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Getting Scrappy

There is such a thing as a professional scrapbooker – and one lives among us.

Salinas’ Melissa Coventry, owner of Legacy Paper Arts, is a working entreprenuer, which isn’t terribly surprising. It’s the work, scrapbooking, that is. Forget the construction paper and stickers of old. Coventry’s layouts take the craft ...

Brezsny's Astrology Feb 16-22, 2012

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What do you typically do just before you fall asleep and right after you wake up? Those rituals are important for your mental health. Without exaggeration, you could say they are ...

By The Numbers 2-16-12

Real Estate

$1,050,000 Recent Sale 2775 Ribera Rd., Carmel Built: 1981 Size: 2,005 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean view, open-hearth fireplace, library, patio, hardwood floors Seller: William Balloun Trust Buyer: Mike ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ East Village Coffee Lounge in Monterey.)

What mementos would be on the scrapbook page of your life?

Follow-up: What hobby would you make your career if you could? AARON DICKERSON | Tennis Coach | Monterey A: Little things from the places I’ve been, such as grass from Indiana, sand from Maryland, sawdust ...

Hair Peace

Larry Zellers uses his Boomerang Hair Studio to help locals find acceptance and relief.

Larry Zellers crafted no fewer than 29 wigs for PacRep’s new production of Hairspray, which opened last month at the Golden Bough Theater. But the job didn’t stop there. “The high school kids are all ...

Brezsny's Astrology Feb 9-12, 2012

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or conquest,” said author George Eliot. I believe the same is true even about intimate bonds that have not been legally consecrated. Each ...

By The Numbers 2-09-12

Real Estate

$374,500 Recent Sale 1828 Judson St., Seaside Built: 1971 Size: 1,339 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1-car garage Amenities: Completely remodeled, new roof, windows and appliances, fenced yard Seller: Robert and Donna Igleheart ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ Allure Salon in Salinas.)

What’s the biggest misconception about stylists?

Follow-up: What’s the worst hair trend of all time? LYNN COLIJN | Hairstylist/Esthetician | Salinas A: That we ended up going to beauty college because we failed at just about everything else. No Party: The ...

Smoke Alarmed

A real-deal local chimney sweep talks of smokestack stereotypes and fire prevention.

If the thought of chimney sweeps triggers a pretty motion picture of Dick Van Dyke singing “Chim Chim Cheree” in Mary Poppins, don’t mention it to Jerry Forbes. “That’s fantasy,” grunts Forbes, who owns Morrill ...

Brezsny's Astrology Feb 2-8, 2012

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sad but true: A lot of people seem to be perpetually in a state of wanting what they don’t have and not wanting what they actually do have. I’m begging you ...

By The Numbers 2-02-12

Real Estate

$1,505,000 Recent Sale 11 Sleepy Hollow Dr., Carmel Valley Built: 1991 Size: 6,400 square feet Features: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 3-car garage, 5 acres Amenities: 3 fireplaces, pool, hot tub, wet bar, wine cellar, workshop, ...

Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ The Works Cafe and Bookstore in P.G.)

What in your life is currently clogged?

Follow-up: What is your favorite uniform? ALEJANDRO MONCADA | Student | Salinas A: It is me who is lodged, unsure of whether to stay or go. If I stay I fear I’d be conforming to ...

Spearfishing Meditation

Local freedivers hunt both seafood and serenity.

Bryan Mabrey slides off the side of a red, 16-foot Tarpon kayak. He’s a half mile from shore, 24-inch plastic fins strapped to his feet. Armed with his favorite spear gun, he’s hoping an olive ...

Brezsny's Astrology Jan 26-Feb 1, 2012

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I’m afraid that means you’re not going to have as much right to complain as you usually do. ...

By The Numbers 1-26-12

Real Estate

$820,500 Recent Sale 629 Jewell Ave., Pacific Grove Built: 1920 Size: 1,500 square feet Features: 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Bay window with bay view, wood-burning fireplace, patio, fenced yard Seller: Michele Harrah ...