Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Lawsuit details emerge: Baja Developments sues TSD Loreto Partners for $7M

We have a copy of the lawsuit filed by Baja Developments against TSD Loreto Partners in April 2009. The suit seeks $7M in unpaid expenses resulting from a 2004 contract which stipulates a 5% fee to cover "certain sales, marketing, administrative and other services related to the Loreto Bay...

Bottle Shot

Here is a wine I bought over the weekend based purely on the inspired Chianti asesthetics. Can you guess where I purchased it and the price?

StarkSilverCreek now syndicated on Google News

We are pleased to announce that StarkSilverCreek - All Things West Coast, is now syndicated via Google News. This extends the reach of the site to millions of readers worldwide. StarkSilverCreek joins other syndicated news organizations including national media such as CNN, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, regional media...

Weekly digest #23: SF Bay Area theater reviews, Loreto Bay ceases operation

What a week! Our heads our still spinning, along with just about every other homeowner that purchased in Loreto Bay. Although not a surprise, yesterday's terse announcement (Breaking News: Loreto Bay Baja resort, unable to find new buyer, suspends operations) was still a shot to the heart. And it...

Breaking News: Loreto Bay Baja resort, unable to find new buyer, suspends operations

UPDATE (09.06.2010) - Good news! For those that may have missed it, Homex, a large Mexican developer, purchased some assets earlier this year from TSD Loreto including the Inn, Hotel and land. As of this date, the development continues to grow and construction proceeds with significant activity on the ground. Homex...

Weekend wine pick: 2006 Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley Chile (89 pts, $8.99)

Chile is all about hidden value. While Argentina, Portugal and others are getting recent glory and headlines, look to Chile for some wine deals. Case in point: this Cab from Santa Rita. I picked this one up at Costco for only $8.99. Why not give it a shot? My expectations...

New Vine Logistics, back from the dead?

Almost everyone, and I mean everyone, in the wine industry has been talking, tweeting, blogging and podcasting this last week or so about the solvency (or lack-thereof) of New Vine Logistics, a direct wine shipping fulfillment service based in Napa. So, recap. Bad news: we're almost out of business. But...

@GuyKawasaki Ghost-tweeting + blonde marketing interns = Spam 2.0 (and a potential threesome)

File this under: you've got to be kidding? (and news that would make most entrepreneurs blush). I'm normally a positive person, but sometimes you've got to shake your head. Introducing  the newly appointed king of Spam 2.0: Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki). Thinly veiled as some kind of new marketing and branding technique, much...

Wine Bloggers Conference: Writing and wine are long-term friends, but what about technology?

Wine writing, or wine and writing are natural pairs. But what about technology? Is there room in this historic, and successful, relationship for Twitter, Blogs, Facebook, podcasts and other Web 2.0 social media tools? The answers: yes, yes, yes, yes and yes. As Plato once mused, "Wine fills the heart...

Will next generation Hummers be made of plastic?

There are just too many tasteless, off-color comments I can make about a Chinese company buying the hemmoraging Hummer brand (sales down 62% in Q1) from General Motors. I'm guessing most mainstream publications, with storied reputations, like the NY Times and WSJ, would not go near them. But not...