MONTCLARION: August 19, 2016
The last time someone whistled at me, Richard Nixon was president. And it’s been years since anyone’s called me “baby.” But apparently there’s a parrot on the loose that’s just waiting to give me the compliments I richly deserve. Continue reading
MONTCLARION: August 12, 2016
My husband says we have the world’s best weather. We both love the fog and have no problem wearing flannel in summer — a fashion faux pas in some circles. Continue reading
MONTCLARION: July 30, 2016
Some of Oakland’s oldest buildings are getting new life. Take the structure at Grand and Webster avenues in Uptown, which was built in the 1920s. If you look hard enough at the Izzy’s Steak & Chop House sign, you’ll see the faint words “I Magnin.” How cool that a steak house named after one of San Francisco’s most colorful characters, Izzy Gomez, is now open in this iconic space at 59 Grand Ave. Continue reading
EASTBAYTIMES.COM: July 29, 2016
The freckle-faced boy had an ear-to-ear grin as he posed with an 8-inch long shrimp. He’d caught the crustacean with a shrimp net off Tybee Island, one of 15 barrier islands off the Georgia coast. Continue reading
MONTCLARION: July 22, 2016
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The summer fog is keeping the heat at bay. Long sleeves are back in vogue. It sure beats the sweat box heat and humidity that most folks are dealing with — especially in the Midwest. Continue reading
MONTCLARION: July 15, 2016
When Kimberly Miller took lifeguard classes in 1999, she clearly paid attention. The 33-year-old Montclarion has saved five lives since getting her park and recreation training in the pool at Oakland Tech High School at the age of 16. Continue reading
The tapas bar which features two dozen tapas is one of the popular features of La Marcha in Berkeley, which opened last fall by two Oakland chefs, Sergio Emilio Monleón and Emily Sarlatte. ( COURTESY OF PHI TRAN )
MONTCLARION: July 7, 2016
Sergio Emilio Monleón and Emily Sarlatte feel like pinching themselves. In just a few years, they’ve taken their passion for paella and turned it into a love fest. Continue reading
B & B Kitchen and Wine Bar
MONTCLARION: July 1, 2016
Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka once said: “If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life.” Continue reading
MERCURYNEWS.COM: July 1, 2016
It’s been 46 years since the sea lions stormed Pier 39’s West Marina. Drawn by the herring and protected docks, the pinniped population grew to hundreds in just a few months. But these “Sea Lebrities,” as they’re now known, are not the real stars of this famed tourist area. It’s the crustaceans — the crabs. Continue reading
MONTCLARION: June 22, 2016
Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka once said: “If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life.” The steady march of cars commuting down Thornhill Avenue to Mountain Boulevard is a daily drive-time parade that already irritates the masses. Would the addition of another school in the neighborhood exacerbate the problem?
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Ginny Prior 