David Peterson & Richard Evans
David Louis Peterson and Richard Ellis Evans were two sensitive men who loved one another.
Month: June 2008
Shootout at Miramar Corral
After threatening to become the third successive Miramar Hotel owner to pull out of the project to restore the classic Montecito hotel, Rick Caruso has renewed his commitment following a teleconference with county staff on June 2.
One for the Gipper
During his 2000 campaign and after his election, George W. Bush and his aides talked of modeling his administration after that of former president Ronald Reagan. The authors of Reagan’s Disciple ask: Did George Bush steam full-speed ahead with the so-called “Reagan Revolution”-or derail it?
Kids for a Cure
Madison Lewandowski is a gifted artist, jeweler, model, and entrepreneur who has accomplished more in her life than many will ever accomplish. As well as being successful in business, she has given back in countless ways. And did we mention she is only eight years old?
Big Fish in a Small Sandbar
State Street’s Sandbar was packed full last Wednesday with a crowd of young hipsters sporting trendy mullet haircuts, fedoras, and super-low V-neck shirts. They were there to see Datarock, the up-and-coming Norwegian discopunk band.
Joseph Lodge Superior Court Judge
Joe Lodge was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1932. His father was a businessman, his mother a piano teacher. There were no lawyers in his family, but he decided as a teenager that he wanted to become one. His father wanted him to go into the family business, while his mother supported him in his desire to go away to college. His mother prevailed.
Atonally Yours
The 62nd annual Ojai Music Festival-the preeminent celebration of 20th- and 21st-century classical music in our region, and for that matter the West Coast-opens tonight, which makes this an excellent time to assess the state of contemporary composition.
Yesterday’s Party, Tomorrow’s Buzz
From the spire of the Arlington to the sands under Stearns Wharf, our main drag is consumed by businesses that cater to the idea of going out on the town, which is why State Street is a party mecca for anyone in a 100-mile radius.
Joy Mixed with Sorrow
“If Vienna were a piano,” an Austrian music professor tells his American student in Old Wicked Songs, “World War II would be a delicate shawl draped over the whole thing.”
Dating with Dear Old Dad
According to the statistics, Bob’s dad, Joe, was only one of many widowers who quickly and enthusiastically re-enter the dating world. “He’d been married to my mom for 50 years,” Morris recounted. “He was a very romantic man who loved holding hands and singing into somebody’s ear; he wasn’t going to stop just because he was 80 years old.”
