Beach Street News

Halloween Weekend in Ventura County: Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Ventura's Halloween weekend kicks off at the harbor with a witches' night market, a costumed paddle and seaside trick-or-treat, then
Halloween Weekend in SLO County: Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

From Paso wine country to the Morro Bay waterfront, SLO County has a laid-back Halloween weekend lined up: a winery
Halloween Weekend in Santa Barbara County: Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Santa Barbara does Halloween with a little culture: a ballet Dracula at the Granada, gothic dance downtown, daytime fun at
Halloween Weekend in LA County: Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2026

Halloween falls on a Saturday, and the beach cities are making a weekend of it: a Friday candy run on

Have You Ever Dreamed of Racing? Build a $500 Race Car

January 31, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Drive

I have dreamed of racing a car on a track in a real race ever since then. I have gone to drag races, NASCAR races, American Le Mans races, GT races, autocross races and go kart races. I even went to Porsche Driving School and the Richard Petty Experience to fulfill my fantasy of being a race car driver. Then I found it.

Can you move your business to the cloud and save some rent?

January 30, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Business

One of the biggest challenges of any business owner or self-employed person is scheduling. Some people call me directly and others call my office which is usually a better way to make sure I show up

So What Makes It a Ritz?

January 29, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Travel

His reply stuck with me, he said “you should make your competition, not join a competition. We don’t gauge ourselves by any measure other than our customers. That said we do watch two words, Four and Seasons.” The statement said a lot about the company, it’s direction and it’s training. All things I needed to work on.

The Effects of Insulating With Swiss Cheese

January 29, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Home

Basically my ceiling is like Swiss Cheese, holes every where. Why they even bother to insulate is what I can’t figure. 26 holes to freely exchange air with the attic. This also explains our wasp problem.

Essential tools for the EBOS

January 29, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Business

Some of these tools are so obvious we have them, use them and see them around us every day and don’t realize it. In the book The Millionaire Next Door , Ford F150s were listed as the most common vehicle of the millionaire class. Since I’ve been driving an F150 for almost 15 years now, this one is obvious to me.

Rental Car Ratings for 2009

January 29, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Drive

The final note for the FX-35 was the fuel economy. For a normally aspirated vehicle it was uncommonly high. The trip from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe to Reno was less than a half tank including a full lake tour on New Years Eve. In Reno I made the mistake of filling it up and washing it. I returned it with nearly ¾ of a tank after paying the $65 tank fee.

Pancakes like the settlers had.

January 29, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Life

After years of trial and error, I finally got a recipe that I think is worth sharing. Like the Oat and Nut pancakes at IHOP, this may take a little getting used to if you aren’t used to eating whole grains. I call them Settlers Pancakes since there are no processed or bleached grains and I figure it must be closer to the breads the first settlers had with watermill stone ground grains.

SoCal – Off Beach Getaway

January 28, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Travel

So here we are at noon, lazy and thirsty on the big Monterey Cannery Row style patio. My wife wandered over and grabbed a margarita while I wandered to the beer truck. Now this is Disney living. Standing at the beer truck, it was after 3 on my body clock but clearly the rest of the guests didn’t feel the same.

So you want cheap talk time?

January 26, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Life

Cost Cutting is on every business owners mind. Technology is helping to reduce communications costs greatly. It has been said that an in person meeting

Need a break from the beach?

January 26, 2010 Freelance writers Beach Street Travel

The end of the evening was highlighted with the master wine maker opening a barrel of port, inserting a tube and asking everyone to bring their port glass. Since everyone was already 5-6 glasses to the wind a few people skipped the etiquette and grabbed any port glass