The City Council last Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the Fairmont Miramar Hotel renovation process to commence. The next step is environmental review and negotiations that will culminate in a development agreement to substantially rebuild and enlarge the property.
Q: I was trying to make an international phone call the other day and I ended up calling 911 by mistake. I hung up and dialed the correct number but I think an operator from the police department was trying to call me while I was on the phone.
It seems that at least a couple of fairly large, privately-owned fitness organizations have found a great, free place to hold their exercise classes and boot camps — Palisades Park.
Now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, I must confess that something about him really worries me. And no, it’s not his $250 million net worth, or Swiss accounts, or Cayman Island income making him the poster boy for the 1 percent club.
This Earth week I’m giving thanks for all the magnificent hummingbirds I’ve watched this spring. These little beauties are worthy of our admiration; let me tell you why.
Dear Life Matters, I am currently exploring new job opportunities and have been invited to interview for one of the positions I have applied for. As part of the recruitment process I have been asked to prepare a 30-minute presentation.
“I love you,” I cooed playfully to my 3-year-old daughter Petunia the other day. “Do you love me?” “No,” she snapped back with a mischievous grin. “Sad Mommy?” I didn’t start weeping on the spot, probably because “Sad Mommy” is an unofficial game we play on occasion in which I mock sobbing, which in
Long before I was a divorce lawyer, I was in the food and beverage business. My first legal job was at a Jack in the Box, which I realize barely qualifies as food, but hey, I was 16.
The redevelopment of the Fairmont-Miramar hotel is on the agenda for tomorrow’s City Council meeting. A “standing room only” crowd generated plenty of heated comment at a Feb.
Q: I live in a multi-unit apartment complex and have had several issues with one of my neighbors. He harasses me and plays his music loud during all hours of the night.
For those too young to have seen it, or those too old to quite remember, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) was the lead in Martin Scorsese’s rather dark 1976 movie, “Taxi Driver.
Dear New Shrink, I have had a very close friend for many years now and this special friend is very successful in business. I am soon to graduate with my master’s degree and I have been offered a position with the business, but I would be my friend’s employee, at least for a few years.
