When you taste Soquel Vineyards’ extraordinary 2012 Partners’ Reserve Pinot Noir, you will know why it won a Double Gold in June at the 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition.
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Soquel’s Pinot Winner
Mass Appeal
Santa Cruz band signs to major label as release of debut nears
Cooking Up Reality
Sandra Gilbert gets real about the truths and lies we tell ourselves about food
Making a Splash
The whale season to end all whale seasons has scientists searching for explanations
Fat Chance
Is the butter-in-coffee fad really good for you?
A Different Revolution
Aries Moon late Wednesday and Thursday. We think new thoughts and initiate new ideas. Sun in Virgo with Saturn in Scorpio help disciples to create orderly structures to anchor and bring forth new ideas.
Stabilizing Taurus moon Friday and Saturday. We anchor new ideas into form and matter, like seeds planted in the soil. We tend them, waiting for green shoots to emerge. Like the gestating Virgo Sun Madonna, awaiting the birth of the holy child, the Soul, the new light at winter solstice. Mercury and Chiron converse about what hurts and what heals.
Saturday is a complex day with Mercury (communication), Mars (action!) and Uranus (revolution). Mercury in Libra is opposite Uranus in Aries. Oppositions (recognizing something new appearing over there somewhere) eventually synthesize. Mercury in Libra calls for Right Action and Right Relations, especially with money. Uranus in Aries—the revolution this time must be different. Also on Saturday, Mars enters Sagittarius. Where are we going, what are our goals, where’s justice, where’s the mountain, do we have good shoes?
Sunday Venus trines Pluto—in-depth assessment of money, values and resources. Gemini moon Monday; we talk a lot, tending to tasks in gardens and neighborhoods. Cancer Moon Tuesday and Wednesday; we nurture and nourish. The stars and planets remind us.
Note: William Meader, esoteric author & international teacher, will be speaking on “The Soul of Humanity Evolving Through Crisis” at Meditation Mount, 7pm, Friday, Sept. 12.
Watch List
From Google to the government to data brokers, why your privacy is now a thing of the past
Ser Wine Company’s Pfeffer
I am actually drinking a glass of Ser Wine Company’s 2012 Cabernet Pfeffer as I’m writing this.
Dining for a Cause
Chef’s Dinner, Live Earth Farm Dinner and Gourmet Grazing on the Green
Soquel’s Pinot Winner
When you taste Soquel Vineyards’ extraordinary 2012 Partners’ Reserve Pinot Noir, you will know why it won a Double Gold in June at the 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition. Yes, Pinot lovers everywhere, this beautiful garnet wine scored a whopping 98 points at the competition, and, considering the huge number of varietals entered this year,...
Mass Appeal
Santa Cruz band signs to major label as release of debut nears Steven Juliano is no stranger to major label record deals. From 2005-2010, his band I Am Ghost was on the Epitaph Records roster, and his new band, Requiem, which was voted this year’s “Best Local Band” by GT readers, recently signed with Cleopatra Records....
Cooking Up Reality
Sandra Gilbert gets real about the truths and lies we tell ourselves about food In her new book, The Culinary Imagination, Sandra Gilbert asks the question “What do we talk about when we talk about food?” It turns out we talk about art, history, politics, literature, and of course, ourselves. She dives into the vast pool...
Making a Splash
The whale season to end all whale seasons has scientists searching for explanations The last year has been bliss for whale fanatics like myself. I have pictures of whales pinned up in my bedroom, look for them almost every day on West Cliff, and read any article about them that I come across. I am even...
Fat Chance
Is the butter-in-coffee fad really good for you? Forget toast. We’ve already moved on. But don’t even think about taking away our butter. Fat fuels the brain, and who doesn’t want to keep their cognitive organ running smoothly under a well-oiled sheen? Yes, the fat revolution is upon us, and it sure feels liberating to reclaim...
A Different Revolution
Aries Moon late Wednesday and Thursday. We think new thoughts and initiate new ideas. Sun in Virgo with Saturn in Scorpio help disciples to create orderly structures to anchor and bring forth new ideas. Stabilizing Taurus moon Friday and Saturday. We anchor new ideas into form and matter, like seeds planted in the soil. We tend them, waiting for...
From The Editor
Plus Letters To the Editor It’s a great time to be paranoid. Edward Snowden’s revelations about the previously unimagined scope of global spying by the National Security Agency did what many of us thought was no longer even possible—shocked us about the extent to which members of our own government are willing and able to...
Watch List
From Google to the government to data brokers, why your privacy is now a thing of the past Last year, in response to revelations about NSA surveillance, some of tech’s biggest names got together and formed an organization dedicated to promoting government surveillance reform. The charade should have been laughed at and mocked— after all, these...
Ser Wine Company’s Pfeffer
I am actually drinking a glass of Ser Wine Company’s 2012 Cabernet Pfeffer as I’m writing this. First of all, it’s a Cabernet Pfeffer—a variety of grape not seen on most stores’ shelves. It was nearly brought to extinction in the 1800s in France by the destructive phylloxera louse, so we should be thankful that it’s...
Dining for a Cause
Chef’s Dinner, Live Earth Farm Dinner and Gourmet Grazing on the Green Coming up is the Chefs’ Dinner 2014. On Sept. 18, from 6-10 p.m. in the convivial Holy Cross Annex, those who love to dine together for good causes will have a lot to enjoy. Benefiting the important work of Second Harvest Food Bank, five...