FeaturedJuly 5, 2009

Botti Beautiful

You know you’re a jazz superstar when you make a slow, dark, moody, melancholy record and it tops the charts.
Story by Wanda Hennig Photo courtesy the artist First published in Black Diamond Living magazine

We all know Sinatra, Paul Simon and Sting. Most of us, however, didn’t know trumpeter Chris Botti until late in 2004. Strange when you think that his first professional gig was with Sinatra; that for five years, starting in 1990, he played the world with Simon; and that he joined Sting as a featured soloist in 1999 and the two have collaborated ever since.

CoachingMay 12, 2009

Keeping Up Appearances

A great many people were surprised when they heard who was getting a $100,000 extreme makeover. Why would a successful, talented, bright — and at face value, super-confident public figure — enter the ugly duckling contest?
Story by Wanda Hennig First published in Black Diamond Living magazine It started with a routine morning scan of East Bay newspapers — part of the standard daily work drill for Devi Lanphere, CEO of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce in east Contra Costa County. This time the piece that caught her eye might not, at first glance, have seemed work-related. It announced an extreme makeover contest. Read more …

CoachingMay 3, 2009

Yes you can Wow the World with your online presence

Ask Oakland technology guru Anca Mosoiu and she’ll show you how
Do you Twitter, Facebook and have a bunch of people following your daily blog? If not and you feel you should — or need — to know how, go speak to Anca Mosoiu in her 14th Street technology hotspot and salon in Oakland. She’s committed to leveling the playing field, teaching social networking and essential web skills to da people.

FeaturedApril 6, 2009

William Kentridge: Five Themes in San Francisco

South African artists opens at SFMOMA with huge traveling show. By Wanda Hennig for Sunday Tribune, South Africa San Francisco Street photos Wanda Hennig You […]

Conscious LivingJanuary 31, 2009

An Appetite for Slow

What’s fabulously fresh, scrumptiously seasonal, lusciously local and satisfyingly sustainable? By Wanda Hennig First published in Alameda Magazine, November 2008 It’s 9:30 a.m. on a […]

CoachingJanuary 25, 2009

How to rekindle sexual passion when the fire is dead

It’s late at night and you’re in bed. The body to your left, pushing gentle zzzzs, radiates a comfortable warmth. The radio to your right plays softly. Your mental meanderings are suddenly jolted into focus by Rod Stewart’s voice. It’s golden oldie time and he’s warbling on about passion. “I need passion. You need passion. We need passion. Can’t live without passion.”

Culinary AdventuresJanuary 25, 2009

Slow Jammin’

Fruit, spice and all things nice … By Wanda Hennig From Alameda magazine, November 2008 Rachel Saunders is in the commercial kitchen space she rents […]

CoachingJanuary 25, 2009

The Great Coach Solution

Got job blues, life blues, feeling overwhelmed or stuck in a rut? What you need is a personal coach

Conscious LivingJanuary 25, 2009

The Zen of Food

It’s sometimes fast, always Slow, deafeningly quiet — and a metaphor for life.

CoachingJanuary 23, 2009

What women want from relationships

It seems relationships are synonymous with challenge. Seven-year itches. Call them what you will. All complicated dances — as real in live as on the screen.

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