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

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...

Loreto Bay Property Management Newsletter – June 2009

It's another Loreto Bay property management newsletter. So that can only mean one thing. A new look, and a new layout. They really keep us on our toes. This issue is 4 pages, and again, it's great to see the team there continue to make an effort to share...

The ‘Spelling Bee’ Theater Training: So You Think You Can Dance Edition

A special behind the scenes interview with Amanda Folena, the Assistant Director and choreographer for The Bee production at the SJ Rep.

With Bing, Microsoft bangs its head on the (Google) wall once again

As Yogi Berra once said, it's déjà vu all over again. With Bing, Microsoft's latest salvo against industry giant Google, we have yet again another tired, lesser quality impersonator. Why bother? I wouldn't be surprised if Bing is Microsoft's shining example of innovation. Really? Really?! Really. Hundreds of thousands of engineers. Three...

San Jose Repertory Theater: The ‘Bee’ Interview – Part 3

https://vimeo.com/4948839 This is part 3 of the Stark Insider series with three of the cast members from the entertaining musical, 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' now playing at the San Jose Repertory Theater. In this segment, the cast talks about relating to the Spelling Bee itself. Also, Loni...