Columns

SoLag Resident Sounds Off Instead of making a list of personal resolutions for the coming year, I have made a list of resolutions that I...

The Business of Storytelling On a cul-de-sac off the Canyon Road, bracketed by the Sawdust and Seven Degrees, Laguna’s beloved cooking school and wine center,...

By Kathleen Hayes Aliso Beach in Laguna hummed with expectancy. Locals in windbreakers cradled thermoses of coffee, while others in shorts and T-shirts shivered in...

Summer Report Card! Summer 2011 report card: weather, B+; water temp, C+; surf, D. All but five days had ample sunshine, a vast improvement over...

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...

By Penny Elia Baby boomers may remember the Beatles’ lyric, “It was 20 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.” How long...

By Annlia Hill Situated on a knoll above Park Avenue, Manzanita Drive overlooks the ocean and Laguna Beach High School. It is just a few...

Laguna Beach is a key city within the 74th Assembly District. As a candidate to represent this city, I would like to take this...

Ode to Yield When I was 17, I went to Newport Beach on a hot summer’s day with my brother.  I threw down my towel,...

Carter’s Little Liberal Pills “Fat dogs have more fleas”—the new California motto? With 12 percent of the nation’s population, California has the fifth largest economy in...

“Love, exciting and new. Come aboard, we are expecting you.” “I don’t think she’s in love anymore; she broke all my windows and knocked...

Poetry month came and went with typically little fanfare and all but true poetry lovers neglect this ancient literary form. More often we miss...

Dancing with Dolphins: Killin’ it with the Orcas   The open expanse of sea can be like a mysterious lover, an unexplored treasure, a call into...

What I Learned On My Summer Vacation As lucky readers may remember, I took off all three months of summer. It was to be with...

The Paddle Out Lysanne Ray Sebastian, my niece, was a waterwoman and a stud.   She swam before she walked, was a star on the Corona del...