What’s the Point?: Power Supply and Pete’s Paleo, perfect meal prep
This is a foodie column, at least for this week. I have been eating so much awesome food, it's like Santa Monica is undergoing a revolution of foodie... Read more →
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What’s the Point?: Jibjab gives employees the old fluff and fold
I hate doing laundry. Which is perhaps why I don't do it. In the past 20 years I have done perhaps three loads of laundry, two of which were... Read more →
What’s the Point?: Refugees just want to have a home
I spent the end of the year in Mexico. Experiencing different cultures is a very important part of everyone's development. I've lived in England,... Read more →
The past is great, but the future is better
As 2015 winds down, I am aware that Santa Monica has made great progress in becoming a city of the future, moving from our past of sleepy surf town... Read more →
An unexpected Christmas gift
It's Christmas time and for me that means a trip to Mexico where I get to hang poolside, and do some intensive relaxing as I consider the course for... Read more →
Community building, one TEDxSantaMonica event at a time
The saying goes that “nobody plans to fail, they just fail to plan.” Having grown up in California, earthquake country, all my life I've heard... Read more →
Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’ a new telling of old story
What George Santayana wrote in "The Life of Reason" was: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Conversely those who... Read more →
HIV testing in Santa Monica, not just on World AIDS Day
Today is World Aids Day, and I wanted to reflect on the history of AIDS in America. On Nov. 7, 1991 Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced he was HIV... Read more →
A review of the ArcLight
It's official - we have an ArcLight Cinema - I know because I was there on opening day. Friday I got a call from a friend. She was desperate to avoid... Read more →
What’s the bike thingy on Pico?
I was just in Naples, Florida, which has a strong seasonal increase in its population thanks to the winter “Snowbirds” who flock down from the... Read more →
Awareness month ends, domestic violence doesn’t
We’re at the end of National Domestic Violence Awareness month, but that doesn’t mean the issue goes away. Families continue to suffer as... Read more →
So long summer, it’s been wonderful
Labor Day is here and with it the traditional end of summer. It's been a beautiful summer of warm nights and dear friends. I've indulged in the joys... Read more →
We Need to End Unenforceable Laws
A couple of months ago I was walking along the beach at the base of the pier and was almost run over by a couple on a bicycle. I think they were... Read more →
Cheesecake creates community
When I was younger lad, back in those pre-cellphone days, even before pagers were a common sight, summers meant long, lazy days at the beach, eating... Read more →
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The internet Black hole in Santa Monica
Absurdist cinema is a joy to watch. Movies like "Brazil" and "Dr. Strangelove" take the insanity of bureaucracies and make them entertaining. At the... Read more →
