Bourne Again
Hot and fast enough to pierce full body armor, The Bourne Ultimatum locks on and doesn't let up for almost two hours. Utterly jet-propelled, this flick delivers rock solid movie licks and then some. Don't even think about waiting until it's out in DVD — you gotta...
Quickies
Attic View: Interesting news about The Attic changing hands. It's high time the place got spruced up a bit. It's so, well, listless. And hopefully someone will toss the revolving display case with all that plastic-wrapped cake. . . . Went to May's at the former Takara...
Picnic with the Bard
Get ready for some shameless self-endorsement. I created a sandwich so good I have to share it with you. And yes, you can try this at home. Well, just like every year since the beginning of time, I got ready for the SSC Festival Glen production - in this case, the...
The Playboy’s the Thing
Along with being the Playboy of the Western World, Cody Nickell can count himself the current ruler of the Central Coast. As the eye of J.M. Synge's dramatic storm in Shakespeare Santa Cruz' production of Playboy, Nickell is a hyper-kinetic bundle of intelligence, sex...
New Wine — Old Techniques
Of course we all know Ca' del Solo, the amusing line of vins ordinaire created by the feverish mind of über-winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyards. But forget about what you thought you knew. BD has gone bio-dynamic. That's right. The Rudolph Steiner...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.