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

Life is a highway: Mexico counters recession with $1.6B in infrastructure improvements

How much infrastructure improvement does $1.6B US buy? If you're Mexico, it means a whole bunch of new highways and, more importantly, possibly one way out of the economic and tourist funk that is now cloaking the country in hurt. According to Reuters, the $1.6B will be used this year. Deputy...

2006 Château Haut-Sorillon Bordeaux Supérieur, France (84 pts, $7.99)

As usual with some of these wines, I taste, and then if it's not exactly lighting the world on fire, I decant over night. Why not? Nothing to lose by really letting it open up.

BlackBerry Tour, aptly named, to be available on Sprint and Verizon

To say the SmartPhone market is white-hot would be an understatement. Profit margins may be a different matter, however, as the number of models increase, and prices decrease. For tech lovers, this is the golden age of mobility. RIM, with its new BlackBerry Tour, is the latest to make some...

Soon-to-be parents look for home in ‘Away We Go’, find laughs, hippies, destiny

It's hard to watch Maya Rudolph (Verona De Tessant) in a movie and not laugh. Her face reminds me of so many Saturday Night Live skits; usually unfunny ones, with her somehow managing to creatively eake out laughs. Ditto with John Krasinski (Burt Farlander). How can you not immediately think...

Breaking news: Inn at Loreto Bay to possibly re-open under FONATUR control

(UPDATE 6/18/09: safe to say this was a wild rumor, and the source was incorrect, at least about the Inn and Golf Course opening. Currently workers are striking, marching streets of Loreto Bay.) (UPDATE @ 2:34pm pacific: additional sources suggest this may not be happening as reported by The Tribuna...

Twitter growth slows, Facebook juggernaut steams ahead

In 2008, Twitter grew 780%. This year doesn't look as promising. A report today from compete.com, one of the new Web measurement services ...

Tesla Motors: Inside the Silicon Valley dealership with photos and updates

The green car you see in these photos was used in recent photos with Tesla CEO Elon Musk (founder of PayPal).

Loreto Bay news: second email update from Embree Bedsole

Dear Homeowner, As a follow-up to the general communication mailed Saturday June, 6th, 2009, TSD Loreto Partners, S. en C. por A. de C.V. (the "Company") regrets to inform you that as of June 8th, 2009 all construction related activities for Loreto Bay (the "Project") have been indefinitely suspended until...

Loreto Live Special Edition: Interview with Bob Toubman of Loreto Bay

Just in: from an interview this morning on a special edition of Loreto Live. Loni talks with Bob Toubman, administrator of the Loreto Condomium Services operation about what's happening in Loreto Bay. Stark Insider Podcast Bob Toubman Listen now » https://www.starkinsider.com/podcasts/loretolive/loretolive-toubman.mp3

Turnbull Wine Cellars reserve room wine roundup, tasting notes

I readily admit: I always look forward to visiting Turnbull Wine Cellars in Napa Valley. In the past, the wines have never let me down, delivering complex, rich high quality results. To boot I enjoy the raucous-free, boutique feeling of the grounds nestled among the trees and vineyards of Oakville....