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Movie Review: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Written on 22 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN Dear Readers, consider yourselves warned. This weekend I saw a film that I genuinely lament having seen. I wouldn’t fork out cash for I Don’t Know How She Does It unless you are actively hiding from vicious... (Continue reading)

Tears for Fears deliver the goods at the Chumash

Written on 22 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By COLIN JONES When you think of specific decades for anything whether it’s music, sports or movies, certain names immediately come to mind. For the big hair, synth-pop, techno-beat post-punk, post-new wave 1980s, it would be difficult to find a... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Avocado and Margarita Festival

Written on 16 Sep, 2011 in Discovered | No comments

By CRISTIN POWERS Forget dinner and a movie — take your date to the Fifth Annual Avocado and Margarita Festival held along the scenic Embarcadero Blvd. in Morro Bay on Saturday. Enliven your spirits and delight your palate as this... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Creston Classic Rodeo

Written on 9 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

Grab your cowboy boots, hats and flannels because Creston will host its 16th annual rodeo starting Friday and bucking until late Sunday. So hoof it out of the suburbs and into the wild for the Creston Classic Rodeo, which has been... (Continue reading)

DVD Rewind: A Single Man (2009)

Written on 6 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN After a summer of movies in theaters, I’d like to try something a little different (and more economical for most). With “DVD Rewind”, I’ll introduce you to films that I have found worth thinking about, talking about,... (Continue reading)

New ebook serves as Talk Radio 101

Written on 5 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 8 comments

Two San Luis Obispo radio talk show hosts have co-authored a new ebook about radio and what it takes to be an effective guest. Deborah Bayles and Dave Congalton, both of whom host shows locally for KVEC 920 AM, wrote... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Celebrate California wines

Written on 1 Sep, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By KARLEE PRAZAK September is California Wine Month, and that makes it a great time to enjoy a glass of wine at one of the many fine wineries the Central Coast has to offer. In celebration of Wine Month, wineries... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Stone Soup Music Faire

Written on 26 Aug, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

By KARLEE PRAZAK Now in its 19th year, the Stone Soup Music Faire is a wildly popular weekend event. A musical feast? Yes. A mix of international foods and local wines? It is all that and so much more. Grover... (Continue reading)

STP hits hard at Avila Beach

Written on 24 Aug, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

By COLIN JONES I recently wondered whether there was a better Central Coast concert experience than the Mid-State Fair in July.  Well, Avila Beach in August is not too shabby either. On a cool, dry, windless summer Sunday evening that... (Continue reading)

Movie Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love

Written on 23 Aug, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN Hearing the words “romantic comedy” is any guy’s worst nightmare, second date or twentieth year of marriage. “Rom-com” equates to pain and suffering through shmoopiness and star-crossed drivel. But every now and again a romantic comedy comes... (Continue reading)