a tale of two operas
I refer to The Marriage of Figaro - live at the San Francisco Opera House - and Das Rheingold, via HD simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. One experience involved a procession of time, travel, anticipation, the entrance into the great hall, the darkened...
Live Oak Cafe
A dead-ringer for author and film critic Lisa Jensen was seen last week noshing on some fruit-filled pastry and swilling coffee at the Live Oak Cafe, a surprisingly serene oasis tucked into an industrial park off Soquel Drive. The cafe is open for coffee, pastries,...
Grapes and More Grapes
Last Friday I watched one of many busy forklifts in the immediate vicinity of Kelly's, gently placing its load of pinot gris grapes down at the front door of Pelican Ranch Winery. Offered a taste, I savored the robust sweetness of this future 2010 vintage, grapes...
Open Studios – Last Weekend!
And that means a chance to check out the paintings by Charles Prentiss, Sat & Sun, October 16 & 17 from 10am until 5pm. To find out details and directions to Prentiss' oceanview studio, go here.
TLC No More
For six years the source of astounding eggs, pastured pork and an organic paradise for happily and humanely-raised livestock, TLC Ranch has become a casualty of the economy. Jim Dunlop and Rebecca Thistlethwaite, TLC owners, explained in a long newsletter narrative...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.