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Features are the mainstay of good magazine editorial.
Whether strictly informative, leaning toward
provocative, or somewhere in between, a well-written
feature provides a more in-depth approach to
the issues, people, places, and things embellishing
your lifestyle - instantly bonding you with
those who share it and providing reasons to
pursue it further. Get a Good Read on Lifestyle.
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BETTER
THAN "BEST OF"
CCM® Gets
Picky
July/August
2008
In 12 categories, covering 300 miles of coastline, CCM® Gets Picky, bringing
you over 100 must-try recommendations to help you love our lifestyle on the
Central Coast just a little bit more. And this year, we’ve added a few
new elements into the mix. Check out the Reader’s Pick, additional staff
picks featured exclusively online, and the KCOY podcast, giving you a first-hand
look at one of this year’s Picks.
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ON
BEING GREEN
The
CCM® Green Awards
January/February
2008
In the pursuit of a healthy
environment and viable future, it
is often difficult to gauge whether we
are improving the situation or if
hysteria and green gimmicks give us the illusion
of a greater global consciousness.
On the Central Coast, a region known
for its individualists, it can be
especially hard to determine where “we” stand;
but it is precisely that individualism—that
inclination to set standards rather
than follow them—that promises
a bright green future...read
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REAL
LIFE ANGELS
Anne
Vidor & Jamie Relth
December
2007
Tis
the season. For many of us, this is
the one time of year that we think
about our ability to positively impact
the lives of others. Whether it’s
dropping a few coins into a Salvation
Army pot or depositing dry goods into
a Food Bank bin, even those of us who
rarely donate tend to do so around
the holidays. More involved citizens
who volunteer regularly and without
condition also kick it up a notch during
this time, fueling charity organizations
for a great start in the New Year.... read
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WATER
WATER EVERYWHERE
Anne
Vidor ~ March
2007
“When
the well’s dry, we know the
worth of water.”
-Ben Franklin
It
is perhaps the action we most take
for granted: turn on the faucet and
draw as much clean water as we need... read
more.
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A
SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION II
Michael
Vidor ~ October
2006
Consumer food-buying trends are as paradoxical now as they were when mothers
of baby boomers decided to buy frozen green beans and canned tomatoes from the
corner market, apparently convinced by Madison Avenue that it was far more convenient,
but no less healthy... read more.
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THE
SLO MAKEOVER
April
Cole Worley ~ June
2006
Since
I decided to write this piece, I
have shamelessly “ear hustled,” “eavesdropped,” “had
my ear in the next booth,” and
been quite the “nosy Parker” as
a starting point from which to build
the story of the San Luis Obispo
retrofit... read
more.
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NEW!
GETTING
HORMONES
A Few Good Men
Michael
Vidor ~ January/February
2006
Over
the decades, if we had a nickel for
every ignorant male reference made
about women and their hormones, we
could probably put a dent in the
current federal budget deficits... read
more.
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NEW!
SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION
Michael Vidor ~ October
2005
Where
coastal development versus environmental
sustainability is concerned, we
have major challenges to face and
critical questions to answer before
making the right decisions... read
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NEW!
SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART II
Expanding
Housing Choices,
Conserving Coastal Counties
R. Thomas Jones~April
2005
As coastal counties grow, can they maintain
their quality of life? Can we imagine our towns and countryside looking better
with more development?
In last month’s issue, we reviewed a new visioning process that involves
residents in developing future growth scenarios while imagining better towns... read
more.
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NEW!
SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART I
Growth Patterns and
Possible Solutions to the Region
Pandora Nash-Karner
with R. Thomas Jones~March 2005
The
Central Coast is changing. During
the past two decades
the land consumed for new homes and
businesses has expanded at a startling
rate. The prevailing sprawl pattern
is low density, and not pedestrian
oriented. This is the classic image
of sprawl that many thought plagued
only large metro areas... read
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NEW!
FISHERS IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
Michael
Vidor ~ October
2003
On
the surface, the awesome aesthetics
and overwhelming abundance of
this stretch of the California
coastline has both inspired and
provided sustenance for many
an explorer, sojourner, settler
and fisherman – kindred
spirits all. What lies beneath
however, is a swiftly emerging
condition which belies the glorious
primordial wealth we inherited... read
more.
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NEW!
THE LAST CALIFORNIA FRONTIER
Michael
Vidor ~September
2003
"Reasonable
people adapt themselves to the
world. Unreasonable people attempt
to adapt the world to themselves.
All progress therefore, depends
on unreasonable people.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
Like poetry in motion and perpetuity, the vast majestic Central Coast effortlessly
rambles through the midsection of the infinitely beautiful California... read
more.
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