Coronado is Beautiful

Coronado is Beautiful

by | Aug 15, 2018 | Profiles

Many visitors to San Diego like to hop aboard a ferry that motors across San Diego Bay, under the Coronado Bridge and docks at Coronado.  You can hop off and spend time enjoying the amenities of the island. For instance, you could check out the Hotel Del Coronado and its rich cinematic (and haunted) history.  Then hop back onto a later ferry back to San Diego.

The Water Man Has Left the Building

The Water Man Has Left the Building

by | Apr 10, 2018 | Profiles

Dave The Water Man Has Left the Building David “The Water Man” Ross Passes Away at 83 “We both knew he wasn’t long for this world,” Mark said when I delivered the news that our friend, Dave, passed away yesterday. It was true. He was...
Entrepreneurs on Wheels

Entrepreneurs on Wheels

by | Aug 4, 2017 | Profiles

Our success did not happen overnight. It took many years of concerted effort of working for ourselves from the time we each stopped working for someone else. As I see it, with all the megalithic corporations falling to their knees like those big mechanical creatures on Star Wars, an opportunity arises for those who are savvy and courageous enough to take it. We can create a whole new and unique economy based on bartering time, skills and products that are handmade or hand grown. It’s time for our communities to come together and work toward that new economy. So “follow your bliss” and start honing your skills. We have ingenuity and creativity going for us. And each other.

Steve Kowit: Poet’s Poet

Steve Kowit: Poet’s Poet

by | Oct 21, 2016 | Profiles

Steve Kowit: Poet’s Poet Walking through the front door at Clair de Lune was like entering another plane of existence.  The place, formerly a bridal dress shop, teemed with people, all anticipating the evening’s poetry.  After purchasing a mocha, I looked...
Eubie Blake – From Mouse to Lion

Eubie Blake – From Mouse to Lion

by | Jul 29, 2016 | Profiles

Eubie Blake: From Mouse To Lion Eubie Blake seemed to know exactly what he wanted to do with his life from the time he first embarked upon it.  He was born to former slaves, Emma and John Sumner Blake, on February 7, 1883 in Baltimore, Maryland. Eubie proved to be a...