Only Lovers Left Alive
A sanguinous love letter to post-industrial ennui, Jim Jarmusch's visually enthralling Only Lovers Left Alive is, essentially, a soundtrack with a film attached.
Barolo Tasting @ Soif
Does your mother love big, energetic gorgeous Italians? (wines that is). Well then take her on over to Soif this Saturday, May 10, where from 2-4pm Marco Parusso will be pouring no fewer than six of his estate Barolo wines. $20 per guest (buy one get one free) - and...
Zooburbia Booksigning – BSSC – May 13
Tai Moses brings the backstories from her new book Zooburbia to Bookshop Santa Cruz, Tuesday May 13 @ 7pm. Come listen, get your copy (a mere $14.95), and welcome the longtime Santa Cruz editor back to town! The book offers lyrical and sassy tales of urban wildlife,...
Theory of the Week: Diets don’t work because…..
Strictly anecdotal, based on my own personal experience - but....I'm convinced that food overloading is really an attempt to correct a bad mood. Let me go further. People eat more than they actually need to, or even want to, in an effort to stave off depression. But...
Memorable Easter dinner
Our friends the Hoys set a mean table. I mean with all the trimmings, from an opening salvo of Veuve Clicquot to dessert of strawberries with freshly whipped cream. And once again our host outdid himself with an expertly grilled rack of lamb so tender it put butter to...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.