Bolf
     Guys need to gather every once in a while. My wife and I have an agreement that, on occasion, she can have an all girls' night out and I can have an all guys' night out-just to escape reality, which sometimes is necessary when you have a 3-year-old.
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By Leslie Gregory Haukoos leslieh@theacorn.com
     Season finale A garden is all about rhythmLike the ebb and flow of a single wave as it comes to meet the shore, then recedes, a year in the garden has a buildup, an explosion, a recession then a pause before the cycle begins again.
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     The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura Beate Christina Waggoner of Camarillo will chair The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura's 15th annual Holiday Homes Tour, a self-guided tour that is the organization's largest fundraiser.
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"Hollywoodland"
     "Hollywoodland" is dark, adult-oriented and intelligent noir, a throwback to Hollywood's heyday, when tortured gumshoes would single-mindedly tackle unsolvable murders for little reward-perhaps only for redemption. The carrot wiggling on this cinematic stick happens to be a v
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     All about the hunt It was the end of August and I was having major flea market withdrawal. You see, there hadn't been a flea market at Seaside Park in Ventura since June. It was a Friday, and I got up early, knowing that there were several garage sales in my neighborhood.
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     The Ratings Game Another end of summer, another U.S. News & World Report
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