Cook and be merry: Fig Salad with Walnuts and Mint
California figs are harvested in the late summer and early fall, and I found them at every farmers market I visited in the last month. These that I found at the Torrance Farmers Market were so beautiful, I wanted to eat them fresh, so I created this salad with walnuts, mint and lemon vinaigrette, which complement their subtle sweetness and soft texture.
Writing Honorable Mention: “The never ending treasure hunt”
by Andrea from El Porto I sit here drenched in the salty bowels of the nightly, ocean wind with a pen in one hand and a dimming flashlight gripped in the other. As I write, my hand sways along with my cabin. Outside a tempest angrily rips at my boat. It is only a matter […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “Sharing a Wave: a true story”
by Marcus Bockman Paddling through the shallow inside where tourists wade at Manhattan Beach, I heard a voice calling me. “Hey, can I try your board? Hey! Can I?” As I neared the source of the plea for stoke, I saw a kid with a friend, both probably mid teens, boardless and flipperless. The look […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “Local Imagery”
by Quin Rau I sat and watched the horizon from the Hermosa Beach Pier. The sky became darker as a thick layer of fog began to close in on the beach. I watched as the last clusters of people passed by, tan surfers, sunburned tourists, and uptight bikers seemed to be most common. Shouts of […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “El Camino Real”
by M.A. Cohen “Gold!” cried Jacques. “I’ve been digging for gold! Near Sutter’s Mill.” Jacque’s married friends, John and Francisca Scott, stared at the golden nuggets then back at him. The young couple knew what this meant. All of the ranchos on the Palos Verdes peninsula were experiencing a draught. Their cattle would die soon […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “South Bay of dreams”
by Denise Kano When I drive southbound on the Esplanade and pull my car in front of the three-story, Victorian house, I always wait to hear my grandfather’s voice calling from the front porch. “Nell, get me another Budweiser!” I have come to this house since I was born, and I still expect to see […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “Life after Death”
by Georgette Barrows Gantner It’s been a year since I learned the awful truth, proving, that nightmares really do come true. It had only been a few days since we last spoke, not an extraordinary amount of time; just long enough to make me want to hear your voice. I dialed you up, and received […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “Working on the Beach”
by John Shearer My great grandparents bought a summer beach house as an anniversary present for my grandparents on a walk street on 2oth Street in Manhattan Beach in the 1920s. My grandparents and their seven children spent every summer there after they had the house. My parents settled year-round in Manhattan Beach in the […]
Writing Honorable Mention: “The House of Eve Mariner”
by Nancy Skiba As he stepped wearily out of the small apartment halfway up Calle Miramar that he had shared for two years with the love of his life, Bret stuffed the last of his belongings into the back of his weather-beaten old Wrangler. It didn’t consist of much: a Strat and amps, some music […]
The Rebirth Brass Band get ready to funk it up in Hermosa Beach Friday night….
Writing Honorable Mention: “The Breaking Point”
DirtyHippieRadio.com Presents: Tune In Tuesdays
Dirty Hippie Radio brings a free live music night to Hermosa Beach, kicking off last week with The Cigarette Bums, the Cobalt Cranes, and the Allah Las.
Writing Honorable Mention: “Riding The ‘Giant'”
Writing Contest Winner-RUHS King of Swat
Photography Contest Winners
Grand prize winner: McKinney-Clouds To Catalina