Homes in Lamorinda are actually quite a bargain! Really.
When life got turned upside down after a freak bovine accident, our food standards were thrown off course.
It’s true that Jagermeister can, like the German language, be a bit harsh. However, its quirky flavor can bring a pleasant depth to well-mixed cocktails.
This month, Food Rules put out a challenge to eat no "processed" foods. Could you do it?
Five great ways to harvest the sun.
Suggestions regarding preventing and getting help for kids using substances to cope with their lives.
The first of a 2 part discussion regarding the use of drugs and alcohol by teens as they cope with the stresses of their lives.
Choosing heirloom seed, over hybrids has made all the difference in our Garden Classroom.
Lychee offers a tasty tropical addition to cocktails, if you can coax out the subtle flavor.
Excellence in education goes beyond test scores. Our students' education is well rounded in addition to our great academic results.
Acorns make good eating as soon as you know how to wash away the tannins.
Two interactive websites for lovers of reading and pop culture
What shade of green are you? Was Kermit right? Green living is a process and there is no perfect shade of green.
Infuse a little flavor into your spirit.
Twenty years of keeping chickens and still happy every day to collect the eggs and the black gold for my garden.
Adventures in Home Canning: Putting Food By Without Fear.
Building with straw has saved us a bundle in heating and cooling costs.
Burton Valley Elementary students connect to their food in the Garden Classroom when they grew corn that enabled them to make tortilla chips.
Mark Culpepper is a self-described energy geek with his finger on the pulse of California's often electric energy scene.
Pear-ing a local festival with a tasty cocktail... and Patch!
When in a funk, feeling low or stuck, a visit to your other mother, Mother Nature, may be the cure.
Find out which shortlisted novels are available as ebooks, and add a special date to your annual holiday calendar.
Raise a glass in celebration of our neighbors to the south, because that’s what good neighbors do.
A contest and a look at one puzzling punctuation trend.
Pimp your Sex on the Beach with some whole fruit love.
A Labor Day rallying call for one last party on summer’s end of the Party Spectrum before we all have to hang up our white leisure suits.
An invite (ugh) to think about linguistic backformations
Sometimes it's tough to drink like a tough guy.
What does it take to be good parents these days? How do kids develop respect for others? Is it important that kids be happy?
It is again that time of year when children leave their families for college and they and their parents must adapt and redefine themselves.
About the use and misuse of the apostrophe.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was rhyme and reason to cocktail names?
You really can’t go wrong with the Cape Cod -- it’s full of Vitamin C, anti-oxidants, and it promotes urinary tract health, which is always nice.
Information for parents about how to talk to their children about safety issues as well as guidelines for determining if further assessment is necessary.
Can a book or poem change someone's life...or the direction of history?
Do our kids already know right from wrong, good from bad? Supporting their gut instincts may be the most important teaching we do.
Casual seafood and a full bar mix up magic in Lafayette.
The Us and Them paradigm has become the norm.
How independent bookstores are meeting the challenge of e-books and online competition
When you’re away from your home bar and need a solid, tasty cocktail, the Sidecar is a great drink to have in your bag of tricks.