Ginny Prior

MONTCLARION: May 24, 2012 It’s Memorial Day weekend, and all across the land, there are wispy clouds of grilling smoke, with just a hint of cayenne. And mesquite. The barbecue is more than just a cooking device — it’s a savory symbol of summer. We lovingly spritz our veggies in olive oil and make up [...]

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MONTCLARION: May 10, 2012 It’s Mother’s Day Weekend. That’s right — we do way too much work to be honored on just one day — we deserve a long weekend like Washington and Lincoln. They ran the country, but we run companies, households, churches and schools. Let’s put our feet up this weekend and, with [...]

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SAINT MARY’S MAGAZINE: February 12, 2012 With a deep luminous core and a bright cherry/ plum nose, the 2007 Brother Timothy Cabernet Sauvignon is ready to debut. “It’s the vintage of the decade,” said celebrated winemaker Dave Guffy of the Hess Collection, who handcrafts a cabernet annually to benefit the Lasallian Education Fund.

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The campus is home to the College community, but also to cheeky denizens of the natural world. SAINT MARY’S MAGAZINE: February 19, 2012 Photos by Mention wildlife and college in the same breath and it conjures up visions of the 1970s movie Animal House. But in a setting as serene as the Moraga Valley, the [...]

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OAKlAND TRIBUNE: January 26, 2011 With a celebratory clink of the glass, Oakland winds down its second annual Oakland Restaurant Week on Sunday. The culinary event features 10 days of deals at 37 local restaurants as part of a statewide campaign. From San Diego to San Francisco, restaurant weeks have been boosting local economies by [...]

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CONTRA COSTA TIMES: January 12, 2011 Montclair is joining the ranks of several Oakland neighborhoods getting attention from “foodies” these days. Local writer Serena Bartlett has launched a new culinary walking tour peppered with historic anecdotes of what she calls “unique food offerings” in the village, known more for its quaint hillside setting and proximity [...]

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MONTCLARION: December 23, 2011 It was an empty, blighted property in the heart of a Lake Merritt retail district, a haven for the homeless and a neighborhood eyesore. Now, the former bank site at 3265 Grand Ave. has been given new life as a coffee shop and gallery called Monkey Forest Road. Monkey Forest Road [...]

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MONTCLARION: October 28, 2011 The ratio of humans to ghosts in this world is unknown. That’s probably a good thing, knowing how spirits can violate one’s personal space. “Most of them are friendly,” a ghost hunter once told me, “but they do like to make mischief.” In some cases, a gaggle of ghosts can team [...]

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CONTRA COSTA TIMES: OCTOBER 28, 2011 Brother Michael Meister knows where all the bodies are buried — and at Halloween, that’s a good thing. The Saint Mary’s College theology and religious studies professor has lived on the bucolic Moraga campus for 30 years and is known as the resident storyteller. Things that go bump in [...]

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