Author Archive: tahoequa
Lake Tahoe’s Mark Shuey Teaches Martial Arts with a Cane
It’s hard to imagine exactly what Mark Shuey means when he says that a cane is not a crutch. That is, until he (gently) wraps the handle of said implement around your neck. A Southern Californian by birth, general contractor by trade and world-class martial artist by hobby, Shuey moved to Incline Village in 1977. […]
Historic Tall Tales of Lake Tahoe
Bankrupt and blacklisted, a failed 70-year-old British philosopher named Bertrand Russell once sat stark- naked in his tiny cabin near the shores of Lake Tahoe, typing out a manuscript titled An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. That book would eventually help to reestablish the writer and philosopher’s career: Ten years later, in 1950, Russell was […]
Best Historic Yarns
Bankrupt and blacklisted, a failed 70-year-old British philosopher named Bertrand Russell once sat starknaked in his tiny cabin near the shores of Lake Tahoe, typing out a manuscript titled An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. That book would eventually help to reestablish the writer and philosopher’s career: Ten years later, in 1950, Russell was awarded […]
Fishing at South Shore’s Taylor Creek Visitor Center
Rainbow, brown and Lahontan cutthroat trout, Kokanee salmon and speckled dace. You can catch all the fish you wish at the stream profile chamber at South Shore’s Taylor Creek Visitor Center. But leave the barbs and bait at home. The only angling you’ll do at this underwater observation spot is to get a better view […]
Top Spots to get Starry-Eyed
Lake Tahoe boasts up to 300 clear nights per year. The dry air and western on-shore marine air flow pattern are ideal for good “seeing,” as is the low atmospheric turbulence. I have been leading star parties at Lake Tahoe for ten years and have accumulated a list of my favorite sites (complete with exact […]
Manzanita Restaurant featuring Chef Tracie Des Jardins
Traci Des Jardins loves Tahoe. So when the award-winning San Francisco chef was offered the opportunity to open a restaurant here, she took it. “I’ve spent time in Tahoe my whole life,” says Des Jardins, who grew up on a farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley and is of Mexican and Louisianan-French Acadian descent. “I’m […]
Best Western: Couer d’Alene Art Auction
Beyond the blinking slot machine lights at Reno’s Silver Legacy Resort Casino, a Maynard Dixon landscape sells for $750,000, while a carved statuette of Pocahontas by woodworker Samuel Anderson Robb goes for more than $64,000. This is the Coeur d’Alene Art Action, where Western art aficionados gather—many in Stetsons and boots—to spend millions on depictions […]
Best Ways to be Heart Smart
It’s been a long day at the office. Too tired to cook, you pick up something from the Golden Arches on the way home, maybe light a cigarette or, even if you eschew tobacco, pop into an armchair for an evening of decompression in front of the television. Seems harmless, right? As the days spent […]
Natural Rhythms: Spring
In the mountains, there is great potential for seasons to clash at any time of year. A few weeks of spring try to sneak in during January. Winter throws in a last storm during May or even June. Most plants are reactive to weather and can get duped by these aberrations, rendering them unreliable predictors […]
Bringing it in on Budget
From do-it-yourself home improvement projects to fullon new construction, mounting costs can quickly spiral out of control to the frustration of those paying the bills. How to keep the bottom line from bottoming out? It’s all about having a quality design and using creative configurations of off-the-shelf materials, according to architect Joel Sherman of JLS […]
