by Deborah Cash | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Peg Grady’s satire thread art will make you smile. Peg Grady the person will make you laugh out loud. While she works in a myriad of media—painting, assemblages, collages and other works of art—it’s Peg’s pithy, catchy and sometimes outrageous stitched sayings...
by Deborah Cash | Dec 1, 2018 | Business, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
Celebrating 20 years since hanging his shingle: “Garcia Architecture+Design,” George Garcia shakes his head. “I still can’t believe I did it,” he said of leaving a civil engineering firm where he had worked for 14 years to head out on his own in 1998....
by Deborah Cash | Nov 1, 2018 | Atascadero, Community, Nonprofit, People
“Out of high school, I seriously didn’t know what I wanted to do in life,” Terrie Banish said recently, “but looking back, I realize all the choices I made eventually led me to the job I was meant to have. My heart is in this!” “This” is the position of...
by Deborah Cash | Oct 1, 2018 | Business, Community, Food, People, San Luis Obispo
On a recent weekday afternoon, Spirit of San Luis restaurant—located at the SLO airport and known for many years to locals for its aviation-themed menu items and unique ambiance—was filled to capacity and owner Ellen Stanton was definitely in her element. Smiling,...
by Deborah Cash | Sep 1, 2018 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
In his city hall office, San Luis Obispo city manager Derek Johnson, after a short but enthusiastic greeting,excused himself and darted out to grab some papers from the copier. Looking around in his brief absence, one notices the organized, neat but comfortable digs...
