Columns

By Chris Quilter   Laguna Beach Seniors is having its big annual fundraiser on Friday, March 22. Because I cherish my all-cotton lifestyle, I grumble and...

East Meets West—On the Gridiron American football is just that—American. Lists of sports rank it as low as ninth most popular in the world, tied...

Electric Bikes Rule(s) “Low rider knows every street, yeah Low rider is the one to meet, yeah Low rider don't use no gas now Low rider don't drive...

Estee Lauder may be the matriarch of the skin care industry, her first products date to 1946, and many others have followed, including Anita...

Tender Discoveries What would happen if shoes didn’t come in pairs? Imagine that instead of wearing the same style on both feet, you were free...

By Horst Noppenberger Every once in a while, a project comes along which has an opportunity to speak to who we are as a community. The...

The City of No Once again I was at The Lumberyard when the Hot Blonde, Petra, stormed in. She was wearing a skin-tight red mini-dress,...

By Mary Dolphin, Special to the Independent Here I am, like many others I know, believing that here in Laguna I inhabit my own personal...

3 x 3 I was excited after reading the Indy’s “Council Approves New Rules for Sidewalk Cart Vendors.” Carts can be no larger than 3...

Life Coach-Lesson 5 By Mark Crantz The nights during the coronavirus isolation are the worst. Things go boom in the night.  I’m an old person and...

“I want to be famous,” my  11-year-old tells me. We are standing on Hollywood Boulevard watching the premiere of the new Ben Stiller movie,...

Wandering Whimbrel Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) are still being spotted in several coves in Laguna Beach and this may be your last chance to observe them...

It Takes Courage to Be Happy   One day, when I was in my mid-20s, my insightful boss/mentor turned to me and said, “Are you happy?” I...

Show Us the Way How much do I like the Indy? I’ll tell you. I hired a neighbor kid to read the entire Indy into...

By Annlia Hill Great-grandfather Franklin Reed built a small cottage on Ocean Avenue in 1903, about the time plein air artist Norman St Clair first...