Summer Camp Guide, 2007:
Enrichment and Academics
Summer Camp Guide- Enrichment and Academics
Year: 2007
Summer Camp Guide, 2007:
David “Bud” Menkin 1915-2007
David “Bud” Menkin was my teacher. He was also, for more than 30 years, my stepfather, mentor, business partner, grandfather, and “Budpa” to my children. He died on Saturday, March 31, 2007, of complications of Parkinson’s disease and old age, at 91. Those who knew him well, mourn the loss of a wonderful friend, a gentle man, a sage, and a fully engaged teacher.
What’s Grosser than Gross
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is seeking volunteers for its new exhibit, Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body. And impolite it certainly can be: The exhibition is an extension of the best-selling book Grossology, written by science teacher Sylvia Branzei, which explains to children how and why their bodies produce, and we quote, “mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly, stinky things that many people think are gross.”
The Incredible Shrinking Brain
Someone recently told me aging is all about shrinking. It’s true, as most of us know, that we lose height as our spinal cords compress with too many years of standing upright. There are those shrinking opportunities that diminish as youngsters take over the asylum. And then there is genitalia : but we won’t go there.
Summer Camp Guide, 2007:
Science, Nature, and Computers
Summer Camp Guide- Science, Nature and Computers
A Week of Strong
Last weekend, like all weekends before it, I was confronted with a barrage of shame-inducing images: Fleshless twenty-somethings flitting along downtown sidewalks in jeans tighter than the skin on grapes. Itty bitty bikinis dangling in department store windows, looking more like polka dot rubber bands than something that might actually cover my ba-donk-a-donk.
Call Him Mr. Right
In a city where it’s hard to find food past 10 p.m. and impossible to catch a movie after the sun goes down, Mickey Avalon righteously delivered a much-needed dosage of debauchery to our clean streets.
Leafy Greens
Those firm round balls of pale green lettuce known as iceberg are still a mainstay of many salad eaters, but health-conscious folk are turning more to the darker green, leafy kinds for extra flavor and vitamins. Most supermarkets carry less than half a dozen kinds of head lettuces, although you may find some of the pre-washed mixes that include other types.
Martha Green 1923-2007
Santa Barbara is no less beautiful, but will be slightly less improved due to the loss of Martha Green-late of Samarkand-who died at age 84 on March 17 after a battle with cancer. Active in many local organizations, Martha had become a distinctive thread in the local fabric for nearly 50 years.
Tourism Turns Green
The tourism industry is jumping on the green bandwagon with a promotional campaign highlighting “the greener side of Santa Barbara.” A website (
