Responses to Boulder Creek’s acting camp, last week’s Escaping Queens review, and whether or not the city is dog friendly.
Home Away
From Home
Re: “Acting Camp” (Cover, July 31). That’s my daughter with the violin. That is so typical of Natalie. She is hilarious, but also has a real special character. She loved this camp—first time in her life where she felt she fit in and everyone “got” her. It has done wonders for her self-esteem. I love Shawn and John and all they did for my daughter. I love the positive atmosphere—it was so welcoming, her grandma and I didn’t want to go home on parent’s day.
Heather Tanner
Santa Cruz
Catch a Crook
Re: “Something Borough” (Aug. 7): I just finished reading your A&E review of Cabrillo Stage's production of Escaping Queens. What I want to know is how reviewer Lily Stoicheff fails to mention cast member Danielle Crook, who portrays not one, but two characters in the show, both of whom are integral to the plot? This sort of omission may be forgivable for a production with a much larger cast, but this is an ensemble piece of only seven. Come on SC Weekly! You can do better than this.
Lucien Leutzinger
Santa Cruz
FROM THE WEB
Unplug Already
Re: “Social Distortion?” (Briefs, July 31): A “closed” group that has over 5,000 members? Sounds like Schlitt is not only unfit for a city task force, but the Internet as well. Good riddance. For a marketing communications consultant, Schlitt demonstrates a hilariously naive understanding of social media and privacy. If you put it on the Internet, it’s gonna go public eventually.
Cayce Pollard
Collars and Dollars
Re: “Bow Wow, This Sucks” (Briefs, Aug. 7): Santa Cruz is one of the least dog-friendly places to live and to visit. That’s why as a Santa Cruz County resident, I make a point of avoiding Santa Cruz and instead, I spend nearly all my consumer dollars in dog-friendly Santa Clara and Monterey locations. Los Gatos is tops on my list of destinations, but Palo Alto and San Jose (Santana Row and Willow Glen)—where many smaller merchants provide dog friendly, customer focused service—are also great. Those destinations are not only friendlier to decent, law-abiding, dog-loving families like ours, but comparatively devoid of the dangers and other annoyances that plague Santa Cruz County. There is no dog mess on the streets, dogs and their people are generally well mannered and well heeled. Since my dog is welcome virtually everywhere that is sensible to take her, I can pack all my errand-going, socializing, exercising and shopping into one trip over the hill or down the coast. In turn, I pump money into (mostly) locally owned businesses elsewhere. Unless or until Santa Cruz wakes up to the fact that they have driven dog-owning patrons out of the area, the town and county will miss out on the economic benefits from residents and tourists alike.
January M.
Dog Days
Re: “Bow Wow, This Sucks”: It is really a sad day when the NIMBYs take over and run this town..I wonder if the landlords are actually local residents…or just money hungry?
Kimber Kneeland
