How to Work with a Decorator
So you’ve just moved into a new house or decided it’s time to redecorate your existing home. You’re most likely asking yourself, “where do I begin?” or “how do I make this house my home?”
Garlic fest is here: catching up with Vito
As President of the 2014 Gilroy Garlic Festival, I take great pride in representing the community of Gilroy and the 4,000-plus volunteers who come together every year to host this amazing event for visitors from all over the world.
Don’t call the cops, it’s just the dog
My dog knows how to open doors. Now, this sounds like a great thing—I mean, hello? No more getting up in the middle of the good part* of Real Housewives to let No-No Lulu out. No more wondering if the dog needs to be let in or if she has run away to the neighbor’s house where the lawn is definitely greener since their dog is a male.
Scrapbook July 20-26, 2014
BIRTHDAY: Margaret Tortorelli: Margaret Tortorelli was born July 10, 1914 and recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She has lived in Hollister for 96 years.
Locals play gorgeous convention
The two most important questions in bridge are: 1) what level should we play at—part score or game? And 2) which strain (suit or notrump) should we play in?
Girls attend prestigious science camp
Three rising science stars recently attended the week-long American Association of University Women Marie Curie Science Camp held at Stanford University.
Spend a day with Kids at the Park
Hollister’s Dunne Park will soon be the site of more than 30 interactive stations to help children learn about a healthy and safe lifestyle.
A taste of South Valley
Many regions of the country in the southern barbecue belt specialize in their own unique barbecue. Many of those different styles of barbecue can be found here in California. I appreciate these different styles, but it is high time we had our own unique barbecue. This week, I introduce a style of barbecue and sauce residents of the South Valley can finally call their own.
‘South Pacific’: At 65, still younger than springtime
From the moment Mark Hanson raises his baton to start the overture for “South Pacific,” you know you are in for a truly enchanted evening. Although 65 years old, “South Pacific's” music is ageless, with a love story that has a simple delicate message from a more innocent time, and a thread of morality and a sense of what is right and wrong running through like a gentle brook. You know you are in for a fine evening of entertainment when the overture becomes an unforgettable moment.
Churches are historical trove for communities
A recent newsletter of the Gilroy United Methodist Church contained an interesting article by Dispatch columnist Kat Teraji. She explained how the daughter of a former pastor (back in 1938) recently donated to the church “a wealth of artifacts and articles” from that time period.
