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24 March 2014

24 March 2014, 16:40

Two New Academy Programs In California Announced For 2014

No. 1 Soccer Camps announced two new Academy Programs for the 2014 season at California Maritime Academy under the direction of Regional Director Erik Visser. Dr.Joseph Machnik, Founder and President of the No.1 Soccer Camps...

22 March 2014, 03:09

Cream of the crop among buttermilk choices

Creamy, tangy buttermilk is a versatile kitchen staple that comes in handy for all kinds of recipes. Once a byproduct of the butter-making process, these days the buttermilk we find at the market is cultured - a process where milk is fermented with lactic acid bacteria or...

21 March 2014, 05:21

True colors: Dema Grim's vivid designs reflect her style

For anyone who knows her eponymously named Valencia Street boutique, or worn her brightly colored, vintage-inspired clothing, it's no surprise the most interesting house on the block would be hers. Tucked back on a tiny street in Bernal Heights...

21 March 2014, 05:21

Benefits

Bay NatureSierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune is the featured speaker at this Awards Dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and also honoring the work of environmental educator Liam O'Brien...

21 March 2014, 04:30

Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame' fuses superb foliage, color

Digiplexis showcases the verdant, textured foliage of Digitalis purpurea and then marries the spectacular orangish-apricot flowers of isoplexis to the pinks of digitalis, creating in the process a breathtakingly beautiful hybrid.

19 March 2014, 19:35

IndieWeb

This is a thing I’ve been following since last year. Willow Brugh has just taken a shot at simplifying it for stupid people like me.…

18 March 2014, 14:21

Ask Our Coaches: Getting Recruited

Question: I’m a 14 year old player who is beginning to get college recruiting materials in the mail. I’m also getting pressure from some coaches to change club teams to a higher profile team, but I like my teammates and have many friends on my current team.

17 March 2014, 19:10

Leaf Broth

Hello. I’ve been reading cookbooks. There’s a certain kind of cookbook that you — or at least I — can read like it’s fiction. Science…

15 March 2014, 12:37

The resurrection of tā moko raises questions for Maori

THE drawing is almost complete. Her eyes fill with tears as she examines the Māori design drawn meticulously across her foot. Originally from France, she has spent the last four years travelling around New Zealand.

15 March 2014, 01:04

Recipe for leftover corned beef from St. Patrick's Day?

After the 1845 start of the potato famine, a million people emigrated from Ireland to the U.S., where they found corned beef to be relatively affordable. When St. Patrick's Day, originally a religious feast day...

14 March 2014, 05:33

Benefits

Fine Arts MuseumsBouquets to Arts celebrates its 30th year at this opening-night preview gala which features a sneak peek at the 125 floral homages to art and a McCall Associates cocktail buffet. 7 p.m.

14 March 2014, 04:17

Quiet wine and art salon becomes Friday night party spot

[...] since Valdez Family Winery moved its tasting room to Healdsburg last summer, Vino di Amore is keeping pretty lonely company. Considering that many fine wineries call the greater Cloverdale area home...

13 March 2014, 19:00

The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI

“What do you think of burglarizing an FBI office?” That was the question a mild-mannered physics professor at Haverford College privately asked a few fellow antiwar activists in late 1970. Soon, as part...

13 March 2014, 01:38

John Muir National Historic Site: Where explorer settled down

When conservationist John Muir returned from the wild in 1890, he and his wife settled in Martinez, on his father-in-law's 2,600-acre fruit ranch. Today, you can visit his home and see his "scribble den," 9 acres of the orchard and the historic Martinez Adobe home.

12 March 2014, 14:26

Off The Pitch With Ti Sarokon

Christina ‘Ti’ Sarokon is a No. 1 Soccer Camps Staff Coach at our Lebanon Valley College location. As a player, Ti was was selected to the National team pool in 2008 and just completed her sophomore season playing in goal for St.