There’s room for candy and ice cream in every diet and especially so at the cinema. Not every film can be “The Battleship Potemkin” or “Schindler’s List.” Case is point in “Tag,” […]
“Tag”: it touches the child in us
From gay bars to gay rights on GG Blvd.
The resolution passed by the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night declaring June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month marked a kind of milestone in the history of […]
As Mickey flirts with Garden Grove …
Forgive me while I daydream for a bit …. Disney, finally dissatisfied with Anaheim’s newfound resistance to being a company town, decides to aim the expansion of its expanding resort plans down […]
Festival, fire service and SteelCraft
The 60th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival saluted the event’s history, but made some history of its own. According to Scott Weimer, president of the Strawberry Festival Association, the four-day event had […]
“Solo” revives the spirit of “Star Wars”
By Jim Tortolano Many are calling it a flop because of its early box office performance, but “Solo: A Star Wars Story” deserves a better description. As someone who thrilled to the […]
Truly, “You Can’t Take It With You”
By Thom deMartino True family is not always simply in blood shared, but found in the open, accepting and understanding heart. It’s 1938 in “You Can’t Take It With You” as the […]
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 […]
The shape of things to come … maybe
Development, for good or bad, is one of the things that affects people the most in an urban/suburban environment. Construction of a new shopping center, housing project, restaurant, etc. can influence things […]
Francoli’s is a savory gem on the plaza
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano Although we always like to patronize and write about restaurants and eateries in the Garden Grove-Huntington Beach-Westminster area, sometimes it’s fun to see what’s close by and […]
Retorts: Skating on the edge of theater
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a “sport” called roller derby. The illegitimate cousin of professional “wrestling,” this cheesy enterprise was broadcast on Channel 13 and involved a bunch […]
