Small Talk: Achieving detente in kids’ clothes
AUTHOR’S NOTE: To kick off summertime, enjoy one from the archives! While you may not see it on CNN, the Clothes Wars continue to rage
Jean Gillette
Small Talk: Catching up on summer reading
June is half gone and the sun has finally come out with confidence. School is very nearly out, and suddenly my schedule has a few
Scholarships to the best and brightest
DEL MAR — Don Diego Scholarship Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary year by awarding $74,500 in college scholarships to 19 high-achieving, altruistic, deserving students who
Small Talk: Viva la pesca!
Try as I might, I have trouble getting enthusiastic over enormous quantities of any foodstuffs, except perhaps chocolate.
Small Talk: Fashion is at my fingertips
I’ve been feeling rather hip this week. I painted my toenails gray-blue.
Small Talk: Buried in ‘treasure’
If you want my daughter’s eyes to absolutely shine, give her $3 and point her toward a garage sale.
Small Talk: Map apps not exactly wizardry
I had heard others tell of directional apps taking them round the mulberry bush, but now I am one of those feeling like an idiot.
Small Talk: History unearthed
Every writer loves nothing more than a great story, but I didn’t expect one of the best I’ve heard to come from a neighborhood mom.
Small Talk: The noise of summer
It seems, at some stage of puberty, every child hears the siren’s thump. Mention drums and the eyes will light up on every teenager you
City gets kinetic sculpture from Encinitas Friends of the Arts
ENCINITAS — Orpheus, a kinetic sculpture by Encinitas artist Jeffery Laudenslager, was donated to the city of Encinitas by Encinitas Friends of the Arts. The
