Patron No-Nos
There's one in every crowd: The loudmouth, I mean. The person whose voice can clear a room. It is rude beyond belief that people will sit down in a public place - in this case a restaurant - and proceed to hold every other diner hostage simply by talking nonstop, or...
Snacks
David Jackman from the irresistible house of Chocolate (1522 Pacific Avenue) called me to remind everybody that when the weather is cold and rainy, don't just walk on by this chic little cafe. "Lots of people think that without the outdoor tables and chair, there's no...
A Little New Year’s Resolution
George Eliot is famously quoted as having said “It's never too late to be who you might have been.†And if the Victorian writer didn’t actually say it, someone surely did. Exiting the state of denial for one brief moment — humor me — most of us will admit to...
Babes in the Arts: Part 2
Sara Pringle, UCSC art graduate and rising New York art scene star, can paint her way out of a paper bag. Mad about color, Pringle is busy morphing her style from portraiture, to mega-abstractions into something on the far side of Jawlensky on psylocibin. Her new...
About Town
Babes in Boots: I joined every liberal in the county worth her Birkenstocks for a festive roast of outgoing Supervisor Mardi Wormhoudt up at The Attic. It was a terrific spread laid out by the cozy upstairs eatery, and the populi loved it. Here's Mardi showing off her...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.