By Daniella Walsh | Special to the NB Indy Pop culture icon. One of the most famous living artists. America’s illustrator. There really are not enough labels to affix to the art of Peter Max, so perhaps it’s just as well to dispense with them altogether. The only constants are that Max aficionados span ages [...]
Have you heard of the restaurant, the Playground? If not, it might be worth a visit, but not just for the food! Talk about a group of people who have a passion for what they do, for food and fun. If we all went through life with the excitement of Jason Quinn, executive chef [...]
The Newport Beach Film Festival begins in just two weeks and with it, scores of independent movie premieres. I savor that silent buzz of anticipation in the dark just before the screen explodes to life, speakers vibrating with accompanying music. My skin is awash in goose bumps with the awareness that before me is the [...]
At just 3-years-old, Hudson is playful, generous and a little stubborn. He attends preschool, Krav Maga classes and will be taking swimming lessons this summer. He’s smart and tall, and loves numbers. But unlike most other toddlers his age, he also has a brain tumor and has to go to chemotherapy once a week. It [...]
Assisting Hands Home Care, Newport Beach owner Judy Brady had her hands full earlier this week as she prepared to meet more than 60 of her fellow Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees who arrived Monday at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa for three days of intense programming devoted to the many issues facing [...]
If you have ever had someone named after you, I don’t need to explain the feelings of pride that comes with that honor. Having a namesake means that beyond being loved, there is a living, breathing memorial to you in the world. Our daughter Sally Dolores is named after my mother Sally, and my mother-in-law [...]
My wife and I were at Sanibel Island, Florida the month before the election and saw the full impact of the media blitz. Sanibel is every bit as conservative as Newport Beach, and there was considerable shock among the locals over Obama’s reelection. Still, it took us by surprise on November 7 when secession replaced [...]
I had the pleasure earlier this week to be a guest of the Laguna Niguel Rotary to listen to Holocaust survivor Esther Sterling’s harrowing story of surviving World War II and Hitler’s Nazi regime. At 79, Esther is spry, her blue eyes bright with the same fierce determination she must have called upon as a [...]
Newport residents Peter and Andrea Devin’s world was rocked when Peter was diagnosed with ALS in September of 2009. Peter wrote in his blog soon thereafter: “With just 3 words -‘You have ALS’- the future we thought we had planned was changed forever…Although this chapter in my life is the most difficult situation I have [...]
The man suspected of shooting and killing a Newport Beach doctor was charged Wednesday, and his arraignment delayed. Stanwood Fred Elkus, 75, a retired barber from Lake Elsinore, was charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder by lying in wait, with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a firearm causing death, [...]
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