When Harry met Laurie (the Catholic burglar)
I met my husband when I was burglarizing his house. Or maybe I was robbing it. Is there a difference? I mean, in “Law & Order” - which I watch all the time because I am slowly morphing into my 92-year-old grandmother; another column entirely - um, in “Law & Order” they say burglary. But then I've heard some say robbery. Also? Homicide - but I'm very, very certain that did not come into play the night I met Harry.
Creating a kitchen vegetable and herb garden
Before you plant those homegrown seedlings or fragrant plants from the UCCE Master Gardeners’ Spring Garden Market (Saturday, April 16 at History Park in San Jose), do you have what it takes to make your garden successful?
Gilroy Hot Springs and geothermal energy
The water was hot-tub tepid and stank of sulfur. Dipping my hand
Molly Thornton sparkles in ‘Gypsy’
Gypsy, the musical taken from the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee by Arthur Laurents became a smash on Broadway with its music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim. The incomparable Ethel Merman starred as Rose in this vehicle in 1959 and it has been entertaining audiences ever since. In 1962 Gypsy was made into a successful movie with Rosalind Russell as Rose.
Having a Ball
THE ORIGINAL Louis Hotel & Café located on Monterey Street, between Sixth and Seventh, built in 1921, is an historic monument referred to by locals as the Old Gilroy Hotel. For recent Gilroy resident Kaye Bohler, it is much more than that. A 30-year veteran performer, singer, songwriter, and bandleader, Bohler’s passion is music—which is also the motivation behind recent renovations of the hotel’s ballroom, renamed the Maria Clara Ballroom, in tribute to the history of the city.
A (lack of) flying nightmare comes true on the tarmac
You know how you read the stories in the paper of poor, tortured souls who board a plane for a one-hour flight and six hours later they are still sitting on the tarmac in a plane full of people who have not eaten anything but a piece of wood disguised as a granola bar and whose deodorant has failed thanks to the hot, Texas sun and the lack of A/C in the sweltering plane? And you know how you always think, “I hope that never happens to me?”
When You Can’t Grill, Head to the Next Best Thing
Do you miss grilling at this time of year? I do. It can be
The power of gratitude is great indeed
It's that traditional time of year to stop and appreciate what














