by Think In The Morning | Apr 4, 2016 | Sea Gull |
Today is World Rat Day. It’s a pity this holiday didn’t exist when I owned the Sea Gull. I’ll admit to holding certain prejudices against rats, but I’ve learned to keep them to myself since World Rat Day was established over a decade ago. Before rats got their day...
by Think In The Morning | Apr 3, 2016 | Sea Gull |
One fringe benefit of working in a restaurant is watching the famous people that sometimes arrive unannounced hoping for a bit of normalcy. In my first year at the Sea Gull, I was relaxing at the house next to the restaurant when I got an excited call from the...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 30, 2016 | More |
I met Jean in 1987. She had a fascinating family history. Her late husband, Thomas Nast St. Hill, was the grandson of the famous caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast was the creator of our modern version of Santa Claus. He also created the...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 29, 2016 | Sea Gull |
I had a restaurant in Mendocino, along the edge of the northern California coast. I took that from Isak Dinesen’s first line in Out of Africa. I changed it a bit. I highly recommend you read every single one of her stories. Mendocino lies at the southern end of the...
by Think In The Morning | Mar 22, 2016 | Sea Gull |
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without Improvement are the roads of genius.” William Blake On Highway 128 just before the newly built Mountain House Estate, there is a crooked tree that stands near the point of...
