All Things Arianna
The inside poop on the Huffington Post.
It’s a mythical story– one in which our (super) heroine/goddess, realizing her power, uses her smarts, sexuality and social connections to climb her way to the top of the greasy pole of the Hollywood, Washington ...
Issues / 2008 / Aug 28
2008 First Tee Open
Images from the final day of the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
As one of the finest golf courses in the world, Pebble Beach is a favorite to many pro golfers. This weekend's First Tee Open saw some of best, including Tom Watson, Hale Irwin and Nick ...
Yes, he can!
The Obama speech simulcast drew a full - and enthusiastic - house at the Golden State Theatre in downtown Monterey Aug. 28.
Under the marquis of the Golden State Theatre, volunteers coax pedestrians into the lobby and hand them modest, round stickers that read: "Obama '08." Inside the spacious lobby, lined with folding tables and poster signs, ...
Obamania
Local Democrats swarm downtown in support of Barack Obama.
Barack Obama had a nearly-full Golden State Theatre audience on their feet cheering "Yes We Can!" as he walked up to the podium at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. His speech was simulcast live ...
¡Ask A Mexican! for Aug 28, 2008
One man's take on his culture's stereotypes
Dear Mexican: Why do Mexicans paint stripes on their donkeys in Tijuana? --Avenida Revolución Reveller Dear Gabacho: Same reason we put worms in tequila bottles, celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and star in Beverly Hills Chihuahua: ...
Hamlet 2, Frozen River
Let the Sun In: Two wildly different Sundance favorites come to town.
Every year, scores of aspiring and struggling filmmakers bring their labors of love to the Sundance Film Festival. The luckiest ones leave Park City, Utah, with two kinds of prizes. A handful of films exit ...
Art Listings for Aug 28, 2008
Art Listings for Aug 28, 2008
OPENING THIS WEEK CARMEL FOUNDATION Action photography by artist of the month George Szemes. Outcalt Activity Building, Eighth and Lincoln, Carmel. 624-1588. galerie rue royale Dark/Light: works by Todd White, artist reception 7-10pm, 8/30. Dolores ...
Make It Rein
Discovering Salinas River State Beach by horseback.
For a short while, I experience the fantasy version of a beach horse ride: Loping along the sand, triple-beat of hooves blending with the rushing waves, mist spraying my face, wind blowing my hair… and ...
A Dictator and Democracy
Mao Zedong urges youth to ‘Rock the Vote’ at Anchor Blue.
Mao Zedong’s face stares arrogantly from a white T-shirt. A crowd of soldiers salutes him from the bottom of the image. Below, black lettering reads: “Rock the Vote.” Mao’s visage is still a common sight ...
It’s Pho Real
A tasty recipe, why pho is great for summer, and a look at the best local hubs.
I first fell for pho one hot night in Bangkok, in an alley where food carts were serving nothing but Thai-style pho, aka Guoi Tiao, or “noodle soup.” A vendor called out to me. I ...
Food chain
Dead Ringer
TOP OF HIS GAME… Watching the Olympics has reminded me just how much I love sport. The searing heat of competition, the camaraderie among participants, the excruciating emotional risk, the exhaustive expansion of individual and ...
As V.P. nominee, the senator brings foreign policy muscle.
And the winner is: Joe Biden. It did not take a newfangled text message, just an old-fashioned leak, to identify Barack Obama’s running mate. Word of the Biden selection spread late Friday night, barely 12 ...
Here&Gone
DAVID SANBORN
David Sanborn is one of the most influential saxophonists of the 20th century. His influences, however, are the less known saxophonists Ray Charles featured in his early bands: Hank Crawford and David “Fathead” Newman. On ...
Squid Fry for Aug 28, 2008
Squid Fry for Aug 28, 2008
WHERE’S GERRY… Squid rushed to Salinas City Hall on Aug. 25 hoping to hear the charming Irish brogue of Gerry Kehoe. The City Council arranged a special meeting to approve a development agreement for Kehoe’s ...
Giving to the Pour
A peek at how Passionfish constructs their one-of-a-kind wine list.
It just doesn’t happen. It would be like going to a San Francisco Giants game and paying 25 cents for a hot dog. Yet that’s Passionfish Restaurant, a big-league dinner house where the wine is ...
Local delegate dishes from Denver.
It’s day two of the Democratic National Convention and Shawn Bagley is strung out on speeches and protests, stargazing George Stephanopoulos and Willie Brown. “I am a political junkie and this is Disneyland– plus a ...
Public Citizen
ONGOING DISASTER TRAINING CLASS MONTEREY—Learn how to be self-sufficient in the event of a local disaster where help is delayed for two or three days (and yes, this involves more than a case of beer ...
Voices Heard
Central Coast contingent lobbies lawmakers to change farmworker union elections.
Osiris Salgado grabs an armful of red flags emblazoned with the black United Farm Workers eagle and hands them out to her North Monterey County High School classmates. The students have just arrived at the ...
Is black America genuinely strong enough to deal with the results of an Obama presidency?
Over the past year and a half, according to national polls and political pundits, black America has revised its opinion about the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama from “Well, whoop-tee-do!” to “Run Obama Run.” African ...
The Gleam II
THE AVETT BROTHERS
Two summers ago, The Avett Brothers performed at our 100-person-capacity venue, Monterey Live. Boy, have things changed for the North Carolina trio since then. The group has sold out amphitheaters, played the country’s most revered ...
Real Estate
By The Numbers
$395,000 Recent Sale 207 Cosky Drive, Marina Built: 1966 Size: 1,440 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, RV parking, 1 story Amenities: Fireplace, large fenced yard, patio Seller: U. and T. Leao Buyer: E. ...
Lands Apart
An on-the-ground report from NorCal’s biggest concert of the summer.
One rather happy woman pulled down her friend’s top and proceeded to explore her pal’s areola for a photo. A strange man wearing batting gloves and a big look of concern– and carrying a small ...
News Updates: Casino in Salinas; Pacific Grove taser; Sherwood Village seniors; Lindsey's carbon neutral campaign; Measure W's defeat.
BETTING ON BANKER’S… Salinas card room Banker’s Casino is scheduled to open Thursday, Aug. 28. Sal Jimenez says the Salinas Police Department agreed to give his business a temporary 90-day permit if he agrees to ...
Letters to the Editor for Aug 28, 2008
OUR CRYSTAL BALL ISN’T AS CLEAR I remember Tom Hayden as a legendary leader at the University of Michigan when I was there. This man knows more about grassroots organizing than most people ever will. ...
Mean Strings
Judgement Day looks to rock a new Salinas venue with their unique metal.
Brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner take the stage looking like they just finished orchestra practice. As soon as they plug in their respective violin and cello, though, all similarities with other classical music forms cease ...
Brezsny's Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Aries (March 21-April 19): My Aries friend David’s acupuncturist diagnosed his current condition as an “encroachment of phlegm in his triple heater.” That’s also an apt metaphorical description of what’s going on in your psyche. ...
‘It Sunk’
Bankruptcy trustee sues investors, Cedar Funding creditors cry foul.
Frustrated Cedar Funding investors lashed out at bankruptcy trustee staff Aug. 21 for suing creditors. Trustee Todd Neilson is suing investors on 11 different properties because David Nilsen allegedly assigned the deeds of trust within ...
Speaking In Numbers
The Weekly Tally
$250,000 The grand prize awarded as part of PacRep’s “California Dream Raffle” to benefit Golden Bough Initiative. three hundred prizes, including a hybrid car, are up for grabs. visit www.pacrep.org. Source: Kathi Kammerdiener, PacRep spokeswoman.
Don’t Do Anything
SAM PHILLIPS
It’s hard to tell if this is the end of the third, or the beginning of the fourth phase of Sam Phillips’ career. In the mid-’80s, she was a popular, if undistinguished, Christian artist who ...
Traitor
Radical Schooling: An American operative gets entangled with some Islamic jihadists in Traitor.
Once we get past the obvious similarities to the Bourne franchise– rogue American ex-operative being chased all over the globe by CIA/FBI spooks that think he’s a terrorist– Traitor simmers down into a reasonably smart ...
Besides freedom, what’s worth fighting for?
Asked at the Steinbeck Plaza in Monterey.
MARTIN BLAIN |Composer | England A: Equal opportunity, particularly gender equality. Women are still exploited on many levels all over the world. The Sound of Music: My work. Being an experimental orchestral music composer, I ...
A New Bag
Monterey Bay Reggaefest displays the genre’s changing influences.
To most people, reggae music is one thing: a slow-boil mix of African music, Caribbean music, American R&B and ska popularized by the genre’s early greats including Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. These days, however, ...
Home Page
French doors, light and imagination bring down the house in Carmel Meadows.
Like a handsome emcee creating a sense of anticipation while welcoming one and all, this foyer seems to throw its arms back, thrust out its chest and smile broadly, knowing what will be revealed. Stepping ...
