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DOING COLLEGE
Buyer Beware! The Ethics of College Essay WorkshopsIt is important to understand some fundamental truths about college essays. First, many parents ask me if I can help their student with ‘The College Essay.’...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Jun. 16, 2021There are no comments yet. 7103 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Colleges are “getting back to normal” - or are they?Most colleges planned on fall 2021 being a time to return to in-person education. Yet the sudden explosion of COVID’s Delta variant has thrown these plans...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Sep. 7, 2021There are no comments yet. 6086 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Four Reasons to Get Your MFAIf you are at the stage where you are considering an MFA, I’ll bet you’re pretty sure that you like art and are good at it. But do you need an MFA? MFA...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Oct. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 11153 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Managing Student Stress in the Pandemic and BeyondMany students grow up in communities that expect extraordinary achievement both in and out of the classroom. Over the past two years a global pandemic halted student...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 28, 2022There are no comments yet. 6399 Views
ART SPACE
Alice Neel: Triumph of a Visionary HumanistBy Bill Carmel, MFA Alice Neel: People Come First de Young Museum, March 12–July 10, 2022 ==I "For me, people come first. I have tried to...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jul. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 2582 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Why the Sheriff's department mattersSomething I never learned back in high school history class was that Santa Rita Jail had a very famous visitor on Jan. 14, 1968. On that fateful day Martin Luther...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jun. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 3847 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Thanksgiving day bluesMy partner’s family takes Thanksgiving very seriously. I’ve been over for a few years now and each year the dinner is great. This Thanksgiving my...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Nov. 30, 2022There are no comments yet. 2323 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Visiting family in IndiaOver the holidays I joined my immediate family on a trip to India. It had been five years since I had last been there and had a chance to reconnect with extended...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jan. 18, 2023There are no comments yet. 2034 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
The forever chemicalsLast week the Pleasanton City Council once again talked through solutions for an issue that has been affecting the city for a few years. In 2019, the city shut down...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Mar. 9, 2023There are no comments yet. 2000 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
The simple beauty of arranging natureAs a kid whenever I went to the library or bookstore with my mom I would always head straight to the comic section. While I was absorbed in the stories about people...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on May. 10, 2023There are no comments yet. 2061 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Dealing with the heatBefore diving into this week’s topic, I want to quickly call out a serendipitous news event that happened shortly after my last post. I wrote about how otters...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Jul. 19, 2023There are no comments yet. 1733 Views
NOTES ON THE VALLEY
Found myself in a pickle(ball court)This Monday morning I found myself immobilized on my couch with an improvised ice pack tied around my right knee. Through all my years playing tennis, pickup basketball,...
Original post made by Monith Ilavarasan on Aug. 2, 2023There are no comments yet. 1687 Views
TRI-VALLEY FOODIST
Food adventures at the Livermore Downtown Farmers' MarketOn Saturday mornings picture me as a homing pigeon landing at the Pleasanton Farmers' Market to taste the top picks of the season. After a rash of wintry storms,...
Original post made by Deborah Grossman on Apr. 10, 2023There are no comments yet. 6460 Views
TRI-VALLEY FOODIST
Mom Dumpling dim sum in PleasantonThe name Mom Dumpling begs the question, who is the namesake? Manager Ryan Wong doesn’t know about a particular Mom. “I think my boss wants customers...
Original post made by Deborah Grossman on Jul. 17, 2023There are no comments yet. 3420 Views
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