By Kathryn Reed An obituary writer and social columnist in a small town writing about her experiences might not seem like a book worth reading. Think again. Heather Lende’s “If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name” is a delightful and entertaining glimpse into life in Alaska as well as the characters filling the town. […]
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By Sally Abrahms, AARP Bulletin For years, boomers have denied they are going to get old. Now, with knees that need scoping and birthday cakes with way too many candles, the defiant generation is finally thinking about the future — especially where and how to live. Visits to their parents in sterile, regimented assisted living […]
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By Dan Sheehan Summer is right around the corner and the sun will be beating down on Lake Tahoe once again. What did you learn from this past winter and what are you going to do to prepare for next winter? As a contractor in Lake Tahoe, I see firsthand how the environment/climate of the […]
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What do black and yellow and bleu have in common? Billboard’s Top 100 hit “Black and Yellow” will be performed by Pittsburgh hip hopper Wiz Khalifa at MontBleu casino in Stateline on June 21. Khalifa has been selling out stadiums across the country following the release of Rolling Papers, his freshman album. It debuted at […]
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Margie Daum, long-time resident of Lake Tahoe and member of Lake Tahoe Historical Society, is the featured speaker at the society’s meeting April 26. Daum attended the one-room Lake Valley School in the 1940s. She will show a film made by the casinos to promote the area and will share stories about early Tahoe life. […]
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Truckee Downtown Merchant Association’s 2011 design contest invites local artists to get their creative juices flowing and submit a design that captures the popular weekly summer event series. The winning design will be printed on T-shirts that will be sold throughout the summer. TDMA will accept entries through Sunday, May 15. Quickly becoming a feel-good […]
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By Forrest Hartman, Reno Gazette-Journal Whitesnake may not be the commercial juggernaut it was in the late 1980s, but the band still has legions of fans who buy albums and line up for concert dates, and singer David Coverdale is as appreciative as anyone. “I’m sitting doing interviews with people in a year that I’m […]
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On April 25 and 26, the Tahoe Poetry Posse will bomb the South Shore with poems. Kim Wyatt, publisher of Bona Fide Books, organized the event as part of National Poetry Month, which occurs each April. “We mark the most important times of our lives—graduation, weddings, and funerals—with poems,” Wyatt said in a statement. “They […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal Real estate is expensive. You pay for it in rent or a house payment, says a garden book author. So if you’re a gardener, make that real estate count. That’s what the authors of two new books hope to help gardeners achieve this season. One book cuts to the simplest […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee What would you do with a stack of old tires? How about a heap of plastic bags? Can a pile of junk become a gold mine? Inspired by a drive to recycle and powered by imagination, inventors and artisans are finding unusual uses for other people’s discards. They’re mining the […]
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