George Bacon was unshakably naive. He had spent three years of active duty as a Navy officer and still he was astonished to see what he saw when he later joined the Navy Reserve. Maybe …
Thursday, November 29
Every other Wednesday lunch you can order stuffed cabbage, on Friday night there's roast piglet. Hungarian sausage for $2.45 at every lunch, and espresso for 50 cents, which arrives in a plain coffee cup.
Thursday, November 15
It wasn't really the kind of rodeo I had grown up with. The ones I went to years ago in another California small town were much more intimate — a hundred people or so standing …
During the past year I have written about baseball, basketball, boxing, football, and horse racing. Today I am writing about a real sport: Jerry Lewis. On September 4, 1972, I was at a Padres baseball …
Thursday, November 8
At least there’s one thing that people who live in Alpine can still agree on: they live in a beautiful town with a near-perfect climate. But that’s where the agreement ends. Ever since the townspeople …
The micro-mini hostess in Racquel Welch hair, dressed in deep decadent red to match the menu, asks bluntly, “Do you want a drink?”
Thursday, November 1
Force claimed he had played a role, witch-wise, in the indictment of San Diego's former Mayor Curran and his staff, in the Yellow Cab Scandal.
Roberto Rossellini whisked in and out on Francis Ford Coppola’s private yellow-and-black jet, spent a quick day, Sunday last, in San Diego. Fruit salad for lunch at the Marine Room, a guided tour of the …