Seven-year-old Max Rosenblum is pretty excited about MY Museum’s new location. Why? “Well, there’s going to be some mini golf and a tractor. I’ve never been on a tractor,” he says. “And there’s all the art stuff.” Max and his little brother, Luke (who loves the museum’s bubble machine), have been MY Museum regulars for five years. Their mom, Lori, also is looking forward to the … [Read more...] about A Perfect Place to Play
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Make Us Laugh
We need funny.We need it so extra very much super badly right now. What we don’t need any more of is sad or scary. Yet that’s what we are inundated with every morning as we slurp our lukewarm coffee while hunched over newspaper photos of angry or terrified faces reacting to crashing stock prices and foreclosed homes, and hear more pundits on TV blabbering on how to still … [Read more...] about Make Us Laugh
A Swell Life
Kelly Slater steps into the cool water that coats the sandy beach and wades deep into the salty tide. He lies down on his board and gently paddles across the surface of the water, the bright sun gleaming overhead. In rhythm with the natural strength of the ocean swells, he heads to catch a wave that’s about to break. For a pro surfer like Slater, this harmonious interaction … [Read more...] about A Swell Life
A Concours by the Sea
Twenty-one years ago, while strolling along Carmel’s Ocean Avenue with his wife, Doug Freedman saw potential. “I said to Genie, ‘We need to put cars on these streets,’ ” he remembers. When the Atlanta resident floated the idea in 2001, city officials said it couldn’t be done. “But I believe that if you have a dream, you should pursue that dream—and we pursued and pursued,” … [Read more...] about A Concours by the Sea
Don’t Mess with Texas
She’s been spoofed for her “Chicken of the Sea” comments: “Is it chicken, or is it tuna?” (Although it seems clear her “dumb blonde” act really was just an act.) She’s been dragged through the celebrity magazine circuit for her tumultuous love life (she’s currently dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, after dating singer John Mayer and after divorcing singer/actor Nick … [Read more...] about Don’t Mess with Texas