THE BEAT GOES ON: “Nico Vandenheuvel: Then and Now” hangs at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) McMeen Gallery through Feb. 2. The museum is located at 1010 Broad St. downtown and is open daily except Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit sloma.org.
Martin Andrada
firefighter
“In 2007, I bought a brand-new Chevy pick-up with a V-8, and two months later gas prices shot up. My monthly gas bill was more than my truck payment.”
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Alex Jacobius, a double major in city and regional planning (left) and mechanical engineering major Ryan Flatland (right) killed it on trombone at the Cal Poly jazz bands’ fall concert. Credit: PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE ABBA
Jacob Smith
beekeeper
“I got really into trading card games for a while and ended up spending over $1,000. When I stopped playing about six months later, I sold them all for $200. It was a pretty big loss.”
THE BEAT GOES ON: “Nico Vandenheuvel: Then and Now” hangs at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) McMeen Gallery through Feb. 2. The museum is located at 1010 Broad St. downtown and is open daily except Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, visit sloma.org.
Mary Hiestand
teacher
“My Scion TC. I love the car, but it sits way too low for me.”
Barbara Martin
dairy farmer/cheesemaker
“I’m pretty frugal. Being raised on a farm, we learned to save our money and didn’t have a lot of room for waste.”