When Buddy Holly finally conceded to glasses, his vision was already 20-800. He had tried some of the earliest contact lenses. They became unbearable after about 10 minutes. So he got glasses. His first frames had thick plastic at the top, with a thinner, less obtrusive metal frame for the bottom half.
DIY Fashion: Arielle Rose
“When I was a kid my mom bought me those bulk Barbie dresses,” says the Santa Cruz dressmaker, “and when she came into my room 10 minutes later I had cut all of them up and put them together in completely different ways.”
‘W.E.’ A Feast For The Eyes
Wielding her obsession with übercelebrity Wallis Simpson like a wand of Maybelline extra black mascara, Madonna has made a better film than we expected.
Spring Fashion: Photographer’s Notebook
A glimpse into the portfolio of Santa Cruz–based fashion photographer Dina Scoppettone.
Montessori Charter Advocates Drop Controversial Video
Nobody’s born with political acumen. It develops, often painfully, from the experience-driven discovery that something you just did pissed off a lot of people. Which might resonate with the organizers of a group called the Maria Montessori Charter School Families. They’ve learned firsthand, at their own pace (in a very Montessori way, you might say), a hard lesson about selling their concept for a charter elementary school to public school officials. Namely: First beware of insulting them.
Kicking Sugar for Better Health
Jill Escher had me at “clear skin” and “lifted brain fog.” Armed with a copy of her book, Farewell Club Perma-Chub: A Sugar Addict’s Guide to Easy Weight Loss, I hurled myself cold turkey into a sugar-free existence a few weeks ago, just as Girl Scout Cookie season commenced. And it wasn’t just the white stuff, either. All starches had to go.
Libertarian Think Tank Hosts Public Pensions Debate
A Santa Barbara–based think tank is hoping to turn up the heat on California’s discussion of public employee compensation in a series of debates with a libertarian slant. Oddly enough, the first stop is in Santa Cruz.
Letters to the Editor, Mar. 7-13
Oh, it’s been so very long since the Doobie Brothers were in town (but not that long…).
Top 5 Italian Restaurants
The best places to get your pasta on, according to the 2011 Santa Cruz Weekly Reader Survey. Buon appetito!
A Student’s View
It’s 4:30am Wednesday, not yet daybreak, at the intersection of Hagar and Coolidge on the UCSC campus. Already a few dozen intrepid protesters have gathered to block access to campus from the main entrance despite the chill of dawn and undoubtedly short-circuited sleep cycles. Soon word comes from the other entrances: they have been effectively blocked, and the protesters have their first victory before the sun has even appeared on the horizon.
