HILLS NEWSPAPERS: JUNE 10, 2011 It was the Black and White Ball on steroids — cakebread cabernet flowing like water; lavish presentations of food every few feet and pulsating entertainment on several stages. The climax of five days of International Pow Wow was a party of epic proportions, where Civic Center became a sort of [...]
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Black & White Ball on Steroids
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Montclair Restaurant Walk is Big Hit
Posted in Video on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Video produced by Lion’s Club volunteer Stephen Woo (Stephen Woo Photography)
A little bit of country comes to Oakland
Posted in People Profiles, Video on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: January 14, 2011 The three guitars resting on her living room couch tell the story. “These are the girls” says Oakland hills singer/songwriter Caren Armstrong — each instrument poised to be played by an artist who can make the strings sing. Mention the name to any local guitarist and you’ll find Armstrong has [...]
Boy plays piano to help children around the world
Posted in People Profiles, Video on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
OAKLAND TRIBUNE: January 6, 2011 For many kids, playing the piano is a rite of passage that ranks somewhere between breaking a bone and getting braces. But for 13-year-old Omar Abdul-Rahim, the piano holds the key to helping other children. On Sunday, this eighth-grader at Corpus Christi School in Piedmont will play a benefit concert [...]
Happy Wanderer: Ice Boating is Midwest’s big adventure sport
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: December 24, 2010 Now that it’s officially winter, boating season is under way in the upper Midwest. We’re talking ice boating here — a sport that combines sailing and snowmobiling in weather so raw your whole body has to be covered.
Happy Wanderer: North Carolina’s Stormy Shores bring History Alive
Posted in General, Travel Essays, Video on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. The rain fell in punishing waves and the wind whipped the trees like a dungeon master. There were voices, too…shrill, torturous sounds coming from the sea that was thrashing about, just yards from my bedroom window. My mind was racing. 400 years of history were flashing [...]
Happy Wanderer: Easter in Savannah – A Trip Back in Time
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of America’s most beautiful cities has General Sherman to thank for its survival. When Savannah, Georgia fell to the North in the Civil War, Sherman spared it from the fiery fate he’d metered on so many other Confederate towns. The gilded southern seaport survived – and still thrives – to this day. Savannah was [...]
Happy Wanderer: Pond Skimming; Wet and Wild
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: March 19, 2010 Some folks are born with a silver spoon. I was born with two boards. My folks had me skiing when I was old enough to walk. That’s not unusual in Minnesota, where everything you’ve heard about winter is true. It’s cold, it’s long and it’s spectacular. But something happens to [...]
Happy Wanderer: Around the World in 16 Days
Posted in Travel Essays, Video on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
HILLS NEWSPAPERS: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 These days, sending a student off to college almost always includes a semester abroad. Add up the cost, and you know the strain this can put on the family budget. But at St. Mary’s College, last month, my students and I traveled the world in 16 days – for less [...]
The season’s first snowfall in San Francisco’s East Bay
Posted in Video on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Midwest transplants, rejoice! Winter promises to bring more than one snowfall to the East Bay this year, thanks to El Nino and colder-than-normal temperatures. Here is a wonderful video, courtesy of student Bryan Navarro at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, of our first snow of the season, Dec. 7, 2009: And thanks to Bennett Hall [...]
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