On occasion my husband warns me that if I meet three jerks in a day, then chances are I’m the jerk. (Although he doesn’t actually use the word jerk.) Indeed, despite the fact I lead a relatively charmed life, I’ve been feeling a little jerky of late.
I am a veteran foodie. My mother had me working in the kitchen with her since I was a kid, so consequently I still love rumbling around in the kitchen endeavoring in the fine arts of culinary sorcery.
The first time I tried to park in Downtown San Francisco, I figured taking the car would be a piece of cake because of the rows of meters I saw lining the streets.
I remember my first oyster. I was maybe 6. It was the fall. I know that because I can still picture my mom in this short, black coat she loved to wear.
Item 8B on tomorrow’s City Council agenda is approval of a $3.2-million contract (plus 10 percent contingency) with James Corner Field Operations for “the design and construction bid document preparation of the six-acre Palisades Garden Walk & Town Square project” in the Civic Center.
If it had been a movie, Butler’s Gordon Hayward’s last shot would have gone in. But it wasn’t a movie, it was real life. It was the NCAA championship game and real life spoiled things for an amazing Butler team, for about 60,000 (out of the 70,000) people in the arena, and for millions of people acr
Q: I live near a bar and commonly see or hear people walking around my street or near my residence, drinking alcohol, smoking, yelling and shouting. What can be done? A: The city of Santa Monica is an attractive city, rich in popular nightlife spots and dining establishments.
Dear Rachel, My boyfriend of a year won’t introduce me to his family. He meets with them every Sunday night for dinner, but he never invites me. I’ve asked to go along, but he always says no.
April 21 will mark 100 years since the death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain. Despite all that time, Twain is still considered the greatest humorist in American literature.
Last month my 19-month-old daughter started talking in earnest. It was remarkable not just because hours before the onslaught of language her preferred method of communication was whining, bursting into tears, poking, pulling, dancing, swatting, giggling, throwing things gleefully or rolling on the
Dear New Shrink, I was recently promoted into a management position within my corporation. This is a new opportunity for me, but I feel a little unprepared for this new venture.
The people of Santa Monica have a wonderful opportunity to effect great change on their little part of the world without spending more money. My father was involved in a union at AT&T, and was a big advocate back in the day.
