Issues / 2001 / Jul 26
Commercial Opportunities... Big Mouse World... What Happened to Bob?...
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES... There are those who bemoan the Carmel area's transformation into a glorified retirement community. But you won't hear the drug giants at Pfizer Inc. moaning (at least not about the graying of the ...
Another closed-door session yields no action on dismissal, or on slander claim.
Jim Stilwell has already cleaned the personal stuff out of his office. The embattled harbormaster and general manager of the Moss Landing Harbor District packed up his Dodge Durango last Wednesday night. The back of ...
Two Big Sur surfers immerse themselves in the craft of board shaping.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Winter in Big Sur brings rain, lots of it, and the people living on that 90-mile stretch of coast must deal with long days spent indoors. Many give ...
Local favorites The Uninvited return with a new lineup.
A couple of years ago it seemed like The Uninvited were always playing their "last show." It got to be kind of a joke. "The last time at Doc''s" was followed by "the last show ...
Reports of declining fish populations have inspired several recent regulatory moves, including a new bill by Rep. Sam Farr.
Some fishermen say they are being hurt by new fishing regulations, and they fear more limits will threaten them with extinction.Kathy Fosmark, a spokesperson for local commercial fishing interests, finds herself exasperated these days. Her ...
Five local artists interpret the human form unveiled.
Grown men and women totally naked in Pacific Grove!Okay, now that I''ve got your attention, let''s talk about art, artists and muses. Many consider drawing the nude the most fundamental test of an artist''s skill ...
by Squid
NO WONDER THEY CALL IT SNAIL MAILThe good news: At press time, American bike racer Lance Armstrong was leading the Tour de France, the most famous bike race in the world. The US team is ...
Streetalk.
We all know how it is, doing the same things over and over again, getting trapped in a circle of people, a pattern of life, or a place that really doesn''t change very much. It ...
Onions and the Good... Suck it Up... Opposites Attract... Luxurious Organic Food?... Sommelier Get-Together Life.
ONIONS AND THE GOOD LIFE Onions from these parts are unusually tasty, and healthy. Here is a recipe for an onion relish from Wine, Food, & The Good Life by Arlene Mueller and Dorothy Indelicato: ...
In the middle of an action-filled summer, America's Sweethearts is a charmingly nasty romantic comedy.
Former Disney chairman Joe Roth takes the directing helm with this bitchy romantic comedy, and wouldn''t you know it, it''s better than half the chipper fare out there these days. Admittedly, that''s not saying much, ...
Your Letters
Slam This?Poetry "slam" is a post-modern oxymoron, the literary equivalent of the air guitar. --E. J. CHILDRESS , BIG SUR Charter School BluesIn reference to "Summertime Blues" in the July 12-18 issue of the Weekly: ...
Flesh and fantasy win hearts at Club Octane's male strip revue.
I AM NOT A PATRON OF MALE EXOTIC REVUES. I assumed, when I decided to write about the experience of going to see a performance for the first time, that it would be mostly funny. ...
Circus Contraption brings a bizarre busload of fun to Big Sur.
The Aardvark Ballerinas, Circus Contraption''s mascots, can be graceful and goofy--and maybe a little scary.If their bus holds together, Circus Contraption''s appearance at the Henry Miller Library on Sunday promises to be one of the ...
Epsilon's Greek fare is suitable for the whole Mt. Olympus gang.
Club Pantheon: Owner Petros Mungridies presides over Epsilon''s hearty Greek menu.We polled the Weekly staff for places to visit and came up with a long list. Without divulging the whole roster--after all, these visits are ...
From The Editorial Desk
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Bruno Weil has the right ideas in the wrong places.
Elizabeth Wallfisch's talents as a virtuoso violinist were squandered in Bruno Weil's interpretation of Haydn's Symphony 100 in G.Bruno Weil''s Friday night symphonic program came through with flying colors. Only they were the wrong colors. ...
