The last time this many people gathered at 9852 Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove was when George W. Bush was president, the top movie was “Revenge of the Sith” and millions tuned […]
New growth may “Sprout” here
Back to the “deader” ball era
Let us doff our baseball caps to the man who made the home run king – sort of – in the early days of major league baseball (before it was capitalized). John […]
And she really did it herself
In my last column, I wrote about a project that I had undertaken this past summer – an attempt to refinish a hutch and a buffet that had been sitting in […]
And maybe I’ll keep the mask, too
I went into a convenience store today to buy a bottle of soda. I caught a glimpse of myself in some glass: cap pulled down low (it was chilly), dark sunglasses (chilly […]
Let’s go, Anaheim … and Mike, too
Let’s go back for the future. The Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished the 2020 season at nearly opposite ends of the big league baseball spectrum. The boys of […]
Radicalism on trial in “Trial”
By Jim Tortolano Any movie or television show written and/or directed by Aaron Sorkin is bound to be literate, thought-provoking and timely. But his work sometimes gets mired in the left-lane […]
Hat’s off to founding father R.Q.
George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among the founding fathers of the United States of America, but can you name any of the folks who made Orange County a reality? […]
Age is just a (big) number, now
After Sunday’s stellar Super Bowl performance by Tom Brady, his status as G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) as an NFL quarterback was cemented pretty solidly. At the well-seasoned age of 43, Brady […]
“Mank” a companion to “Kane”
By Jim Tortolano How do you make a great film about the making of a historically great motion picture that hardly anyone under the age of 60 remembers? Well, start with a […]
This old hutch: a second life?
This past summer, in the middle of a heat wave, I decided to start a project that would persuade me to appreciate the process of refinishing furniture. Located along the north wall […]
