Most Americans know at least a bit of the history behind our national holiday of Thanksgiving. Early American settlers in New England—the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts—celebrated the blessings of a bountiful harvest, after having suffered through a brutal, severe first winter. That first winter was so severe in fact, that nearly half of the group …

ALIVE & LOOKIN’ GOOD This holiday season it’s all about eyes and sparkle. And you can’t overdue the sparkle – at any age! You just need to find the correct sparkle for you. For eyes, the best powder sparkle I have come across is in the shaker powder form. It does not crease or show …

On September 24 the Giants effectively fell out of the Wild Card race when Brian Wilson gave up a two-run homerun in the ninth inning, directly leading to a 3-2 Giants loss. That loss put the Giants four back of Colorado with nine to play, and ten games back of the Dodgers in the division …

I thought this might be an appropriate time to write about golf gifts and what to avoid when looking for something to give to the golfer in your family, workplace, or community. I grew up in a home with a family of five, three of whom were golfers. You might imagine that the two who …

It’s 2010… well, for automotive model years anyway, and the idea of electric cars is no longer a futuristic vision. With each passing year, the existence of gas-electric and even pure electric vehicles unfolds into our reality, or at least begins to fall onto our list of choices. We are becoming more comfortable with paying …

I heard an insider’s view of the swine flu last week from one of our valley leaders. Ok, he called it H1N1, but names are hard to change, especially abbreviations with no connection to the real world. Dr. Muntu Davis, the Deputy Health Officer & director of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention for the Alameda …

Tiger Woods recently became the first professional athlete to eclipse the billion dollar mark in career earnings and endorsements. Now, I have no idea what he does with all his money, but an interesting study of professional golfers shows that Tiger, along with the other Tour players, show a tendency to be risk averse when …

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. If we are lucky (and I am), we get to spend the day with family. For some, that is not much fun. For me and my wife, it is a great day. So, let’s give Thanks. Here are this month’s questions: 1. With what female singer did Bob Hope …

Sometimes silly is just what you need. With the busy holidays coming up you might want to try a little stupid…just for fun! Planes, Trains and Automobiles stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, an uppity marketing executive who, on a flight home at Thanksgiving, finds himself bumped from first class and forced to sit in …

For Parents Who Care But Temporarily Can’t Cope What if it were possible to stop the clock, allowing time and resources to combine in such a way to prevent a case of child abuse? This possibility is a reality, thanks to The Bay Area Crisis Nursery. We stop the clock by allowing children to have …