Periodicals

Corn dogs. It was the only type of cuisine that our mother, former Gossiping Gourmet columnist Elle Harrow, could not cook. We were about 7 and 14 years old, respectively, and every morning, she would ask us what we'd want for dinner that evening. "Corn...

It was as lame a salutation as I've ever penned. Here's how it went: "Have you ever tried skateboarding down the side of Mt. Everest wearing nothing but your insulated skivvies? "You haven't? "Well, I've never written a sports column for (this...

My history with the Daily Pilot is a fond one. It started in 1990, in the midst of my junior year at UC Irvine. I was looking for another job and stumbled across an ad for someone to deliver the Daily Pilot throughout the Balboa Peninsula, starting at...

Ahoy! I remember when I started writing about the tidelands tax — the residents with docks on the bay were quiet. Oh, Mike Henn, it is a tax, but I agree with you on no boycott of the parade. I mentioned that once the commercial, marina and...

Tyler Maloney, a Corona del Mar High senior, will be featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces In The Crowd," section in the Dec. 24 issue of the magazine for his stellar play in hockey. Maloney, who also plays on the CdM baseball team, recorded his...

So this past Monday was the third and final Feet to the Fire Forum for this election cycle, and I must say that I've learned tremendous amounts about the Costa Mesa-Newport Beach electorate, the importance about doing well at such forums, and a lot...

A full house at the Neighborhood Community Center on Monday night came to hear two sides debate Costa Mesa's proposed city charter. The topic of the fifth Feet to the Fire Forum was Measure V, which would change Costa Mesa's form of governance from a...

Ahoy! One night last week, I was cruising along our coastline with the owner of a new yacht, and he wondered why we could not see the light of Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. Well, I explained the curvature of the Earth and that Avalon is actually...

Costa Mesa is a newspaper editor's dream. The town is engaged (and sometimes enraged) in the political process in a manner that defies Orange County's supposed political apathy. The Nov. 6 election in general, and the Measure V charter proposal in...

I cannot tell you how excited and nervous I am about this weekend's Championship Regatta at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. The event will be sailed in Harbor 20s, with the family division taking to the water Saturday and the championships division...

The fourth Feet to the Fire forum — this time with candidates for Costa Mesa City Council — will take place Wednesday evening. The ongoing series of panels features journalists from various Orange County news outlets interviewing candidates...

A panel of journalists from various Orange County news outlets plan to interview candidates for Costa Mesa City Council at the fourth installment of the Feet to the Fire Forum series. Six of eight candidates for three open seats in November are...