White Wine
Exploring local, Santa Cruz Mountains white wines is always a garden of forking paths. One sample leads to another and it's easy to get lost in a malolactic maze. To demystify, here are two terrific ideas in the category of substantial white wine — wine with enough...
Red Wine
Thinking locally is a delight for Santa Cruz wine lovers. Drinking locally. After all, we don't live in Dayton. Here's an example of what I mean - the bodacious, multi award-winning Hallcrest Pinot Noir 2004 Belle Farms. Showing elegance as well as the exuberance of...
Tamale Tip
Even if you know someone who makes great tamales, you want to be prepared for those sudden emergency tamale needs. For those moments, run on over to El Rosal Bakery & Panaderia at 21513 E. Cliff Drive (462-1308). Three kinds of freshly-made tamales ready to choose. $1...
Mozart Dances
Every now and then something occurs to melt the mediocrity of 21st century concerns clean into oblivion. Almost any dance created by Mark Morris can achieve this effect. But even the MacArthur fellow has outdone himself with his latest creation - Mozart Dances, a trio...
Tourist Dining, L.A. Part I
Granted this is high-end tourist dining, but still...when in the belly of the downtown LA art scene — I refer to the splendid, if self-congratulatory performative smorgy known as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, the Disney Hall, yada yada — you...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.