Best of the Coast

Tog at 95: Singing Along With Morro Bay’s ‘Living Legend’

Posted by on Jan 23, 2013 in News, People

When you are the patriarch of the Tognazzinis, one of the most well-known families on the Central Coast for half a century, the father of 10 children -- eight still living and thriving -- and have been married for 73 years to Henrietta, the love of your life, you don’t often hear a question like “What else have you done?”

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Giovanni DeGarimore: Wizard of the Waterfront

Posted by on Dec 7, 2012 in Featured, People

If you want to meet one of the most successful businessmen in San Luis Obispo County, you will have to travel down to the waterfront in Morro Bay, to the historic Embarcadero, where the sea lions bellow, pelicans swoop low, and fishermen haul their catch on to the docks with cloud-swept Morro Rock behind them.

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The Promethean Spark of Botso Korisheli

Posted by on May 20, 2012 in Books, Featured, People

What Georgian sorcery is this mortal who plays the piano with talking hands that sculpt the gods and teach angels how to sing four-part harmony? Who is this maestro who traveled thousands of miles with a heavy heart and a trunk filled with sheet music and hope? Who is this Prometheus of the pines who, with courage and dignity, transmuted tragedy into joy and changed people’s lives by touching them deeply with the wand of music and wonder?

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