Issues / 2001 / Aug 09
Peter Boyer's Zen-influenced paintings help transport diners at Sierra Mar.
Possibly the only thing that makes Peter Boyer happier than putting paint on a canvas is taking it off--with a trowel, with his hands, with one satisfying rip exposing splintered plywood. "It''s very physical," he ...
The Princess Diariesis an engaging summer trifle for young audiences.
Riding in the Car, Car: Queen Clarice (Julie Andrews, c) gives granddaughter Mia (Anne Hathaway) princess lessons in The Princess Diaries.The Princess Diaries is critic-proof moviemaking, a candy pink wish-fulfillment fantasy prominently peppered with pubescent ...
Kids in local summer programs are tuning in to jazz.
Teach Your Children Well: With a little help from jazz pros Mike McKinley (left) and Bruce Forman, Ben Chambliss (at drums), Danta Beasley (on guitar at right) and Kevin Mitchell (on guitar below) ease into ...
Slabs of meat, prepared the cowboy way, are a staple at AJ Spurs.
People I know and love have been telling me about AJ Spurs for a while. Larry, of Three Stooges fame, is a regular diner there. Apparently, her young nephew is a huge fan. My boss ...
Chef's Walk... Local Chefs Share Favorite Recipes... Goddess of the Brewery... The $46,620 Question... Ninth Annual Winemakers Celebration...
Chef's Walk... Every Saturday, Earthbound Farms in Carmel Valley offers Harvest Walks, an opportunity to tour Earthbound's spectacular 30-acre farm while harvesting a basketful of extra-fresh, organically grown produce. The walks start at 10am, last ...
Jos& %s; Ort& %s;z brings his vision to the walls of Salinas.
I''m standing beneath the 101 freeway in Salinas, cars and trucks rumbling overhead. The sound of rubber tires rolling across the unseen pavement echoes like waves in the shadows of the underpass. Above, between the ...
Streetalk
Politicians love to watch the polls. Finding out what other people think about them is a chief concern amongst officials in our government. So just to help out the world, as Street Talk has done ...
The Mural Mile
Some, but by no means all, of the principle murals in Salinas, organized along an easy-to-follow route. 1. 312 E. Alisal at Murphy, "Semilla del Corazon" (Arturo Bolaños) 2. Highway 101 Underpass at E. Alisal ...
Having studied at the feet of the great Albert Collins, Coco Montoya keeps pushing on.
People who closely follow the blues know the story of Coco Montoya''s connection to the legendary guitarist Albert Collins. Or they think they do. They know Collins was Montoya''s musical mentor--that the master took a ...
Kathy Valentine's music is a lot different from her pop music work with the Go-Go's.
There''s more to Kathy Valentine than the pop-flavored music of the Go-Go''s, the band with which she is most closely identified. On Friday night, at Blue Fin Billiards, audiences will have a chance to see ...
Midnight Rider... Deja Doc's... Got the Hook Up...
Bed? Or Nicole? It's your choice. You can go home to sleep or hang out with Nicole Kidman in The Others at the Osio Cinemas' midnight show.Midnight Rider... It's almost tomorrow. The music's winding down ...
From The Editorial Desk
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A ros& %s; (by any name) does not have to taste sweet.
Isn''t it kind of strange that pink is the color of those little slips so common these days in Silicon Valley? I would choose black for a message so ominous, not pink. Save pink for ...
Your Letters
No Taste For Mice Regarding "Big Mouse World" (What's Up Chuck?, July 26): It's disgusting--great thing for kids to see--more killing and in a torturous way. People! What sadistic things to dream up. --Mrs. Nation, ...
Squidfry
Blood Lusk One little side-plot that has come out of the story about Rev. H. H. Lusk is so sad, Squid feels that it may be appropriate to repent these Squiddly ways. Perhaps, until the ...
Marina is likely to cough up another $90,000 in legal fees.
Gary Patton, the executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, learned last week that the city of Marina has decided to pay the conservation group''s $90,000 in attorneys'' expenses for a legal fight the City Council ...
MPUSD will lose millions in state funds due to sagging enrollment, while Alisal continues to boom.
For the third year in a row, fewer students showed up for the first day of classes throughout the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District this week. The seriously declining enrollment has incited fears of shrinking ...
