Columns

View from the Coop When on our early morning walks one of our favorite stops is to check on Paul Pflueger’s chickens. We’d hear their...

The Beat Goes On The market still has the wind at its back. For the first two months of 2012, the S&P 500 rang up...

Tour of Duty: Personal and Political   Last Sunday at Newport Harbor yacht club, about 25 of us gathered to board the Soluna, my brother’s 52”...

Shhh... Don’t Tell the Girls   I’m trying something new this week: I’m asking you for advice on where to go. I admit it: there are...

A Cranky Dictator   “Put your phone away,” I nag my 11 year old while driving to dance class. The constant texting and posting on Instagram...

Betting on a Sunset Quota   Laguna Beach.  Another perfect day in paradise, but then there are benches. Oh, no!  I’ve started to notice benches and...

The Patriot I know why we have a parade on Patriot’s Day.   You do?   Yes. It’s to honor people who have made sacrifices that resulted in the...

Euphoria Warning Investors now seem almost obsessed on when the Dow Jones Industrial Average will pass through 13,000. That’s an interesting tidbit for those in...

Much hinges on Stonehenge   The historic “Stonehenge” house, marked by the octagonal cupola and sunroom just north of Laguna Royale, was stripped of its interior...

Shhh... Don’t Tell the Girls I’m trying something new this week: I’m asking you for advice on where to go. I admit it: there are...

Lessons from Whitney Houston   A few days after Whitney Houston’s death, I received a phone message from someone who wanted to express her sadness and...

Dow 15,000? Halfway through the first quarter of 2012 and stocks are up 6%! That’s far better than last year when the S&P 500 was...

A Tipi in Town “We built a tipi once,” I’m babbling on like an idiot to my neighbor, who just built a real tipi in...

Is Nuclear Safety an Oxymoron?  I was pleased by last week’s 4-1 City Council vote supporting San Clemente’s plea to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to...

The Risks of Ignorance It happened early last summer.  An overweight tourist almost drowned.  He had been ocean kayaking near Seal Rock off Crescent Bay...