I’m in Portland, Oregon, and at the museum is an exhibit of classic cars. had a great time shooting them, although it was very low light without flash… Here’s some basic info from the museum’s catalogue: 1930 Bentley: Speed Six “Blue Train Special.” Walter Owen Bentley built big, powerful, stately and also extremely speedy cars [...]
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File: July 2011
For more on Scripps scientist Laura Bohn, and the possibility of using a compound derived from crepe jasmine for pain relief, go to the story on North County Current here. And our earlier story is here… Although the amount of the chemical derived from the plant’s bark (conolidine) is meager, Associate Professor Glenn Micalizio has [...]
This home in the County Club section of Mill Valley is circa 1950. Windows were small and rooms were chopped up. The homeowners had already remodeled their master bedroom, but they wanted to update the exterior, open up the living spaces and create a new kitchen. They hired architects Ted Bonneau and Chad Stith of [...]
Recently I wrote a story on the Banner Center of Life Science program headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens (You can read that story here on North County Current). But in this post here, I wanted to give you an idea about the actual trainings. I asked the folks at our Banner Center (Elizabeth Handel, Jill [...]
Since artist Karen McGovern grew up in the Florida wilderness, it shaped every aspect of her life. “When I moved to a remote town in Florida at the age of ten, my whole world changed and I became enthralled with wildlife and wild art. With alligators in my back yard and wood storks in the [...]
A local realtor, Maureen Barber, has created a foundation in memory of her ex-husband, Brad Barber, who died last year due to suicide. She donates 10 percent of her commission to her foundation and 10 percent to her client’s charity. In addition, she’s putting on her first event, Rock 4 A Cause! concert, Saturday, July [...]
A quick announcement… On Friday, June 10, Palm2Jupiter, the little niche paper that I wrote for this past year folded. The writers (Amy Woods, Lee Hinnant and I) don’t want to give up! So (by the following Monday), I “renovated” our old paper into an online “paper,” North County Current and the three of us [...]