ou may gave read or heard, I’ve just come back from a strange, short journey. It started – more or less – in the Ralphs parking lot, took me through the trenches […]
From the trenches and back …
Opinion: Welcome to kitty diner
We have cats like some people have gophers. The difference is that most folks spend some money and labor in getting rid of their critters, while we subsidize ours. It all started […]
Honoring Zlaket’s and Zlakets
Zlaket’s Market may have closed after 87 years on Garden Grove’s historic Main Street, but now it looks like it will be there, in a sense, for perhaps another 87 years. On […]
Sweet Rolled Tacos cool, hot
By Marilyn and Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Sometimes when we go out for tacos we want something cool to balance out the heat. But there’s a place where you can combine the […]
New frontier of supermarkets
Travel with us now into a new frontier thanks to Jeff Bezos and crew …. No, we don’t mean that private rocket that propelled the billionaire Amazon founder into suborbital space […]
Bird Talk: some high-flying wings
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano You’ve heard – or maybe used the term – “just wing it.” That usually means to improvise quickly or carelessly, the outcome of the finished product […]
The Great Bunny Run of ’21
You may have read in The Tribune or elsewhere that Target made a profit of $15 billion last year despite the COVID-crippled economy. I think Marilyn and I, by ourselves, contributed […]
Burgerim moves into fast-food elite
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano There was a time – in the days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth – that you only had two fast food choices for hamburgers. There were the […]
Wagging your tail for Raising Cane’s
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano America may not lead the world in math scores or futbol, but we’re tops at inventing new fast food ideas. One of the latest examples of this […]
Retorts: Love among the game booths
Garden Grove owes a lot to the Strawberry Festival. I owe it my wife. The 60th annual event, to be held for four days over this Memorial Day weekend at the Village […]
