by Sherry Shahan | Oct 1, 2020 | Business, Food
W. Atlee Burpee & Co. says it’s sold more seed in 2020 than any other time in its 144-year history A month into seclusion, a honey gold potato in a basket on my kitchen counter began to sprout. The eyes grew thick, leafy lashes. What to do? There’s little room in...
by Camas Frank | Oct 1, 2020 | Cambria, Cayucos, Community, Food, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Nonprofit
Keeping our neighbors in good stead, healthy, and fed seems to have emerged as the theme of 2020. While there have always been a few members of the community with such things on their minds as a matter of course, more of us spare a thought for others as needs have...
by Susan Stewart | Oct 1, 2020 | Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, Business, Community, Food, Nipomo, Paso Robles, People, San Luis Obispo, San Miguel, Templeton
It would be hard to find a more perfect antidote to the COVID-19 crisis than spending time in the beauty and bounty of our local farms and ranches. Whether it’s standing in the middle of a fragrant apple orchard, feeding a handful of hay to a hungry goat, or stirring...
by Aprll Charlton | Mar 1, 2020 | Business, Community, Cover story, Food, People, Pismo Beach
Longtime Pismo Beach chef and restauranteur Doug MacMillan didn’t choose cooking as his life’s work. He was born into it. His wife, Shannon, on the other hand, married into the restaurant industry when she and MacMillan said, ‘I do.’ And for the past two-plus decades,...
by Bruce Badrigian | Nov 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Food, Morro Bay, People
An A-student, athletic waterpolo student, competitive swimmer, avid hiker, and all-around beach beauty with long blonde hair and golden-copper skin—Summer Mote could be the iconic California girl the Beach Boys sang into history. Summer and her older sister Danielle...
by Aprll Charlton | Jun 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Food, People, Pismo Beach
There are two types of people in the world: those who dream and those who make their dreams come true. Recent Pismo Beach transplant Teresa Cordeiro, 56, is most definitely the latter type. Having spent her entire adult life working in the medical field— Cordeiro is a...
