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

This week in tech: Some of my thoughts on Macworld and CES

January is a favorite time of year for me. Two big events every year create all kinds of excitement with product announcements, technology visions and some pie-in-the-sky dreaming. Of course the two shows are Macworld and CES. This year's Macworld in my view was a bust, but carried plenty of...

Discover Loreto Bay “Go Green for Less Green” email promotion

Green is the word! The latest Discover Loreto Bay promotion is all about green as in the environment, and green as in cash savings. It's encouraging to see the good marketing folks over at LB roll with the times, and continue to aggressively market the Loreto area. Obviously, this...

Loreto Bay property owners newsletter for January 2009 introduces new homeowner service

The Loreto Bay property management (or as it is now referenced "owners") newsletter arrived today in our email inbox. It's always interesting to checkout the every changing look & feel and more importantly the updates.  This issue is a little longer relative to past issues, at about 6 pages and...
Castoro Cellars Syrah

Frank’s Paddling Adventure & Recommendation

We learned a great deal about marine life, the sea area near Loreto Bay and the lives of the Mexican people.
Turbull 2005 Black Label

Turnbull Black Label 2005 $100 (90 pts.)

A luxurious Napa blend with Bordeaux flair.

Napa Valley trend watch: The Albariño grape, fad or here to stay?

There's an interesting article on the Napa Valley Blog contemplating the future of the Albariño grape, of Spanish fame, in Napa. Artesa Vineyards and Winery, along with three others (Hendry, Havens, Mahoney), currently produce wines with this grape which results in "a refreshing wine with lemony characteristics and good acidity." Economics,...

New milestone for StarkSilverCreek as over 11,600 people visit in December!

Loni and I received a pleasant surprise today when we were told December was a record month for this little web site. Over 11,600 unique people (counting each person only once even if they visit multiple times) dropped in to StarkSilverCreek last month. This is way beyond anything we could...

View from a tower in the Loreto Bay Baja resort development

Loni gives an update from the Agua Viva neighborhood in Loreto Bay. https://vimeo.com/4357687 This clip is from the tower of our little casa which should be completed sometime soon.

StarkSilverCreek week(s) in review: Loreto Guide updated, Stark Naked Report, recipes and wine

2009 is off to a flying start. We just wrapped a trip to Napa that had Loni sending tweets on the fly from Artesa, Turbull, Cakebread, Sequoia Grove and other scenic spots along the way. More on that trip to come. We've updated the StarkSilverCreek Loreto Bay and Loreto Guides...