the four tides

Luc, Olivia and Allan all went to the Sawdust Festival last weekend. A charming event that truly captures the real essence of Laguna Beach. There are booths where artists peddle their wares, fo...

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I am typing with one hand because Master Luc is bouncing on my knee. So, please excuse any typos or that this post is not quite "poetic." Since my last entry I wrote a book, thus my excuse for ...

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To turn on the heat indoors decorate with printed boxes, a straw hat, flowers that fit another season and a sweet drawing from Olivia's younger years. Thus combining the natural, handmade and a...

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Part of the Laguna Beach look is Lala. Kerry Cassill's store that offers the softest Indian print clothes is the next best thing to wearing nothing. The patterns are cheerful while they fit i...

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Could I be mistaken? The date says November 4th but the temperature reads 86 degrees. (Please see time of post: 7:53 p.m.) Referring back to my East Coast upbringing, a day so hot a water bott...

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Last night the siblings trick-or-treated in North Laguna, eschewing the raucous Oak Street territory for a saner experience. While Olivia loaded on candy, I took the opportunity to peek inside ...

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Olivia even won a prize, cutest bee, though if her brother made it till the end of the fair perhaps their colloborative costume would have garnered another win.

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Forget an evening of trick-or-treating, Luc and Olivia spent the weekend celebrating. Friday afternoon it launched off with Boo Blast at Olivia's school, her last year of elementary school. The...

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Don't let the pink color fool you, these cookies actually taste quite good, with a strong dose of holiday spice.

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Desserts are an easy way to brighten the eye. Truffles are mini art pieces.

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Three holiday magazines are nearly completed--and I do not mean Halloween. The peculiar thing about working on monthly publications is it can really make you out of sorts, like living in the So...

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Perhaps this weekend won't be spent attending to work deadlines, and I can actually spend some time with Luc and the family in the pool. (Though not as hot as the other week, this is Laguna). ...

http://thefourtides.blogspot.com/2010/10/back-to-reality.html

What I find most beautiful in this display is not what the picture reveals. These shelves are a result of a series of negotiations. How do we create more space in our home? Whose treasured belo...

http://thefourtides.blogspot.com/2010/09/extending-your-shelf-life.html

As the summer is now catalogued into highlighted events, one family will always come to mind. A couple with two children rented Ebb Tide for a week. We once lived in Ebb Tide, and many of our "...

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For months I thought about the shelves we had built in Low Tide. When you have cottages filled with every imaginable artifact (Life magazines from the 1970s as example), which do you choose for...

http://thefourtides.blogspot.com/2010/09/getting-new-glasses.html

Is Luc channeling his namesake Luke Skywalker?

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Or perhaps Muhammad Ali?

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In fact Luc needed a good cleaning. We wrapped him up in his yummy new bathrobe, a gift from Auntie Janet , and had a quick shower. The baby tub was just too much of a production today. He beco...

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Olivia began dance classes this week. Hip Hop and ballet. She attends these classes at the new senior center in town. Its sustainable style with an ode to California craftsman is spacious and ...

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Not just a dependable element in cartoon sketches, the silver dome was a valued addition to our landscape.

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The photographer commented on the light. The food stylist made course after course, an entire holiday meal in hours that would take an accomplished cook days. We also had an unexpected visitor...

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It's easy to be green when it looks this good.

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The floral centerpiece was created by Teresa Sabankaya of The Boony Doon Garden Company , and each flower has a meaning. Power, love, family--the makings of a scandal or a great looking table s...

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We tinkered with place settings.

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In High Tide we created an atmosphere to evoke past times with Kathleen's pieces.

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