Recent Stories
Not a Tourist Place
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Maybe it’s the pale, washed-green cupboards or the mustard walls or the blue-and-yellow tablecloths and olive bowls for sale. This ...
Moon Over My Taco
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
Pacific Beach is more mysterious at night. Silent runners materialize like ghosts along the boardwalk, murmuring couples huddle in shadows, ...
Pizza High
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Omygod. She’s eating her pizza with her knife and fork. Then again, she’s English. “What do you think, Robin?” She ...
Quite a Hike for Picadillo
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
I’ve got to thank the MTS for this find. They canceled the 962 night-bus service on weekends from the Eighth ...
Happy Hour with Aguilar
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010
The shiver. Down my spine. Can’t help feeling it every time I walk into Old Town. Honest. Something happens when ...
The Vegan Word
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
“This place is run by a ‘Supreme Master’?” says my buddy Lee. He’s driving us to a vegan eatery with ...
Sweet Smell
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
Barbecue. It’s the only cooking smell that actually wafts through the air like a well-flung fishing line, grabs you, and ...
Good Dog
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
The guy in the wheelchair sits at the corner of Fifth and G, waving his “Hot Dogs!” sign toward G ...
Babbo Grande's Place
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
Serge and Danielle. Always liked them. They were Uptown’s crêpe royalty. They had this uptown crêperie called Deli France. So, ...
Ed Does Lunch
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
“The Island in the Sky,” reads the Tierrasanta sign. Great. But how come this end of the Island don’t have ...
