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...
11 days 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...
18 days 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...
25 days 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 1 month 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 1 month 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...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 018Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! You can practically smell the pencil dust in the air: it's the first day of school in Torrance! Even if no one in your house packed a backpack this morning, there's something about the first day of school that still feels like a fresh start. New notebooks. Unbroken crayons. Shoes without a single...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 017Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! Still smiling about what may have been my most Torrance weekend ever. Saturday started with a basketball game at Wilson Park, then a farmers’ market run for my weekly salsa and guac—plus mini pancakes, because apparently you can buy a take-home pack to toss on the skillet later?! Important information....
2 months ago • 9 min read
Your Weekly Wave of Local Delights | Issue 016Know someone who'd enjoy this little corner of Torrance? Forward them today's Tide.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe here. Hey, neighbor! August always feels like it's holding two seasons at once: we're still squeezing lemons, staying at the beach until sunset, and saying yes to one more scoop of ice cream — even as backpacks find their way into shopping carts and calendars start filling up. I love summer… and I love the school supply...
2 months ago • 9 min read