Storming the Hill, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

by Garth Meyer Independent U.S. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is scheduled to hold a campaign fundraiser at a private home in Palos Verdes on the evening of Thursday, April 13. In anticipation of his visit, Kennedy agreed to an interview with Peninsula magazine. The phone interview took place on March 9, two days after President Biden’s State of the Union address. What did you think of the State of the Union, both the speech and the atmosphere? I…

Michelangelo’s dome in Rome: catastrophe avoided

By Bondo Wyszpolski

Skirting danger in Renaissance Italy A conversation with Wayne Kalayjian, the author of “Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution” by Bondo Wyszpolski Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome is so spacious inside that the Statue of Liberty, pedestal and all, could stand upright and not scrape the top of…

“Io Capitano” – Captain of all [MOVIES]

By Neely Swanson

“Io Capitano,” nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Film from Italy, is a complicated web and complex film. Written and directed by Matteo Garrone,  “Io Capitano” is the story of two teenage boys from Dakar, Senegal with stars in their eyes and Europe as a goal.  It’s not so much the endless…

Unpolished pearl

By Richard Foss

While dining at the recently opened Riviera Village restaurant Salt & Pearl, I enjoyed a conversation with a longtime local, and we reminisced about neighborhood seafood restaurants long gone. We both had fond memories of The Windjammer, a cavernous relic more famous for their collection of nautical bric-a-brac than the creativity of their cuisine. They…

Arabic open, sandwich shop closed, bar strange, and dining events

By Richard Foss

Finally Open: Work has been underway at the former Louis Burgers for almost three years, but the wait is over – the Pita Café on Artesia finally open. Given the amount of time it has taken, you might expect intricate murals, mosaic tables, or other labor-intensive decor. Instead, it much resembles the burger place it…