Sex and the Senior Set - 1
How physical lovin’ changes when you reach 60 and beyond.
The month of May is designated nationally as Older Americans Month. In recognition, the Weekly has partnered with the Monterey County Area Agency on Aging to publish the 2012 Best of Monterey Bay® Senior Resource ...
Sex and the Senior Set - 2
Dirty, Boozy Birds: When it comes to sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, your parents – not your kids – may be the more likely culprits.
A February study published in the Student British Medical Journal is only the latest in a string of reports to find sexually transmitted disease rates increasing dramatically among seniors. Some 80 percent of British, Canadian ...
Sexuality in Senior Homes
There’s nothing golden about living in lockdown, feeling like a criminal while trying to steal some sexy time with your sweetie – or yourself. And yet for some seniors in assisted living facilities or residential ...
The Senior Con: With age comes those who try to take financial advantage of it.
Senior citizens – even those who believed they were financially prepared for retirement – have been among the hardest hit in the economic downturn. And the financial stressors that Monterey County seniors face are what ...
Sex and the Senior Set – 5
Foster the People: Grandparent program connects seniors to struggling kids, and everyone benefits.
Over the last six years, 69-year-old Richard Rangel has had 24 grandkids. “This is the most rewarding thing in my life,” he says. “I’m so proud.” He isn’t referring to the biological process by which ...
Issues / 2012 / May 10
Brezsny's Astrology May 10-16, 2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In one of your past lives, I think you must have periodically done something like stick your tongue out or thumb your nose at pretentious tyrants – and gotten away with ...
In Bloom
Gardens & Villa stops at CSU Monterey Bay on their way to the top.
Over the past couple months Santa Barbara’s Gardens & Villa have been getting their first tastes of large-scale success. “All of the sudden we’ve been playing for huge crowds in huge spaces,” says bassist Shane ...
Wrestling Tongues
After a long hiatus, the annual DLI Language Day is again open to the public.
A great golden dragon bobs and weaves before an awestruck crowd. The beat of Chinese drums keeps the time of the graceful dance. Costumed people with poles glide beneath the satin dragon skin, moving in ...
Real Estate
$339,000 Recent Sale 1277 Harcourt Ave., Seaside Built: 1979 Size: 1,686 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Amenities: Duplex with two units, ocean views from all rooms, new carpet and paint Seller: Flores Brothers ...
Mother Lode
What and where to eat to best honor the best mamas in Monterey County.
I am not this way because the first thing that ever happened to me – after I was born, unbreathing – was a fat slap on my spanker. I am not this way because I ...
Chain Reaction
Braving three on-fire Salinas franchise restaurants that opened in the last month and a half.
Part of it is the 5-foot-4-inch pink pig mascot hamming it up in the entryway at Famous Dave’s. Part of it is the wait for a table at BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse: Even though the ...
Letters To The Editor 5.10.12
Artichokin’ I’d like to go on record as stating that I have never used an artichoke as a marital aid, and what’s more, my husband hasn’t had to “resign” himself to my cooking, he quite ...
It Otter Be in Pictures
Otter 501 gets a new release, in a waterway and a theater near you.
Alone and stranded by a storm, a three-day-old sea otter doesn’t stand a chance by itself. The film Otter 501 tells the heart-warming story of how this pup is rescued and the many challenges it ...
Endless Notes
A hard-working man’s bushel of instruments keeps his performance fresh.
“I started fooling around with the concept of a one-man band with a lot of different instruments,” Al Frisby says. “I wanted to do something that was different from the lounge guitar act or jazz ...
Super Sonic
The White Hills bring heavy doses of guitar-driven space rock to Seaside.
The thunderous roar of the White Hills’ hurts-so-good decibel level will be unleashed upon the diorama-sized Alternative Café on Saturday. Seaside’s eardrums may never be the same. But the New York City-based duo – usually ...
Encore Act
Enviros, conservatives back ’80s supervisor Marc Del Piero for a return to the board.
An unusual lineup backs water rights attorney and federal bankruptcy trustee Marc Del Piero for county supervisor, including LandWatch board members, the Green Party of Monterey County, Young Professional Republicans of the Central Coast and ...
Dissed Utopia
Esalen Institute’s ‘global community’ protests manager layoffs.
Daniel Cryns’ 58th birthday was a rough one – and not just because April 18 was his first day back to work after his brother’s memorial service. During Cryn’s morning check-in with his staff at ...
A Capitol Idea
Five contenders for two Assembly seats prepare to face off in an open primary.
When Bob Fultz talks about government getting out of the way of the private sector, he sounds like a classic small-government backer. He’s hoping his campaign catchphrase – the D next to his name is ...
The Buddy System
Developer claims Salinas mayor tried to swing massive redevelopment project to friends in high places
First the real estate deal fell apart, and then so did the legal mediation that followed in its wake. As Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue enters his final months in office, he faces a legal battle ...
The Long View
The 30th Wildflower Triathlon defines endurance, inspiration and effort.
“Long” is an elastic term. Case in point: Seventy-plus miles of swimming, biking and running – covering about the distance between Monterey and San Jose – is not long for some, since it’s the kiddie ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 5.10.12
ONGOING | VOTER ED | COUNTYWIDE – Future and eligible voters ages 12-22 are invited to enter the county Elections Department’s poster contest. Entries should reflect the value of civic participation and address the theme ...
After last week, it shouldn’t be a Capital One card.
This is what a bloodbath looks like. One day after Capital One officially took ownership of the credit card business of Asia-based HSBC, one of the largest non-government employers in Monterey County, Capital One announced ...
Hable, Calamar
INTO THE LIGHT… Squid was floating in the deep, meditating where it’s too dark to see much of anything. So Squid was surprised when a tentacle brushed Fort Ord Reuse Authority attorney David Balch. Though ...
Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ the MPC gym
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What’s your favorite foreign phrase?
Follow-up: Make up a word to describe how you are feeling today. MO MANN | Professional College Athlete | Seaside A: Mahalo, it means hello and goodbye. I love Hawaiian stuff, and I like the ...
