House Wines
Our new house white wine is Southern Right Cellars from South Africa, a crisp dry beauty with a complex middle and a very precise finish that sells for $10.99 at Shoppers. This appealing wine is made one mile from the Atlantic Ocean in the stony shale soils of the...
Yes – Oswald is still open!
Relax, food fans. Downtown's cozy bistro Oswald is not going anywhere anytime soon. According to longtime staffer Janet Silverglate the restaurant will remain in its present location between Pacific and Cedar Streets for many, many months to come. "We don't feel any...
The Intimate Landscape: Opening January 2 at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus. (image by exhibition curator, Frank Galuszka.)
Hello World – the Gloves are Off!
You are about to enter the uncensored, absolutely unrestrained world of observation and expertise known as ChristinaWaters.com. Fresh every week! Think of this as one-site shopping for everything you've always suspected about the worldly food and wine critic,...
Bites: Hula Scoop
Dear Muffie: I'm dying to tell you about the new place called Hula's I tried in Santa Cruz last week . . . - you know how Courtney Love always says that "God is in the details," well, this new island-surfing theme place (where the old China Szechuan used to be) is...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.