Life Style
Cashew Surprise
While nibbling on some mixed nuts, it occurred to me that I had never seen cashews in the shell anywhere in the market. I was curious about it, but did not follow through. Then, while reading an ingredient label on a skin care product, I saw a familiar-seeming botanical name, Ancacardium occidentale. Doing an internet […]
Vintage Experience
By Aubree L. Stout (Russell) I am not just another stylist, I also produce. As of December 17th 2011 I have had the exciting task of producing the most important event of my life, my wedding. The title we choose is StoryBook Romance with a Vintage theme for this June wedding. My mother and I […]
The Dirt on Fertilizer
Mission Hills Garden Club has done it again! Once more, I found myself fascinated by an unlikely subject. This time it was fertilizers and dirt. Duane Wheeler who works for E.B. Stone was the May speaker. Wheeler, a self-proclaimed “gardening nut,” gave us a brief history of the EB Stone Company before explaining what each […]
Between the Lines: Searching for her roots, she finds her calling
“I became a full time writer in 1990, because I had discovered a story, a true story that had never been told.” The result of Kathi Diamant’s discovery is “Kafka’s Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant,” a biography published in 2003. Almost twenty years earlier, as a student at the University of Georgia, the […]
What Now? Rude, Scurrilous, Insulting. So What Else is New?
When Rahm Emannuel, the supremely un-shy White House chief of staff, described some colleagues as “retarded,” his apology, while … declarative, was widely considered as highly insincere, and didn’t get nearly the ink and air that the insult drew. And, that, friends, is how things are these days. Or not. Rosemarie Ostler has produced a […]
Secret # 9: Allowing Grace
The nine of 10 secrets to a fulfilled life is about taking responsibility for ourselves and letting others do the same. That way we can live with grace and with ease. The common trap of unspoken expectations and resulting frustrations and misunderstandings does not grab a hold of us that way. We might not have […]
The End of the Journey
We spend our time thinking about how we’re going to live but not necessarily about how we’re going to die. I’m healthy and hopefully a long way from leaving this earth, but recently I’ve had two occasions to contemplate end of life issues. I took a lecture course at UCSD dealing with this concept and […]
The Padres & Leadership Stability
In June’s Sentinel I wrote about Tom Garfinkel and the Padres. Nick Canepa, whose presence at U-T sports is more important than ever, with Tim Sullivan’s dismissal, has admonished me for misrepresenting his views. Mr. Canepa says he did not call for a “house cleaning” of the front office when new ownership takes control, […]
EPA, Southern California Edison Mark Recycling of 1 Million Refrigerators
$1 Billion in Energy Costs, 3.9 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset So Far Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the founding partners of U.S. EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program and a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award winner, today reached a national conservation milestone by crushing its 1 millinth refrigerator. SCE is […]
The Business Man: His Position and His Style
Stylishly: Aubree Lynn Style advisors are not just for women anymore. Men are now seeing the benefits of being stylish, and they are beginning to involve themselves in finding the confidence achieved from great style. Men are innovating different looks for their workplace, and the opportunity for great style does not stop there. The […]
