Summer begins in Laguna

Thankfully the temperature is a little cooler this week than last week and now we see the beginnings of the Laguna Summer season...The SawDust Festival begins tomorrow (June 27th). As we all drive up and down Laguna Canyon we see the SawDust grounds, Art-A-Fair and The Festival of the Arts...to name a few landmarks...and soon we will spending even more time sitting in front of them in the traffic from them!!! The area, Laguna Beach, is beautiful and I know the summer programs, that are available, are part of the complete package that is, Laguna Beach. So we will have to deal with the traffic or avoid the area. We don't have any solutions from the powers that be at this time, but maybe with the increased pressure that we place on them each year, that will change.

The performances and displays always intrigue and amaze me so I will continue to support them and then drive directly in the opposite direction from them! If anyone has a solution, I and probably a whole lot of people would like to hear it.

Enjoy the summer season and thanks for reading. If you see me wandering through Laguna...or sitting in traffic, please say hi!!! Cole

Laguna Beach Jazz

Part of Laguna's artistic charm has to be musical. I wanted to remind everyone that the summer season of events are beginning to hit the calendar.

The popular "Jazz Wednesdays" by Laguna Beach Live! opens with Luther Hughes and the Cannonball/Coltrane Project from 6 to 8pm this Wednesday. It will be in the outdoor rose garden of Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast Hwy. Cost: $10. Information: Laguna Beach Live! or call (949) 715-9713.

Have fun and get your groove on! Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi and tell me to turn up the music! Cole

Big city issues in our little Laguna

For those of you who live in a cave and didn't have knowledge of the "Anthrax scare" that engulfed Laguna on Friday the 30th of May, we aren't out of the limelight. Even though we are a "quaint, little, cute" town, we still have to worry about the real world. I would have never thought that hazmat squads and FBI agents would be taking over downtown to investigate and cordon off, but it happened.

So here we are in this wonderful little town surrounded by the "normal" world, which seems to want to either shoot, blow up or something to each other. I have spoken with a lot of people who like the fact they feel safe enough to have their doors unlocked...will that last? I hope so!!!

From the information that I have heard and read, the situation on that Friday was handled quickly and efficiently. That gives me confidence that we can be safe even if we are surrounded by the "terrors" of the normal world!

I hope we all can realize that we only hurt ourselves when we try to damage or hurt others...we're all in this together and I know that I only want to see people happy...all people!!!

So please join me in a big, collective hug, and let's see if we can all be nice. Try this...think of your goal in life as, making every person you meet happier then they were before you met!!!

Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi and if possible we can share a hug!!! Cole