A photo carried many miles, Warmed by one of your quiet smiles. Its soiled surface wrinkled with age, Like a favorite book on the very first page. On stormy seas and fevered shores, The picture seen in my hands was yours. Comforting on days both long and hard, This tracing etched on a paper card. […]
Gallery 621 artist to take viewers ‘Backstage’ in new abstract exhibit
Visitors who step into Gallery 621 beginning today will be whisked into a world of abstractness, surreality and colors of all hues. In other words, Marjorie Lutz is this month’s featured artist with her new show “Backstage.” Lutz, a Fairfield painter, had previously spent 30 years as a stone and wood sculptor until she developed […]
Throwback Thursday: Herald headlines for the week of July 15, 1943, 1968 and 1993
Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Judge Fines Self For Overtime Parking (July 15, 1943) Expecting to be occupied only for a few minutes, Judge Hartley Russell of the Benicia Police Court parked his car last Saturday in the 20 minute zone near the postoffice. The Judge is a busy man and forgot that […]
The A Cappella Handyman: Evening at the Naked Oyster
Pedro Los Dos is back in town. He’s First Mate on The Valparaiso, an oil tanker out of Coos Bay, Oregon. He’s here in Benicia for some R&R so he checks into the Union Hotel and heads for dinner at his favorite waterfront nightspot, The Naked Oyster. He’s got a Rib Eye Steak in mind, […]
Kinder’s owners retiring, Heritage proprietors taking over
Where one door closes, another one opens. Jeff and Karen Hodgkinson, the owners of Kinder’s BBQ on First Street, will be retiring after 15 years of running the popular delicatessen. However, lovers of hot sandwiches and barbecued entrees need not worry. The space in the historic Washington House will continue to serve hot and cold […]
ArchiTalk: Not a bad day
I just turned 60, said to be the new 40. I’m not sure what that means. Probably something about how the next phase is going be different, and it may as well as be as fantastic as possible. That’s my plan for it. At the very least, the fact that it’s a ten-year birthday means […]
Images of France come to Benicia Library
When visitors step into the Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Gallery at the Benicia Public Library, they will be transported to scenes of France as they gaze upon photographs taken by Michel Guido. Beginning today and continuing through August, the photographer’s images of France and California are on display in his exhibition “Tour de France.” Guido, 69, […]
Mrs. B’s Blather: Do you trust your professionals?
I was in need of a new veterinarian when Dr. Laurie retired from her practice in Benicia. This search reminded me of my parents attitude to medical doctors. They had little trust for these able practitioners, They believed they were all about the money. When I began my search, the first veterinarian approached me with […]
Benicia Letters Once More: Grandparents
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]