PVAC Recognizes Palos Verdes Pulse with the Corporate Award for Extraordinary Service
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The re-launch of the iconic Ruby’s Car Show in Redondo Beach July 2nd was a H U G E success with over 350 cars on display. This fun event will happen every Friday afternoon this Summer from about 3-6 pm in the parking lot where Ruby’s used to be – on Harbor Drive across from what is now the Sonesta Hotel – used to be the Redondo Sheraton.
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Route 66. It started in Chicago and ended in Santa Monica. It’s an icon known throughout the USA. What lots of folks don’t know is if you have a beer in Zermatt, Switzerland, home of the Matterhorn mountain, you might see a Route 66 sign on the wall of the bar.
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My last essay - “Human Diversity in a Nutshell” - concluded with several bold claims. (1) Like physics, chemistry and biology, psychology has become a “hard” science. (2) Even more remarkable is the assertion that sociology is on the cusp of becoming a science. (3) The key to these momentous advances is DNA and the genetic code that it enables.
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The re-launch of the iconic Ruby’s Car Show in Redondo Beach last Friday afternoon was a H U G E success with over 350 cars on display. This fun event will happen every Friday afternoon this Summer from about 3-6 pm in the parking lot where Ruby’s used to be – on Harbor Drive across from what is now the Sonesta Hotel – used to be the Redondo Sheraton.
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This month July 2021 is the 245th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle for independence, begun in 1776, of the 13 original British “Colonies” rebelling against the homeland England because of excessive taxation and other issues, appropriately remembering and pondering the preamble of the Declaration of Independence:
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This article is a continuation of my previous one on the Nike program in and around Palos Verdes. The second and last generation of the Nike missile to become operational was called the Hercules.
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Family Nature Club - Birds, Saturday, August 7th, 9am. Join the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy for the next Virtual Family Nature Club as we fly into the exciting topic of birds! Learn about local birds on the Peninsula, how to be a birdwatcher and enjoy a fun bird craft.
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Here we are, nestled in the heart of Cancer season - that watery sign of emotion, home, belonging, imagination, and nurturing. It represents the maternal; the creative incubation space that protectively holds what is not yet ready to come forth.
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Recently on Thursday 7-1-2021 I was invited by a fun group of local freedivers to accompany them to the SS Dominator Wreckage off Rocky Point, along the beautiful Palos Verdes Estates. We were in high hopes for favorable diving conditions which are hard to tell until we reach the destination.
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In the fall of 2011, Jonathan Williams and Mike Getscher found themselves alone on an 887-foot steel behemoth they had just helped rescue from exile in the Suisun Bay Naval Reserve Fleet
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Fourth of July 1826!
It was America’s 50th Birthday! Also on that day, Stephen Foster was born.
Also on that very same day both former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died!
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It was a beautiful morning and i had the beach all to myself.As the sun was rising, shimmering gold hues of warm light reflected across the sand. I took a deep breath and inhaled the salty ocean air. As I slowly exhaled, I felt all my worries disappear.
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Fans make stars. Huge popularity and corresponding box office revenues are the bread and butter of celebrity success. No star better understood this concept than picture queen Joan Crawford.
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As July is a month for patriotic remembrance, what better costume to revisit than this spectacular one worn by Liberace. This is one of Liberace’s best known costumes dating from 1971. Liberace wrote of its creation: “I was in San Francisco, when I was contacted by a fellow from Poland…he said he’d like to make me a leather outfit.
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Many people seem to think that if choice is a good thing, more choices must be better. Nice idea, but not necessarily true. As a marketer with the perspective of a trained media psychologist, I’ve been exposed to a number of well-validated studies that demonstrate a simple fact: Too many choices lead to confusion, indecision and—often—a refusal to choose. That’s right; when you give people too many choices, their “chooser” shuts down and they don’t pick anything at all!
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Procrastination waits for no one. Do you put aside what needs to be done– giving every excuse under the sun?
Do you ignore, deny, or space complete?
A procrastinator’s support group never meets!
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Celebrating the Fourth of July is one of the best parts about summer. This is one of the most awaited holidays in the United States of America; people from all religious and ethnic background come together to celebrate the birth anniversary of this great nation.
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