Red Phone: Neighbor, hide your trash
“Red Phone, what can I do about our neighbor in Morgan HIll who has been leaving his trash cans out all week? We asked him to stop, but the landlord say it’s our issue, not his. What’s the city code say?”
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Ready for Another 100 Years
As autumn arrives this weekend, I feel a bit bummed I didn't go
Getting out: Purisima Creek offers slice of spring during summer
The chamber of commerce brochure says our summer California hills are golden. I don’t buy it. Except for a few moments after sunrise and before sunset, the hills look brown to me. Each year, the warming weather dries the seasonal streams and bakes the life force out winter’s lush grasses. When it does, I feel a bit of my life force ebb as well.
‘Outside Mullingar’ a charmer
Outside Mullingar is a charming offering by the renowned TheatreWorks Company and loaded with award-winning actors, director and playwright. You can’t blink without looking at a prize winner from a Nobel to Oscars, Tonys and you can throw in a Lifetime achievement award. It’s never a question of “will it be “good?” You know if it’s TheatreWorks it WILL be good. So it is with Outside Mullingar, a captivating moment spent on an Irish farm with all of its humor, sadness and life decisions.
‘Mary Poppins!’: Joyous, captivating enchantment
“Mary Poppins” was written by P.L.Travers, a native Australian who spent most of her life in England. Disney made an entrancing movie, with Julian Fellowes adapting the story for the stage with the award-winning Sherman Brothers supplying the music and lyrics. Their delightful music and words fascinated and gave the world a charming gift.
