
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Marilyn, I work in an office and I really enjoy my job. It is built around a team concept. In general, this concept works very well. All of the teams are composed of […]
Dear Marilyn, I was a loner when I was in high school. I was in my own reality, and my own world regarding the way I viewed things. I had problems recognizing people […]
Dear Marilyn, I have been married for 12 years, and I have three children. I have had a small business, with a partner, for seven years. It has been mildly successful. During […]