May 2010 Entries
- By Ben Widmer -
Have you ever wondered how your soiled sheets, towels and other linens are picked up and redelivered “squeaky clean” in just a few hours? This reporter did a quick inspection with the Laundry Manager, Esthiza.
The residential workload Monday through Friday is divided by buildings, North and South. Villas are considered two buildings. The laundry processes two buildings per day involving 70 to 80 bags daily. The first step is to check the contents of the bag with the laundry ticket and make sure each item is identified with an address. The next step is to...
- By Bunny Anderson -
If you are only going to read one paragraph of this article, let me summarize the “napping truth.” Science has now proven that the quality and quantity of life is improved enormously when you regularly nap.
At a recent convention in San Diego of the AAAS (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science), the following facts regarding a daily siesta were found:
Nappers are less likely to die of heart disease
Nappers have fewer problems with short-term memory
Nappers have better motor performance
Nappers...
- By Ray Holt -
As pressure increased to choose the eleven street names necessary to proceed with La Costa Glen’s infrastructure, the busy LCG directors looked for new sources. Nurserymen, landscapers, plant seed growing companies, even yard caretakers were quizzed, but with little success. Libraries proved nearly helpless because indexes for such information did not exist.
Many who labored day by day to plant, cultivate and enjoy the beauty of flowers, grasses and shrubs were queried. But their training did not include comprehensive knowledge about what local plant life once existed from seashore to hilltop, mountain peak, and desert...