Both Page Turners groups are back to their season of afternoon discussion meetings, held on the fourth Monday and fourth Thursday of each month. Our October selection is A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne. Boyne is an Irish author who has written a number of adult and young adult novels. He is best known for his young adult novel The Boy in … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: October 2019
September 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
OktoberfestThe community is invited to the Oktoberfest on Monday, October 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $10, available from Eric Eckes at eecks@cox.net. Authentic German food, beverages, and live music.Notes on Our SpeakersAt our September 3 meeting we heard from former Dana Point Mayor andnow Chairman of the OC Board of Supervisors and District 5 … [Read more...]
Garden Club: October 2019 News
September 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
On a bright and sunny day, September 16, the Garden Club started the new club year with a bright and bee-ze meeting.Those that attended were treated to a fascinating presentation by MacKenzie Hintz on the history and culture of honeybees.Here are some interesting facts: Honeybees are not native to America. They have been brought here from around … [Read more...]
Page Turners: Correction to SSN Article & Where the Crawdads Sign by Delia Owens
September 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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...]
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...]
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