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Yoga
takes you
higher
By Karen Heller mon in Higher Self yoga, a
The Washington Post
monthly “ganja yoga” class
that Goda owner Nathania St-
A pungent fog blankets ambouli introduced in the fall:
Goda Yoga in Culver City. It’s “We’re bringing together two
Friday night, and the studio is great spiritual practices. Mari-
packed, with overflow mats juana is a way of enhancing the
extending down the back hall experience.”
to the bathroom. Ah, yes, enhancing the ex-
Votive candles and sitar perience. Of late, there’s been
music set the a fair amount of
yoga-enhancing
mood. But this
class offers a Enhancing going on. It’s yoga
whiff — actu-
ally plenty — of
the ancient with something
extra on the side.
something extra:
the unmistakable
practice with Would you like
beer with your
scent of mari- a toke or yoga? There’s a
class for that.
juana.
Participants two is just Yoga in the
buff? Manhat-
vape,
stretch.
then
It’s one example tan’s Bold and
yoga with deep
breathing. And,
of a viral Naked Yoga is
precisely what it
after several in-
halations, a lot of
expansion says it is.
For yogis who
coughing. of the art prefer to bundle
in down, there’s
Co-instructor
Emily Meyers asks the 20 par- snowga — yoga
ticipants: “What are you most with snowshoes.
passionate about?” Some classes eschew the
“Staying in touch with na- calm and quiet many practitio-
ture and making out with my ners seek. Y7, with locations
dog,” is one reply. in New York and Los Angeles,
“I’m not quite sure. That’s bills itself as “the original hip-
why I moved to California,” is hop yoga studio.”
another. Wish to vocalize at mul-
Such moments are com- See Yoga on Page 5
Lifestory: Influences
Money Manners
Home+Garden
At Home
Home+Garden Celebrations
Garden as Art
Everything is coming up
roses in many of our Bay
Area gardens, including
Lynett Petrula’s Los Altos
garden. This beauty that even
a little stuffed Easter bunny
can’t resist, is named “Andrea
Stelzer.” To see more beautiful
roses and get some ideas for
your own garden, visit the
Santa Clara County Rose
Society’s annual rose show, 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. April 23 at the
Almaden Community Center
and Library, 6445 Camden
Ave., San Jose. Admission is
free. For more details go to Ladd Robert Howe and Youngmi Ahn
www.sccrose.org. Married in San Jose, CA and Seoul, South Korea
Submitting a picture: Send The Villages Golf and Country Club was the U.S. site
a high-resolution JPG file for the recent wedding of Youngmi Ahn and Ladd
with your comments and Robert Howe. A reception was held at the Country Club.
the location where the photo The bride is the daughter of Mr Sangmoon Ahn and
was taken to Joan Morris at wife, Mrs. Sangsuk Kang of Seoul, South Korea. In
jmorris@bayareanewsgroup.
addition to the bride’s parents’, sister, Miss Eunmi Ahn
(bridesmaid) and brother, Mr Yongchan Ahn (grooms-
com. Please include your man) attended the San Jose nuptials. The bride graduated
COURTESY OF LYNETT PETRULA
name and city. from Hong Ik University and is a Digital Media Designer.
The groom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howe of San
Jose, CA is a graduate of San Francisco State University.
He is a Senior Financial Analyst with Gilead Sciences.
In addition to the U.S. wedding, a traditional Korean
On The Dry Side wedding was held in Seoul, South Korea. The groom’s
mother, Susan Howe and family friend, Joyce MacKay
attended the Korean wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Ladd
R TE
the “medusoid euphorbias.”
This name refers to
the form of the plants,
COURTESY OF BRIAN KEMBLE
with a round central body
and numerous cylindrical A young Euphorbia esculenta blooms at Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. The plant is
branches radiating out admired for its spiral shape and blooms, which resemble little bowls of cotton. Brain teasers brought to you by
on all sides, reminiscent
of Medusa, with her head this species can also be upward. green, and they contrast
of snakes, from Greek grown in California’s win- The spiral center of the with the cottony white fibers
mythology. ter-rainfall climate if given plant is a delightful feature, that fill the cup around the
As with other kinds of excellent drainage, plenty but sometimes the new flowers. The overall effect is Answer found at myaccount.mercurynews.com or myaccount.eastbaytimes.com,
euphorbias, these unusual of sun, and occasional branches crowd around it like little bowls of cotton- Membership Rewards page.
plants have milky white water during its summer so closely that it becomes candy sprouting from the
sap, and although this sap growing season. difficult to see. ends of the branches.
is poisonous in many spe- Like other medusoids, Although green is the While the cup with
cies, this is not necessarily Euphorbia esculenta stays usual color of the species, glands around the rim
true of the medusoids. In quite low, not exceeding 6 under dry conditions and in — usually 5 of them — is
fact, one of them is named inches in height, but older strong sun, it may become normal for euphorbias, the
Euphorbia esculenta, which plants can reach a diameter tinged with purple or pink. “cotton” is very unusual.
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translates from the Latin as of well over a foot. A book Early spring is the It occurs also in the
“edible.” However, it is not on euphorbias published in flowering period for E. closely related Euphorbia
people who eat the plants, 1941 makes note of a huge esculenta, with plants at inermis, which grows a
but grazing animals. old specimen 30 inches the Ruth Bancroft Garden little farther to the east.
Euphorbia esculenta is
native to the south central
across.
The flattened central
generally blooming in late
March, April and early Brian Kemble is curator at for being a longtime
part of South Africa, in head is covered with little May. the Ruth Bancroft Garden in
a dry inland area of wide
open spaces and few trees.
beaklike protrusions that
are spirally arranged.
Euphorbias have a
unique flowering structure
Walnut Creek. His monthly
column focuses on drought
reader of this paper
Although it does not Surrounding this are the called a cyathium. The tiny tolerant plants and dry
occur over a wide region, E. stubby cylindrical newer flowers emerge from a cup gardens. Email questions to We appreciate your continued
esculenta is quite abundant arms or branches. At the with small projections, info@ruthbancroftgarden.
where it is found, in areas outside are the oldest called glands, arranged in a org. Learn more about the support of our local journalism.
where the rainfall comes branches, which can be ring around the edge. Ruth Bancroft Garden at
mostly in the summer as much as 6 to 8 inches The glands in E. escu- www.ruthbancroftgarden.
months. Happily, however, long, arching outward and lenta are reddish-brown or org.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2017 111 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP D5
Books+Authors
In the Pipeline
Books by the Bay The book and movie worlds col-
lided rather prestigiously last week
The Bay Area stars in new book releases with the announcement that Barry
Jenkins, writer/director of the Os-
car-winning drama “Moonlight,” will
adapt and direct Colson Whitehead’s
double award-winning novel (the Na-
The Bay Area has a long St. Anthony’s Dining Room tional Book Award and the Pulitzer
history of supplying authors in the Tenderloin. With Prize) “The Underground Railroad”
with memorable settings, this debut novel, he charts as a television series, in develop-
but there’s an especially one man’s epic struggle to ment at Amazon. While we wait to
strong sense of place in escape the long fall to down see how that promising-sounding
these new releases by Bay and out. project unfolds, let’s check in with a
Area authors. Donia Bijan n “The Wrong Dead few other upcoming book-to-movie
starts her debut novel in San Guy” by Richard Kadrey transformations:
Francisco, (Harper Voyager, $24.99, n “My Cousin Rachel.” The
then takes 420 pages) 1951 romantic-mystery novel by
readers to Richard Kadrey, whose Daphne du Maurier (“Rebecca“) ar-
her native previous novels include “The rives on screens this summer, with
Iran; “Oak- Everything Box” and the Rachel Weisz in the title role. Roger
land Noir” Sandman Slim series, deliv- Michell (“Notting Hill“) directs;
captures ers another rollicking caper expect bonnets, moody candlelight
GEORGIA ROWE hidden cor- starring Coop, his master and some strong supporting work
ners of its thief gone legit. Kadrey, by the Cornish coastline. (June 9)
namesake a San Francisco resident, Note: It is a remake; Olivia de Havil-
city. Fiction and memoirs, all loads his tale with super- land and Richard Burton starred
with Bay Area connections, natural stuff: a mummy, a in the 1952 version, and Geraldine
round out this month’s list of secret government agency Chaplin had the title role in a 1983
new releases. and an ancient manuscript TV miniseries.
that may or may not be the n “The Glass Castle.” Jean-
n “The Last Days of key to Coop’s most pressing nette Walls’ widely popular 2005
Café Leila” by Donia Bijan problems. memoir of her troubled, nomadic
(Algonquin, $25.95, 304 n “The Pope of Brook- childhood (the book spent more than
pages) lyn” by Joseph Di Prisco 250 weeks on The New York Times
A (Vireo/Rare Bird Books, best-seller list) was filmed last year,
betrayal $24, 320 pages) with Brie Larson as Jeanette and
sets Donia “My father didn’t exactly Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson
Bijan’s come out of nowhere, but it as her parents. No release date set
captivating was close.” So writes Joseph yet, but it’s likely to be out sometime
new novel di Prisco in this memoir this year.
in motion. about Joe “Pope” di Prisco, n “On Chesil Beach.” Ian McE-
When Noor a larger-than-life character wan adapted his delicate novella,
discovers who helped New York City about a young couple on their wed-
PHOTO COURTESY OF ZACH HEFFNER
that her cops track down bookmak- ding night in 1962, for the screen.
husband has left her for Donia Bijan is an accomplished memoirist, but “The Last Days ers and made deals to testify Saoirse Ronan, who starred in the
another woman, she gath- of Cafe Leila” is her first novel. against them. Court tran- excellent movie version of McEwan’s
ers what’s left of her San scripts and remembrances “Atonement,” plays the new bride.
Francisco life and returns to in 2004 with “Brooklyn on art, music, race, and femi- of the author’s own edgy Again, no date set, but this sounds
her native Iran. Arriving in Noir,” Akashic Books turns nism draw on her roots in exploits pack this account of like the sort of movie that gets held
Tehran with her teenaged to Oakland with this new the Bay Area’s ever-chang- a father’s legacy to a son. for end-of-year release.
daughter, Lily, she settles collection of stories, each ing cultural landscape. n “The Snowman.” Harry Hole,
into a new life centered in one set in a neighborhood n “On to the Next the hard-boiled detective created
her father’s neighborhood or location within the city. n “Tenderloin” by Dream” by Paul Madonna by Norwegian crime novelist Jo
café. But Iran has changed Among the authors repre- Court Haslett (280 Steps, (City Lights, $17.95, 80 Nesbo, finally comes to the screen,
since Noor left for America sented are Kim Addonizio, $17.95, 295 pages) pages) played by Michael Fassbender. At
30 years earlier. As she Nick Petrulakis and Judy San Francisco novelist Much has been written one point, Martin Scorsese was set
confronts national history Juanita. From the Oakland Court Has- abut the “tech wars” that to direct this film — in which Harry
and family revelations, “The hills to the heart of down- lett looks have made must solve a brutal murder case
Last Days of Café Leila” town, each story brings Oak- back to a living in involving a very ominous snow-
delivers a moving portrait of land to life. City Lights hosts particularly San Fran- man — but ended up as executive
a character caught between a reading April 25 in San haunting cisco an producer, with Tomas Alfredson
two worlds. Bijan, whose Francisco, with contributors event in impossible (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy“) direct-
own family fled Iran in 1978, to be announced. Bay Area dream for ing a strong cast that also includes
made her first return to the history; the old-timers Rebecca Ferguson, J.K. Simmons,
country in 2010; a chef who n “De Facto Feminism: rise of the and young Charlotte Gainsbourg and Chloe
ran her own restaurant, Essays Straight Outta Reverend work- Sevigny. (Oct. 13)
L’Amie Donia in Palo Alto, Oakland” by Judy Juanita Jim Jones, who in 1978 ers. For — Moira Macdonald,
she describes the dishes of (Equi- lured followers from the writer and The Seattle Times
Café Leila in delicious detail. Distance People’s Temple to Guyana, graphic artist Paul Ma-
Meet the author April 20 Press, where 900 died in a mass donna, the issue became
at Kepler’s Books in Menlo $19.95, 230 murder/suicide. Haslett’s personal when he found
Park, and May 2 at Book
Passage in San Francisco.
pages)
Speak-
protagonist, Sleeper Hayes, himself evicted from his
is a hard-boiled character in Mission District home.
Northern California
ing of Oak- the noir tradition. Combining narrative and Best-sellers
n “Oakland Noir,” land, Judy n “One Way Down his distinctive graphics, “On
Data from the Northern California Independent
edited by Jerry Thomp- Juanita, (Or Another)” by Calder to the Next Dream” depicts Booksellers Association for the week ending April 2.
son and Eddie Muller author of G. Lorenz (Civil Coping Madonna’s struggle to find
(Akashic the 2013 Mechanisms, $15.95, 170 new digs. He’ll read from the FICTION
Books, novel “Virgin Soul,” lives in pages) book April 19 at City Lights
1. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
$15.95, 278 the city and knows it well. In Like Haslett, San Fran- in San Francisco, April 29
pages) this wide-ranging collec- cisco’s Calder Lorenz has a at Pegasus in Berkeley and 2. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Building tion of essays, she writes gift for capturing the grittier May 3 at Booksmith in San 3. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
on the se- about her experiences as a side of the city; the author, Francisco. 4. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
ries of noir teacher, poet, playwright, who has a master of fine arts 5. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
anthologies activist and stand-up comic. degree from the University Contact Georgia Rowe at
6. Earthly Remains by Donna Leon
that began Her thoughtful observations of San Francisco, works at growe@pacbell.net.
7. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
8. The Idiot by Elif Batuman
9. American War by Omar El Akkad
10. The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
It’s a Mystery NONFICTION
1 Ecclesiastical
DEAR AMY: cheating again? leader
My girlfriend Am I wrong 6 “Get out!”
10 Blood enemy
and I have been for wishing she 14 Aussie critters
seriously dating wouldn’t go into 18 Diaper option
for almost nine work on her days 19 Bridge shape
years. She has a off because they 20 French director
son whom I have ASK AMY are short staffed? Clément
helped to raise. Please help me. I 21 Martial art whose
AMY DICKINSON name means
In January, I am on the verge “sword way”
received several of a breakdown. 22 Home for Bilbo
messages from her female Broken Baggins
co-worker’s boyfriend, 24 West Wing worker
indicating that they were DEAR BROKEN: It’s 25 A lot
having an affair. OK to be angry. Anger is 26 AL East team: abbr.
27 Contemptible
I asked for proof and definitely called for, as a sorts
was provided screen shots reaction to infidelity. 28 The ladies-only
of texts. Even though this affair Western-themed
When I confronted my was “only” an emotional bar I own?
girlfriend about it, she one, your partner is avoid- 30 Inspector Clouseau
initially lied, but when I ing problems at home by or Borat?
33 Peevish
told her I had proof, she throwing herself into her 34 Most contemptible
came clean. work, and she is blaming 35 Blowup: abbr.
She tried to blame me you for her infidelity. That 36 See 9-Down
for this affair, indicating I needs to stop. 37 Like some quilt
“wasn’t around to talk to You don’t mention blocks
her.” what kind of support your 39 Decoration in
a deli case?
She swears it was only partner’s child is getting 45 Tony who managed
an emotional affair. right now, but I’m assum- two World Series
We are trying to work ing that in her quest to championships for
through these issues as avoid her home life, she is the Cardinals
gracefully as we can. skipping out on him too. 47 Setting for
She has gotten a pro- How unfair. Cardinals home
games, briefly
motion and transferred to Do you want this boy 48 Vivacity
another location for work. growing up in a household 49 Neutral tone
This promotion is slowly where everyone is angry 50 Parliamentary
consuming her life. She and no one talks about it? proceedings, e.g.
never leaves work on time, All of her behavior, 51 Romeo or Juliet
refuses to call me to tell which you are fixated on — 53 ____ booster 92 Musician in the 4 Horse picker’s 40 Woe for some 72 Overcome
55 Drained of color woodwind section hangout, for short 51-Acrosses 76 Authority
me when she will be late. her lack of consideration 56 “Indubitably” 94 Runs through 5 Melodramatic NBC 41 Shine 78 Villainous visage
She even takes work home in texting or calling when 57 Product of a stable 97 Satirical depiction of hit starting in 2016 42 Tres + cinco 79 Vegetarian
with her now. she’ll be late, her refusal to of comic-strip the story of Noah? 6 Indian “masters” 43 Two-tone treat sandwich
Recently we were late work hard to reassure you artists? 100 Most important 7 Hybrid bakery 44 Georgia senator filling
for a surprise party be- that she is being faithful, 62 Kentucky college mounted treats who helped estab- 80 Train syst.
cause she didn’t leave work her overall disregard for 63 Communication cavalryman? 8 Roman ____ lish “don’t ask, 82 Quarters :
system pioneered 102 Opposite corner in a 9 With 36-Across, don’t tell” basketball ::
on time. She acted as if it you — and your reaction to romantic triangle a Dr. Seuss book 46 Correo ____ chukkers : ____
by Thomas
was no big deal. She senses her behavior seem within Gallaudet, for short 103 Bush league, 10 Marker maker (words on foreign 84 Abrupt,
my anger and frustration, bounds. 64 Greek city where for short? 11 Time on the correspondence) disconcerting
but tells me I am control- Start an honest con- Perseus was born 105 Jean who played throne 52 Hairy hunter of reaction
ling and she is trying to versation. It’s time your 65 Scaled-down Aunt Martha 12 “____ Club” (No. 1 Genesis 86 After-dinner
excel in her career. partner faced the music woodwind? in “Arsenic and hit for 50 Cent) 54 Big do volunteer’s words
70 Ice-cream Old Lace” 13 Removes, as a 55 Elvis ____ Presley 87 Pays de ____
I am trying to be she’s been running from 106 Important positions sticker 57 Pitch in (Nantes’ region)
container
patient and supportive of for months. Your relation- 73 Calendar model 107 Alphas 14 They can provoke 58 “The BFG” author 88 Variety of Hold ’em
her newfound success and ship is very much on the 74 Suffix with blast- 109 Son of Gloria on knee-jerk reactions 59 Automaker that 93 Frances who
ambition, but she doesn’t line. 75 Eight-time Olympic “Modern Family” 15 Reaching new introduced the played TV’s
understand the impact on medalist Apolo 110 Food thickener heights in ballet? Rambler Aunt Bee
me and how this is tearing Send questions to Anton ____ 111 Big name among 16 Ancient theater 60 Witch 94 Religious leaders
76 Condo VIP radio shock jocks 17 Little lad 61 2004 Scarlett 95 ____ President
me up. askamy@amydickinson. 112 So-called “Butterfly
77 Art deco artist 21 Aussie critters Johansson film 96 Baldwin offering
Am I wrong for com or Ask Amy, c/o 78 Belgradian, e.g. Capital of Alabama” 23 Quick series of adapted from “Lady 97 Central
requesting a simple text Tribune Content Agency, 81 Audiophile’s 113 Environmental bane social-media posts Windermere’s Fan” 98 Gets ready to do
or call indicating that LLC., 16650 Westgrove collection 114 Hand (out) 28 Something seen 62 Apt to go push-ups, say
she will be late? Am I Drive, Suite 175, Addison, 83 Elizabeth with 115 Study of the heav- at Frankenstein’s Democratic 99 Title opera heroine
wrong for worrying she’s TX 75001. the memoir ens: abbr. birthday party? 65 Spit out who is a Druidic
“Saving Graces” 116 Attacked 29 Shopping ____ 66 Actress Sorvino high priestess
85 Audibly upset 31 Empty spaces 67 One opposed 101 Kind of boots
Belgian DOWN 32 Rhubarb with deep 68 Big brass 104 ETS offering
Aces on bridge francophone? 1 Drei + fünf roots? 69 Middling 107 Going nowhere,
89 Words after “Sure!” 2 Sign of spring 36 Welcoming necklace 70 Work out metaphorically
90 Mournful work 3 1992 Tim Robbins 37 DVD remote button spectacularly 108 Women’s-club
DEAR MR. WOLFF: I’m Three-level jumps are thus 91 MSN alternative mockumentary 38 Go a mile a minute 71 Beehive, for one event
unclear as to the best natural and invitational.
matchpoint strategy for
inviting game facing a DEAR MR. WOLFF: You
no-trump opener. I think I
understand that it is right
recently suggested that a
reader might raise his part-
Horoscope
to have full values to invite ner’s opening one-spade
More Rewards!
when balanced — but what bid to three no-trump as a By Eugenia Last
about with a shapely hand? good raise to four spades. HAPPY BIRTHDAY (April 16):
Recently, after transferring Might not opener pass, Personal gains can be accom-
to spades with SPADES expecting a balanced hand plished if you are open and
A-6-5-4-2, HEARTS 10-3 without spade support? receptive to what others do and
DIAMONDS K-10-9-3-2, — Jimbo in Limbo
say. Your numbers are 3, 11, 24,
CLUBS 2, I decided it was
32, 37, 43, 47.
best to pass when my ANSWER: I was suggesting
partner did not break the using the three-no-trump BIRTHDAY BABY: You are inquisi-
transfer. The best game for
us was five diamonds when
call as purely artificial.
It can be used to show a
tive, playful and adaptable.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Live
Win tickets to see Chita Rivera
my partner had a doubleton
spade king, but even the
spade game came home as
spade raise with less than
the minimum for a Jacoby
two-no-trump response,
and learn. Take a short trip that
will lead to greater insight. Share at Broadway @ The Nourse.
your findings with someone you
the cards lay. but still with enough
love. HHHHH
— Patrick Thistle shape to want to play
game. Shading the Jacoby TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t
ANSWER: My approach here response can lead to prob- push yourself too hard. Look
is to transfer to spades and lems when opener tries for any small but important
bid two no-trump with a for slam, expecting more changes that will affect the way
balanced hand, but to make values opposite. The three- you handle agreements. HHH
a light invitation with five no-trump call can be used GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
spades in an unbalanced either as a shapely raise to Discuss matters openly and put
hand via Stayman, then two game or, if you prefer, as a
any concerns you have to rest.
spades over a red suit. That splinter in an unspecified
Don’t give up on someone or
might not help here, but at suit instead. If the latter,
least I can differentiate my partner can relay to find out something you love. HHH
invitations. if interested. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take
time out to relax and rejuvenate.
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