Our June Selection—This month finds all three groups reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The following is a short description of the book: “Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with … [Read more...]
Garden Club: June 2023
May 30, 2023 by
End of Year Celebration—The final event of our cal- endar year—the traditional Garden Club Barbecue and Picnic—will take place at the Niguel Shores Beach Bluff on Monday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m. A reminder email will be sent to members in early June, confirming who will be attending and whether they will be bringing an appetizer, salad or dessert. … [Read more...]
Women’s Club Mad Hatter’s Tea: June 8, 2023
May 30, 2023 by
“April Showers Bring May Flowers” was the theme of the Women’s Club May luncheon. In line with this theme, we welcomed guest speaker, South Coast Water District Board member and former Niguel Shores resident, Rick Erkeneff. Erkeneff informed us about local water resources and issues and plans for a future desalination plant in Dana Point. The … [Read more...]
Garden Club: May 2023
April 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Meetings—There will be no Garden Club meeting in May. We do have our end-of-year Garden Club Barbecue and Luncheon to look forward to down at the Bluff on Monday, June 19, at 11:00 a.m. Email reminders will be sent out to members. Please remember to sign up, and to bring an appetizer, salad, or dessert. 2023 Plant Sale—Our highly successful … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: May 2023
April 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
April Recap—On April 4 at the usual 0800h starting time, the Men’s Club assembled for a fine hot breakfast. After chatting with neighbors and catching up on the latest scuttlebutt, (as they say in the Navy), the assembled members pledged allegiance to Old Glory. We then turned our attention for the rest of the hour to our guest speaker for the day, … [Read more...]
Women’s Club: May 2023 Update
April 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Big congratulations to Fashion Show Chair Marnie Olia and her committee members Cathy Burgner, Sara Cowdry, Gigi McDonnell, Elle Midkiff, Robin Neuvirth and Carey Smith for their outstanding efforts to make this year’s Women’s Club Fashion Show such a huge success. A high element of anticipation filled the clubhouse as the audience awaited the … [Read more...]
Page Turners: May 2023
April 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The book club has been reading “older” novels so far this year, but this month we turn to the 2021 publication, The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen. Called “top-notch historical fiction” by Publisher’s Weekly, the book describes the life of Coco Chanel during the four years of Nazi occupation of Paris. “While … [Read more...]
Women’s Club Fashion Show 2023: Photo Gallery
April 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Photos by Cathy Burgner, Marnie Olia, Carey Smith and Laurel Yocca … [Read more...]
Page Turners: April 2023
March 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This month the Page Turners Book Club continues its reading of older literary fiction with Crossing to Safety, the work of Wallace Stegner, whose novel The Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer Prize. In the words of the publisher, Crossing to Safety has been called a “magnificently crafted story brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in the … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: April 2023
March 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
At our first meeting in March, we heard from a key part of the leadership team for the Seashore News, our much read and much appreciated community newspaper. Our guests included Sandy Homicz, Patti Staudenbauer, Su- san Courtney, Meg Wilson, Michelle Ralph, and Sharon Stewart. These dedicated and charming volunteers supplemented their interesting … [Read more...]
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