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

Wine Blogging: Is there room for so many voices?

Wine blogging, like a lot of its Web 2.0 counterparts, is a fledgling phenomenon. Is it really sustainable... to have hundreds, possibly thousands, of different voices out on the Web?

Murphy-Goode Winery announces winner of social media and blogging dream job

Will Hardy Wallace go to Disney World now that he was selected out of 2,000 contestants for a "dream job" with Murphy-Goode Winery in Sonoma? Announced just minutes ago, Hardy will make $10,000 per month on a six month contract. He will be a social media and blogging brand of...

The impact of film artwork on perception and sales

You may not judge a book by its cover, but certainly most people do exactly that when contemplating what movie to watch. As a film-maker, or marketer, you have a matter of seconds to grab attention as your would-be customer scans a page (or even a catalog) of possibilities. So it's...

Weekly digest: Is Loni the new Kim Burns? Who is Kim Burns?

We had the most crazy and chaotic "interview" this week with The Second City cast. Who would expect anything less? You have 6 talented improv comedians and actors. Wine, champagne and beer. After the show, blowing off steam at the SJ Rep. It was definitely different than filming in...

The Second City at SJ Rep showcases best of improv and sketch comedy

(UPDATE: View the after-party interview with the entire cast of the show!) In the mood for some side splitting (even tear inducing!) traditional improv and sketch comedy? Then hurry over to The San Jose Repertory Theatre for 'The Second City - On Tour' limited engagement. It's only here until Sunday. The...

Clint’s championship peppers are winning the vegetable garden race

Once again, whether it's my superior planting skills, olympic seeds or just all around good karma, I've blasted out in front of Loni's slow—but very tall!—tomato plants. This is good news, as I've been anxiously awaiting their arrival, for they make a perfect topping for chicken dishes. It requires lots...

Sonrise Equestrian Foundation and Murrieta’s Well Winery host Wine & Esquine Festival

SONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION AND MURRIETA’S WELL WINERY PARTNER TO HOST THIRD ANNUAL WINE & EQUINE FESTIVAL (Livermore Valley, CA, July 14)--Building public knowledge and support for the East Bay-based SonRise Foundation, Murrieta’s Well Winery hosted two of the foundation’s miniature horses at a wine release event at the historic winery...

Where’s the USDA beef? Maybe at Costco…

When I scanned the Wall Street Journal online headlines this morning, for a moment I thought I was reading a Whole Foods flyer. What was this, a piece of nicely marbled red meat tempting me, even so early in the day, as I still work my first espresso—on the...

And you thought your last job interview was tough

Upholding the constitution is not for part-timers, or people with half-hearted ambition. Those were just a few of the myriad of thoughts that crossed my mind while watching the Sonia Sotomayor hearings, reading transcripts and scouring sites like CNN, The Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal to get the...

Weekly digest: Billy Berk’s San Jose, Cinequest Announcement, All Goode

News and Editorials 2010 Honda Insight adds respectable handling to hybrid market Rumor mill: Microsoft announcement Monday, launching ‘Office Web’? Loreto Bay: When more information is less information… by Al Graichen Watch out Microsoft: Google formally announces Chrome Operating System, turns up heat Intel to Lenovo and Samsung: No special pricing for you! San Francisco...