Clinton Stark

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
Best Guide Loreto Baja California Sur review

‘Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico (Best Guide)’ Book Review

Loreto and Loreto Bay are two of our favorite topics here on Stark Insider. Often described as "where the mountains come to swim", the area embodies historical charm, offers world-class fishing, and surrounds its visitors with beautiful landscape and friendly people. To many, it is one of Baja's best...

The Stark and Sir Sean Connery Connection: Shining Coffins in Scotland

"Mr. Connery also revealed that during his time as a coffin-polisher, he had regularly bleached mahogany coffins to make them look like oak."

Loreto Selected #1 Place to Invest in Mexico

Calling growth in Loreto a "cinderella story of sorts", NuWire Investor has ranked Loreto as the number one place to invest in Mexico. Rounding out the list are Merida, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Oaxaca. It's encouraging to see increasing attention paid to Loreto as it will only lead to more...

Green and Gadgets, The Best of Both Worlds

I'll be the first to admit I was skeptical last year when Loni started racing towards a green utopia; researching solar, hybrids, vegetable farming. Initially...

Loreto Bay Marketing in Action: Great New York Times Article

The nice thing about email and Google is that you can stay abreast of everything even when it seems like life is passing by at a million miles an hour. With Loni in DC in business meetings this week, and me holding the fort here in Silicon Valley reviewing...

Loreto Bay Update in San Jose by Michael Coyle, Replay Resorts

Yesterday, Michael Coyle from Replay Resorts was in San Jose at the Doubletree Hotel, a mile from the airport, to update the San Francisco Bay Area Loreto Bay homeowner's on the development. It was an especially important meeting because of the recent change in ownership. From what I could...

‘Into Thin Air’ Review: Jon Krakauer’s Everest Ascent, Blind Ambition and Gripping First Hand Account of a Survivor

There are books you read. And then there are pulse-pounding books you experience. Jon Krakauer's non-fiction Into Thin Air (1996) definitely falls into the latter. It is a relentless, mind numbing, superb account of an innocent journalistic mission turned disaster. I was riveted from the opening praise ("Every...

Blu-ray Wins: That was Fast! But Will it Matter?

It's official. Toshiba finally threw in the towel after a non-stop barrage of negative news in 2008 finally forcing HD-DVD to join the ranks of...

Loreto Bay Classic Video: Adobe Brick Manufacturing

Back in 2006, when Loni & I visited the Loreto Bay development, we took a tour of the Adobe brick facility. Their original vision was to manufacture these limestone and clay bricks at a small plant about a mile outside the development, truck them over to the construction site,...

In Loreto Bay: A Tour of Cree Art Gallery

Strolling along the main street in Loreto Bay, Loni and I had a chance to visit the new art gallery called Cree. It is run by Jason Zickler who also runs a gallery back home in Indianapolis (Jason Zickler Studio). His works use acrylic and oil on canvas. It's...