remember that the poor slob who is posted as the author of this...

Give Abe His Day Back On Tuesday, Feb. 12, Laguna Beach’s four public schools will be in session. They should not be. That is the birthday of arguably our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. I am old enough to remember attending the schools in the Tustin School District in the...

Hope Springs Eternal It’s hard to talk about much else these days but the delicious, life-affirming, all-consuming rains that have enveloped us. It washes away the Super Bowl ennui and stands as the one thing we can all celebrate. Rain glorious rain. It’s renewing our parched...

Read the Personals VALENTINE DINNER-DANCE – For loving couples, come to the annual Branahougan Hilltop Dinner-Dance. $25 per couple – a delicious dinner and dancing in our ballroom to a live band. Champagne/wine/beer available with our special three-course dinner....

Dogs Playing Poker It was penny ante poker night. The pot was up to $2. A player raised it $250,000. “Dog gone it. I’m out,” barked one. Another howled, “Too rich for me.” The last player whimpered, “Oops. Made me piddle.” Everybody at City Council called it a night before Laguna...

The Diaries of the Hot Bot in Trump’s Hair  Chapter One: The Hot Bot My name is Petra the Hot Blonde. I first was tasked to sit on Trump’s shoulder when Obama was elected president, and my assignment was to create a monster. So, I whispered into Donny’s ear to play-up t...