Here we are, nestled in the heart of Cancer season - that watery sign of emotion, home, belonging, imagination, and nurturing. It represents the maternal; the creative incubation space that protectively holds what is not yet ready to come forth.
Read MoreRecently on Thursday 7-1-2021 I was invited by a fun group of local freedivers to accompany them to the SS Dominator Wreckage off Rocky Point, along the beautiful Palos Verdes Estates. We were in high hopes for favorable diving conditions which are hard to tell until we reach the destination.
Read MoreIn the fall of 2011, Jonathan Williams and Mike Getscher found themselves alone on an 887-foot steel behemoth they had just helped rescue from exile in the Suisun Bay Naval Reserve Fleet
Read MoreFourth of July 1826!
It was America’s 50th Birthday! Also on that day, Stephen Foster was born.
Also on that very same day both former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died!
Read MoreIt was a beautiful morning and i had the beach all to myself.As the sun was rising, shimmering gold hues of warm light reflected across the sand. I took a deep breath and inhaled the salty ocean air. As I slowly exhaled, I felt all my worries disappear.
Read MoreFans make stars. Huge popularity and corresponding box office revenues are the bread and butter of celebrity success. No star better understood this concept than picture queen Joan Crawford.
Read MoreAs July is a month for patriotic remembrance, what better costume to revisit than this spectacular one worn by Liberace. This is one of Liberace’s best known costumes dating from 1971. Liberace wrote of its creation: “I was in San Francisco, when I was contacted by a fellow from Poland…he said he’d like to make me a leather outfit.
Read MoreMany people seem to think that if choice is a good thing, more choices must be better. Nice idea, but not necessarily true. As a marketer with the perspective of a trained media psychologist, I’ve been exposed to a number of well-validated studies that demonstrate a simple fact: Too many choices lead to confusion, indecision and—often—a refusal to choose. That’s right; when you give people too many choices, their “chooser” shuts down and they don’t pick anything at all!
Read MoreProcrastination waits for no one. Do you put aside what needs to be done– giving every excuse under the sun?
Do you ignore, deny, or space complete?
A procrastinator’s support group never meets!
Read MoreCelebrating the Fourth of July is one of the best parts about summer. This is one of the most awaited holidays in the United States of America; people from all religious and ethnic background come together to celebrate the birth anniversary of this great nation.
Read MoreThe National Fisheries Institute calculates that Americans consume one billion pounds of canned and poached tuna each year. It is hard to imagine a time when consumers were uneasy with the idea of eating fish from a can. To increase the public’s appetite for canned fish, canneries marketed their products through television, radio, and print ads, as well as through a wide array of promotional items.
Read MoreThe steep and slippery slopes of the Palos Verdes canyons and hillsides make it extremely difficult to clear away the variety of non-native plants and weeds that grow during our warm and sunny spring days.
Read MoreHave you met one of the “little people” or an angel or spirit guide? Most people say they have! Mind-altering rituals–like prayer, meditation, hypnosis, athletes, quietude or a simple daydream often bring divine encounters.
Read MorePoint Vicente Chapter’s National Society Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) is pleased to announce their 2020 - 2021 Good Citizens Essay Contest and Scholarship winner, Kapilaksha ‘Kapil’ Dheeriya from Palos Verdes High School, has not only won at the District, State and Southwestern Region levels, but his essay continued on to compete at the National level.
Read MoreThe Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital (PCCH), in conjunction with the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC), announced the winners of their annual Portuguese Bend National Horse Show (PBNHS) poster contest on May 11, 2021.
Read MoreSouth Bay-based Strand Boards ride the wave of outdoor showers right into gardens, yards and compounds
Read MoreHappy Merry-Go-Round Day! | From the Grapevine
Despite the continued existence of fanciful merry-go-rounds, we do live in a modern age. Of course, every generation can lay claim to modernity.
Read MoreCookie Monster and Chef Gonger Learn about Harvesting Sea Salt from the Pacific at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
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