Etiqueta: Estados Unidos
Dancer unites flamenco and doctors without borders
Dancing flamenco and giving back to others have been part of Sonya Burton’s life since she was a child. These two passions will come together for one evening at The Abbey restaurant in...
Chaldean Voices- A Tale Of Immigrants
As an ESL teacher at Grossmont College, the majority of students in my classes are Iraqi and Iraqi Chaldean. Thus, I had a particular interest in the documentary, “Chaldean Voices”, which I saw Friday...
Linda Caballero-Sotelo-An Immigrant’s Perspective
Linda Caballero-Sotelo carries two passports, Mexican, and Spanish, as well as an American green card. She will become an American citizen in 2016. As the executive director of the New Americans Museum, her own...
Ken Kramer of “About San Diego” Says His Farewell
As a fourth generation Californian with a keen sense of curiosity and adventure, Ken Kramer was a natural as the host and producer of, “Ken Kramer’s About San Diego”, a local, long time half...
Review of Sacha’s Supper Club
The large shell on stage in the Mississippi room at the Lafayette Hotel was the perfect backdrop for the glamorous singer, Sacha Boutros. That same shell has been there since 1946, the year the...
My Weekend with Jeb and Columba Bush
This is not a political story, but rather a human interest one. It is my recollections of the weekend I spent with Jeb and Columba Bush, and why he impressed me.
In October 1981, my...
Singer Evokes Bygone Era
Sacha Boutros is an old soul. This award winning San Diego jazz singer channels bygone eras naturally. She has been listening to records, and singing along, since she was a child. Her love of...
Adventures of a Wildlife Photographer
Many of us lead mundane lives, but not Roy Toft. This amiable, 53 year old Ramona wildlife photographer has had enough adventures for many lifetimes! Originally, his major was wildlife biology at Polytechnic State...
Es fácil amar a Herb Alpert y Lani Hall
As a child in Mexico City in the 1960’s, I remember my older siblings listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’s album, “The Lonely Bull”, and I thought he was a handsome, musical,...
Doomed to Destiny
Is a young man doomed to destiny or can he overcome his fate? Since the play, Oedipus El Rey, is based on a classic Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, we all know what the answer...