Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 027Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Today, The Tide is six months old. 🌊 Yep, six months ago, I sent the first issue of this little newsletter into the world, hoping there were other people who wanted to know Torrance a little better, too. Turns out, there are quite a few of you. Since then, we've met neighbors doing wonderful...
11 days ago • 11 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 026Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! I read something this week that’s been rattling around in my head. Gallup has a new report on how Americans are doing, and one of the things it found is that where we live matters. Our relationships matter. Feeling like we belong somewhere matters. And I thought, well, yes. Knowing a few more...
18 days ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 025Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! October really showed up for us this year. Five Fridays. Five Saturdays. Halloween on a Saturday. And, as a parting gift, an extra hour when the clocks fall back that night. Frankly, it would be rude not to make the most of it. So: pumpkin patches. Neighborhood walks after dark. Cider (did you see...
25 days ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 024Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Torrance has many important civic traditions, but this week’s Farmers’ Market pie contest might be my favorite. There were homemade pies, some very serious judging by some very official Torrance people and, naturally, a pie-eating contest to finish things off. I was there taking notes (and...
about 1 month ago • 11 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 023Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! I’ve been noticing a funny little rebellion against convenience lately. Disposable cameras. Wired headphones. Paper planners. '90s style. Actual books. Dinner parties. Phones left in another room. For all we can now do faster, there seems to be a growing appetite for doing a few things the slow...
about 1 month ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 022Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward today's Tide their way.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Virginia Woolf once wrote, “All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made.” Which is lovely. Torrance, meanwhile, spent part of this September in the 90s. But after last week’s record heat, I’m ready to believe her. Fall officially arrives Tuesday, and there are...
about 2 months ago • 11 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 021Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! I held off as long as I could. Then I asked Instagram, and 75% of you said it is absolutely not too soon to give in to fall. So, I’m taking that as the go-ahead. Find us between issues @torrancetide. Labor Day is behind us, football is back on TV, and Practical Magic 2 comes out today. Fall time. Or at...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 020Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Labor Day weekend is almost here, which supposedly means it’s time to say goodbye to summer. Torrance would like a word. We’ve still got beach days, outdoor concerts, dinners on the patio and plenty of weather that says summer even if the calendar is moving on. So enjoy the long weekend. Summer isn’t...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 019Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Well, we’ve survived the first full week of school—and apparently our reward is an extreme heat warning. It’s hot. It’s humid. The backpacks are back in action, the pencils are already a little less sharp, and at our house, the windows are all open, the fans are running overtime and certain family...
2 months ago • 10 min read