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Honey, We’re Eating The Kids
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] If you lower the price enough, consumers will buy more of the product. There are exceptions such as Giffen goods or Veblen goods but they are rare. It’s known as the law of demand. This is certainly the...
Sea Gull Recipe Series – Sour Cream Coffee Cake
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Sheldon retired into the back after setting up the dining room, as always, to Dire Straits Sultans of Swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il8ZC3O64AU The coffee shop was quickly...
Poems – 13
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Think in the Morning is returning to our poems and art series, specifically poems and Sea Gull Cellar Bar Napkin Art. This is our 13th page of poems paired with napkin art. Let us know if you...
About The Sea Gull: Once Upon A Redwood by Maria Goodwin
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] The Sea Gull Restaurant and Cellar Bar became part of many stories over the years, sometimes a short part, sometimes a long part. In About the Sea Gull we are collecting these stories and putting...
How To Choose
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Having just gone through an election, I’m reminded of some things I ponder from time to time. When I studied economics in college, I had the great fortune to meet the Nobel economist...
Reading A Little Bit At A Time
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Folks who read at least 30 minutes a week are 20 percent more likely to report greater life satisfaction and 11 percent more likely to feel creative. They're also 28 percent less likely to suffer from...
It’s All About The Corn
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] sin maíz no hay país—without corn, there is no country Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales and anything resembling Mexican in enormous...
Oaxaca’s Amazing Graphic Arts Studios
[Click BLUE links for sources and more information] I started to make graffiti when I was 15. Later, I went to a college of art where I combined fine arts with street art. In 2006, there was a strong social and political movement in my state (Oaxaca) and...
The Bliss of Absent-Mindedness
[Click BLUE links for sources and information] Absence of mind doesn’t mean you are careless or lacking in focus; it just means the mind is meandering through fascinating labyrinths invisible to the open eye. Vinita Dawra Nangia, Are You Often...
The Mendocino Gong Show at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar 10-20-1982
This is a bonus post, a live recording of The Mendocino Gong Show at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar recorded 10-20-1982. The Gong Show was a one-night only extravaganza at the upstairs Cellar Bar. We packed the house so we opened the dining room and the downstairs cellar...
It’s The Pie, Stupid
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] So many people visited the Sea Gull Restaurant all those years ago. I don’t regret moving on with my life but I do miss the friends and the people I worked with and … the pies. When I entered into...
The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living
To Live Well You have to take risks Risk failure Risk looking stupid Risk admitting you haven't got the skills Risk personal embarrassment Risk making mistakes Risk offending people That's the only way you can learn To succeed To be smart...