CORRECTION: Page Turners Monday and Thursday groups meet in the afternoon on the FOURTH Thursday of the month. Page Turners resumes their monthly book discussion meetings this month. The September book, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, has been very popular for the past several months and I have heard from a number of members … [Read more...]
Page Turners: Correction to SSN Article & Where the Crawdads Sign by Delia Owens
September 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Really Serious Book Club: 1776 by David McCullough
September 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Really Serious Book Club met at the home of Norton Schwartz to discuss 1776 by Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough, which read like a high stakes drama about our fight for liberation from England. Despite incredible opening disadvantages and lost battles, lost enlistments, inadequate arms and supplies, and fighting against highly … [Read more...]
Garden Club: September News
September 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
I’m sure that all of you members, after a lazy and mild summer, at least here at the coast, are anxious to start another year of interesting and adventurous Garden Club activities. So get ready for a stinging first meeting on Monday, September 15.Our speaker will be Mackenzie Hintz of Bee Happy Botanicals, which she founded last year. Realizing how … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: September 2019 News
September 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Our meeting on August 6 featured a return engagement from David Hosmer, mediator and attorney, who presented these observations on conflict and solutions: You will always find the solution to a problem at the intersection of personality, conflict and leadership. Look in a mirror while asking what do you contribute to the conflict? That’s the … [Read more...]
Women’s Club Luncheon: September 12, 2019 at 12:00 in the Clubhouse
August 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
We were blessed with blue skies, mild breezes, and warm sunshine during the summer here in Niguel Shores. The Women’s Club took advantage of this wonderful weather and boarded the local trolleys for outside activities to the Laguna Art-A-Fair and lunch at 7Seven7; the San Clemente Outlet Mall and brunch at Ruby’s; and Avenida Del Mar in San … [Read more...]
Women’s Club: August 2019 News
July 31, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“Summertime and the living is easy” yet the Women’s Club keeps charging ahead with monthly activities and services to the Niguel Shores community! We began summer with our Notebook Exchange Brunch as Board Officers and Committee Chairs passed on informative notebooks to their successors for the 2019-2020 NSWC year. We thank the former and new … [Read more...]
Really Serious Book Club: Nathaniel Philbrick’s Sea of Glory
July 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Mary Crowl hosted the Really Serious Book Club meeting in July. We reviewed Nathaniel Philbrick’s Sea of Glory about one of the world’s most ambitious voyages of discovery—the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842, which set off to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing the Lewis and Clark expedition.The flora and fauna brought back from the … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: August 2019 News
July 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
July commenced with the United States of America and Niguel Shores celebrating the anniversary of the country’s founding. Our Fourth started with the successful community pancake breakfast led by a Men’s Club team of 48 members under the tutelage of Roy Dohner. The day ended with spectacular fireworks from venues surrounding us. The Fourth … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: July 2019 News
July 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Endurance to Eagle, last month the Men’s Club heard about lessons of leadership from two excellent speakers. Endurance—Brilliant. Enlightening. On June 4, Lance Miller used his world champion Toast Master storytelling skills to convey the inspirational story of Ernest Shackleton challengingAntarctica in his ship the Endurance. All survived. … [Read more...]
Really Serious Book Club – The Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
June 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Really Serious Book Club met at the home of Bill and Susan Imbriale to discuss The Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian, one of the originators of the “Big History” notion. This book addresses the origins of the universe, of humankind, of civilizations, of science and culture and, toward the end, what many of the … [Read more...]
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