The first grand slam
Early this March at the San Francisco Regional held in Burlingame, partner Norm Dow and I experienced the most exciting hand we have ever played.
‘FIP’ is deadly; dog’s droopy face explained
We recently had our stray kitty put to sleep. The vet said she
Help needed at Bay Area food banks
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and four other Bay Area food banks have a critical shortage of volunteers and are reaching out to the public for assistance.
Collectively, Bay Area food banks feed about one million people each month.
Second Harvest, Alameda County Community Food Bank...
Plant a tree for color, flowers, fruit
A single tree can do wonders for your home and garden. It can
Giving thanks during tough times
My mom passed away at this time of year in 2007. What makes the
‘Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan’: Serendipity in flight
“Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan” comes to the Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose with music, lights, action, flying and all the hoopla of the Neverland classic.
30 miles of bad road and 38,000 gestures for charity
Never heard this Gilroy-centric line, but when Doug the veteran Las Vegas cab driver who used to run a Vegas casino poker room “back in the day” heard we were from the Garlic Capital he immediately showed his hand. “You know what they called a hand with three 10s?” We didn’t have a clue what the old-time poker players called it. “They’d say, ‘I’ve got 30 miles of bad road between San Jose and Gilroy.’ ” Miss Jenny and I laughed out loud. The card quip referred to the 30-mile stretch of Monterey Highway. Before the new U.S. 101 it was known as “Blood Alley” – a nasty stretch of stoplights, accidents, backed-up traffic and fruit-peddling stands, the latter being its lone saving grace. It seems like so long ago, but the Sig Sanchez Freeway between Morgan Hill and San Jose opened less than 10 years ago in 2003.

















