South County continues to buzz with the activities of a vibrant
community. A small, new boutique has opened in time for summer
fashions and margaritas.
South County continues to buzz with the activities of a vibrant community. A small, new boutique has opened in time for summer fashions and margaritas.
In fact, Michelina’s Gift Box is conveniently located next to Sinaloa’s Restaurant and the salt on the rim goes well with dress buying.
The lime-colored accessories reminds me of my favorite fruit and the Italian fashions are “cute and affordable” according to my shopping buddy Ramune Ambrozaitis.
Martin Murphy assistant principal, Caroline Caracciolo, applauded store owner Mickey, praising her good taste saying, “Morgan Hill is ready for this!”
Ms. Caracciolo and I were graciously offered food and drink by Mickey’s eighth-grade son and student at Martin Murphy. “He’s a great guy. He’s on student council. He takes charge and gets things done.”
Can we interest you in a seat on the city council, Jonathan? Michelina’s also carries a stock of Red Hat Society clothing just in time for Red Hat Society Day at Bonfante Gardens this Saturday.
We all went to the hop on Saturday (OK, a lot of us went to the hop) at the Morgan Hill Community Center where the blast from the past took its toll on those directly from the 50’s. Sherri Hemingway made her way around the party on roller skates, passing her husband John with a quick hi and bye.
Competition was fierce on the dance floor and the showdown between Bob and Nancy Foster and Roger and Cera Malech left both couples panting and heading for the bar afterwards.
The Malechs won after Roger pulled the old “throw the girl over your shoulder” trick. When Bob started to meet the challenge, Nancy wagged a finger at him and said, “don’t you dare.”
Carol Spence Carr and her husband Larry won the contest for cutest couple in their soda jerk and waitress costumes, and Yarka Kennet won for best poodle skirt judged by the original poodle skirt designer and Morgan Hill resident, Michael Hamilton. Ms. Hamilton filled me in on stories from the post-WWII world of Montecito, California and Santa Barbara Junior League politics.
“We were famous for keeping Shirley Temple Black out of Junior League. After all, she was an actress. Weren’t we terrible? It was really different then.
We had some grand parties where we parodied plays of Henry the VIII. The woman who threw the parties would send limousines around to pick us up. There were homemade movies of all of this I would love to locate.” Ms. Hamilton, we’re thrilled to have met you.
A birthday party given in Holiday Lake Estates on Sunday brought more than 100 people together to gather, sing and enjoy the food of India.
Sai devotees from Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Jose celebrated Lord Rama’s birth by singing devotional songs and cultivating peace with their community. Sai devotees highly revere Sathya Sai Baba as a spiritual leader and follow his mission of outreach to the needy as well as follow his teachings on “peace, love and nonviolence.” Sunday’s host, still warmed by the activity stated, “All the people were so happy.”
Although of Indian origin, Sathya Sai Baba teachings have reached many parts of the world, and Sunday’s gathering included Western-born folks as well.
More on the Sai devotee community can be accessed by going to the Web site www.sathyasai.org.
