Issues / 2003 / Mar 20
News Briefs
Guru of New Urbanism Will Design Salinas' Future The man who literally wrote the book on New Urbanism will write Salinas' new zoning code. "We've hired Peter Calthorpe," says Salinas Councilmember Jyl Lutes. "It's so ...
Specialty Foods...editors Picks
Photo: Half A Pound, Please, Extra Lean: Bees don't eat London Broil or Stuffed Pork Chops, but if they did, they'd choose form the deli case at Grove Market, picked by Weekly readers as the ...
Where the Deer Play.
Photo: Mountain Magnificence: The hot tub affords Carmel Valley views night and day. At the very end of a quiet street off Carmel Valley Road, Gail Stidel''s house seems within touching distance of the Santa ...
Discspace
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead Rhino | WB Marching to their own psyched-out beat was the ideal of this venerable hippie-icon ensemble, but on this re-issued debut disc from 36-year's-past, it was anything but that--at ...
Shops&Services...
Photo: Flowers for the Flower Man: Sky Hellbusch accepts a bouquet, representing Griggs Nursery, which the Weekly's readers say is the Best. It isn't difficult to imagine that a bee might have a favorite florist. ...
Faux designer purse parties are hot, hot, hot.
Photo by Randy Tunnell My sister, my best friend and I arrive right on time, at 11am--and we''re always late to things. There''s already a crowd in the room. Most of us women are wearing ...
Crispin Glover is consummately creepy in this tale of rat-infested retribution.
Photo: Crispin and Friend: Glover''s performance in Willard is a thing of queer beauty. The casting of cult actor Crispin Hellion Glover as Willard Stiles, the gangly misfit who befriends an army of rats and ...
Fresh from a $750,000 renovation, the Pacific's Edge lays claim to first-class standing.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: First In Its Class: Ocean views from every table. The Highlands Inn is a grande dame with a checkered past. For some time, it seemed she''d lost her ambition. Two years ...
Six million holes and counting--the toxic legacy continues.
Photo by Randy Tunnell: Artillery Avenue: Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard was closed this week so Army chemical weapons experts could check out some old smoke bombs. An Army chemical weapons inspection team from the Pine ...
Squid Fry for Mar 20, 2003
BOILING MAD Buoyed by the anti-water district vote last November, State Senator Bruce McPherson recently introduced a bill in Sacramento to dissolve the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. No surprise here. That's sort of what ...
The great jazz harmonica player brings his sonic confections to Carmel.
Photo: Bluesette Brothers: Toots Thielmans, the legend of the jazz harmonica, says longtime collaborator Kenny Werner constantly pushes him to explore. You probably don''t know it, but Toots Thielemans'' sound is etched into your brain. ...
A&e...editors Picks
Photo: Climb To The Top: Work hard, little bees, and you too, can be the best. editors' picks Sexiest Angst-Ridden Poet HAVEN DUVEYOUNG Chicks dig tall, pale, skinny guys. Just ask Haven Duveyoung. The poor ...
Beauty and the Bees
Poll Winners chosen by the readers of Coast Weekly. Winners'' blurbs and Editors'' Picks written by: Andrew Scutro, Jessica Lyons, Sue Fishkoff, Brett Wilbur, Michelle Caldwell, Kate Folsom, Erik Cushman, Jeanne Howard, Rick Deragon, Raymond ...
A&e...
Photo: Liberty Flowers: Dennis Murphy, bassist extraordinaire, was named Best Local Musicial. In nature, competition can be fierce. "Red in tooth and claw," as the saying goes. This is true everywhere, not only on the ...
Artifacts
TEXTILE TALKS...Two upcoming lectures and workshops at CSUMB will examine clothing and textile techniques developed in several cultures, beginning with a March 14 seminar on the patchwork techniques used by the Seminoles of Florida, and ...
Shops & Services...
Photo: Flowers for the Flower Man: Sky Hellbusch accepts a bouquet, representing Griggs Nursery, which the Weekly's readers say is the Best. It isn't difficult to imagine that a bee might have a favorite florist. ...
Foodchain
WESTON AND WINE...I hope you are reading this today (Thursday) early enough in the day to get your artistic self down to Monterey Museum's Third Thursday tonight. Featured is photography from the Maggi Weston Collection, ...
8 Days
thursday 3|20 Third Thursday 5pm. One of the last chances to view these photographs from the private collection of Margaret Weston. Live music by the Helcio Milito Trio, and hors d'oeurves by Kurt Grasing. Monterey ...
Restaurants: Editors Picks
editors' picks Best Restaurant To Feel like a Wine and Food Writer With No Budget PASSIONFISH Lighthouse and Congress, Pacific Grove, 655-3311. Passionfish is a place for the world-class sommelier or just some shmoe who ...
Child care programs are on the chopping block.
Photo: Children playing at the Monterey Peninsula College Children''s Center. A series of proposed state and federal budget cuts could severely cut child care programs for California kids and across the country. National estimates suggest ...
Around Town: Editors Picks
Photo: Seeya in the Funny Papers: Our readers say Dennis the Menace Park is the Best Hangout For Little Kids, including little girls in bee suits. editors' picks Best Reason to be 55 (or to ...
Former Love Men singer swoops down from the city for his first gig at Sly's.
Photo: New Look: Marvin Banks has continually updated his sound for more than 25 years. Marvin Banks has been singing his soul out for a quarter-century, letting the new tides of music sweep him up ...
Specialty Foods
Photo: Burrfect Burrito: Roll 'em up with hot sauce and beans; Chipotle's makes the Weekly's favorite burritos. Here's an interesting story about specialty foods. Honeybees possess long, tubelike tongues, which they use to suck the ...
Hot Picks
friday 3|21 Chinese Masters VEGA STRING QUARTET They've been called "marvelous," "sensational," "breathtaking," and, according to the LA Times, they "glow with musicality and balance, from fragile delicacy to virile aggression and eloquent songfulness." This ...
Donia Lilly shows her pastel abstractions this weekend on Cannery Row.
Photo: by Randy Tunnell Pacific Grove painter Donia Lilly is just 25, but she''s already moved through at least three clearly defined artistic periods. First, there were the paintings she based on memories of her ...
Around Town
In nature, as in real estate, the three most important factors determining the vitality of a given place are: location, location and location. (We never tire of that cliche.) In Monterey County, we are famously ...
Letters to the Editor for Mar 20, 2003
Space Case Against Big Gym I have been going to gyms for over 30 years. Over this time I've gone to gyms that are very small, sporting only five pieces of equipment, and to large ...
Bush's Folly
It looks like the bombs will finally start falling, this week or next. Children sleeping as this issue goes to press may be dead in a matter of days. There is nothing we can do ...
Restaurants...
Photo: Just A Quiet Table For Five Thousand: Could Bouchee Restaurant and Wine Bar, named the Best New Restaurant of 2002, handle a birthday party for the Queen Bee and her buzzing hive? David Fink ...
Gettin' Freaky: Asked at Allegro Gourmet Pizzeria in Carmel.
Question: Where is the best place in Monterey County to make-out without getting caught? Follow Up: Have you ever gotten caught? Suzi Ewing Pacific Grove | Deli Clerk A: The elevator on Cannery Row right ...
A Letter To The President
March 10, 2003 The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We, the undersigned veterans who have served our country in ...
LandWatch's newly published planning Bible receives mixed reviews.
On Feb. 1, LandWatch Monterey County released a guidebook, Land Use and the General Plan--a "best-policies" guide to planning practices. The 64-page journal offers a series of policy recommendations: It suggests ways to build more ...
