Tag: human interest
Aunt Gertie and the Ukulele Busker
Aunt Gertie loves to dance the jig. Well, you would, too, if you heard Robby Ravenwood pluck away on his dadgum ukulele! I got...
Aunt Gertie was Touched By An Angel
Aunt Gertie’s broom wouldn’t start. So I gave the damn thing a tune-up, transmission overhaul and a new coat of shiny purple paint. Hopped...
Aunt Gertie saw Ray clean up real good
Aunt Gertie was on Main Street when Shani Rae Erickson grabbed me and twisted my arm till I agreed to put Ray Longoria in...
Local community leader’s loss is Run Seal Beach event’s gain
Those of us who walk through Old Town on Saturday mornings have noticed the now familiar sight of Adriana Ziegenbusch, her husband Ryan and...
Walt’s Wharf
In the same way you can’t take the Nick out of the breakfast burrito (because we all know Nick’s does it best), you can’t...
Aunt Gertie loves bicycles
Aunt Gertie’s lookin’ for a handsome ol’ coot to throw me on the back of a bicycle built for two so we can cruise...
Guest column: Red Sails …
On the morning of Feb. 14, 1977, after my wife, Soula had gone to work, I drove over to a local printer and purchased...
Aunt Gertie loves Glory Days
Aunt Gertie says, “I love dreamin’ about my glory days so Jack Deaton picked me up in his nifty little electric cart and we...
