I always seem to have a package of frozen peas in my freezer “for an emergency.” And I think the last time I used them was indeed an emergency—when I needed an ice pack to soothe a grandson’s skinned knee. There’s nothing wrong with eating frozen peas, of course. They are one of those vegetables …

The umpteenth annual Kings X Trivia Tournament will be held at WPLJ in Walnut Creek on Sunday April 29, 2012 at noon. The tournament was first held at the historic Kings X restaurant in Oakland in 1978. The moderator will be a local Trivia superstar, Rich Berkery. Come down and watch, or, if you would like …

In case you think I’m getting prematurely dotty, I willingly admit that I reviewed this One Night With The King in early 2008. A lot has happened since then to make me feel the need to dust it off. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a huge crowd recently at the AIPAC (American Israeli Public …

Align Healing Center was established in Danville in 1999 and since first opening my doors I have seen a progressive increase in chronic pain and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), now called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in our community. RSD/CRPS is a chronic, painful, and progressive neurological condition that affects the skin, muscles, joints, and …

I remember modifying my 1966 Ford Mustang and rebuilding the engine to produce a screaming 300 horses, slapping on rumbling exhaust and working the suspension. The image I wanted and achieved was lo ud and powerful with the ability to handle tight curves and feel every bump in the road. In the 1980′s that was …

It’s no secret that college gets more expensive every year. Tuition, room & board, books, and fees for a four year school can cost about $26,000 per year at popular CSU’s like Cal Poly or Chico, while the gross cost can run $50,000 or more annually at top private universities. But the bottom line is, …

  “What a difference a day makes.”  This line from an old song could easily be expanded to demonstrate the political turmoil that alters a travel site from “friendly” to “avoid” in a few blinks of an eye. The other evening while browsing through a few of my unpublished travel accounts, I ran across a …

Many of us find ourselves humming or singing a favorite tune or other songs we know while driving or in the shower. But how many of us think about how or where the song came from?  We may or may not know the composer, but is the song their original material or did it come …

What do Xerxes, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte and General Pershing have in common? They all dispatched field maneuver orders, battle results or other vital messages by carrier pigeons. No human could outrun sunlight, arrows, spears, or bullets, but the lowly bird could carry messages to home destinations by soaring high above fields, valleys, …

Just the other day, I was listing to my favorite song, It Will Rain by Bruno Mars (from my favorite movie, Breaking Dawn) when I realized that we are in need of some rain. It has been said that I have a keen sense of the obvious. You don’t need to be a meteorologist, although …