About Us
Welcome to StarkSilverCreek – All Things West Coast
StarkSilverCreek (SSC) is one of the fastest growing online publishers focused on the West Coast. Over 300,000 readers per year visit to enjoy the latest in wine country, San Francisco Bay Area theater & arts, gadgets and tech, and adventure travel including the Baja.
“Twice as fun,
but only half as smart.”Founded in 2007, SSC has become known for innovative and personable video coverage on syndicated shows including WineTube TV, Loreto Live and StarkSilverCreek Presents. Distribution includes Apple iTunes, Amazon Kindle, Facebook and YouTube. StarkSilverCreek is also included in Google News.
“TechCrunch for theater, arts, indie film, and travel.”
StarkSilverCreek’s recognition and influence are expanding rapidly. Often referenced alongside major media brands including the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle and Variety, SSC reaches a potential audience of over 6 million people in the greater Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Palo Alto and San Jose.
“Host Loni Kao Stark, the laugh heard from San Jose
to the Golden Gate Bridge.”Interested in writing for SSC? Send us an email with your background, writing sample (or link to article), and contact information to info@starksilvercreek.com. Or use this form.
Marketing briefs: Theater & Arts, Wine, Travel.
More: FAQ. Advertise on StarkSilverCreek. Contact Us. 2010 Press Release.
Loni Kao Stark (Twitter: @lonikaostark)
Co-Founder, Creative Director and Wine CollectorLoni is a self-professed foodie, adventure travel seeker and aspiring artist. It’s been said her laugh can be heard from San Jose all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge.
The former Ms. Global Petite runner-up is host of several SSC shows including WineTube TV, StarkSilverCreek Presents, Loreto Live, and the new series The Artist Diaries.
In a former life she was simply: “sushiweakness.”
For some reason known only to Google, her Vegetable Planter Box plans have become one of the most popular downloads.
She wishes to apologize in advance to all winemakers, actors, directors and producers whose names she will mispronounce or mix-up. Then again, it does make for fun blooper reels.
Between busy travel schedules to Washington, Napa and global destinations such as Australia, the Baja and Europe, she expends the rest of her energy collecting wines, practicing “escape artist”-style cooking, and building what she hopes, one day, will be a real estate empire. She catches her breath by writing about her adventures.
Clinton Stark (Twitter: @clintonstark)
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Fan of Napa (and Diet Coke)Clint co-founded StarkSilverCreek and writes about social media, arts, wine, indie film, and his trusty Droid. An aging ice hockey player, he tries in vain to direct Loni in SSC videos. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Clint is a Silicon Valley and new media entrepreneur. From the early PC clone days in the 80’s, to the explosion of telecom and networking in the 90’s, and now to social networking, Web 2.0 and software-as-a-service, Clint has successfully built businesses and start-ups into multi-million dollar operations. Recently as VP marketing he spearheaded the launch of a $110M company. But that was then.
Al Graichen
Photographer “in residence”, Motorsports Racer, and Wine Travel GuyAl, originally from Methuen, MA, made his way west to the San Francisco Bay Area via Hershey, PA courtesy of H Ross Perot’s EDS in the 1970’s. Managing IT for EPRI (remember Chernobyl) and Pacific Bell in the 1980’s, Al then moved on to manage IT under contract with NASA in the 90’s. With the downturn in government contracts he started his own consulting business to branch out to the commercial and financial sectors. Through it all he kept up with his passion for photography, motorsports racing, cycling and branching out into writing about travel and wine.
Eugene Lee
CEO, pianist, a capella singer and opera fanEugene is CEO of Socialtext by day (ok and night too), and a chamber music pianist, former choral conductor and a capella singer, voracious reader, enthusiastic golfer, amateur photographer, budding foodie, and recent opera fan at night and on weekends. Originally from Lexington, MA, he co-founded an email startup, and held executive positions at Cisco and Adobe before joining Socialtext as “CEO 2.0” in November 2007. He loves (almost) all kinds of music and has been successfully cajoled into singing karaoke.
Eugene Lee (Twitter: @eugenelee)
Jane Lurie
Emmy Award winner, Marathoner and ABBA Karaoke ExpertJane is an Emmy Award winning video editor and camera person. After years of working in TV news, she now loves shooting and editing videos that are uplifting, educational and fun. She and her partner, Sharon, bought into Loreto Bay in May of 2005 and took possession of their home in October of 2007. She has run 1 1/2 marathons in San Francisco. She loves Broadway musicals, all things Mac (Apple), The Rachel Maddow show, kayaking on the Sea of Cortez and her wonderful Loreto community. She believes in the wonders of daily meditation.
Patricia Reardon
Food, wine and the artsPat enjoys experiencing the latest in food, wine and the arts. When not eating, drinking and watching she and her husband Barry travel whenever possible. She loves her garden, photography and pets Rocky and Muffin. Pat and Barry are passionate Sharks fans. They are busy planning the completion of their vacation home in Loreto, Casa de los Gallos.
Media, Theater, Winery and Technology Relations
Chris Wright, chrisw@starksilvercreek.com (articles)
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Chris Wright or press@starksilvercreek.com
