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Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Coronado
Blog entries concerning Coronado Island in San Diego County.
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Entries
Coronado Beach Ranked Nation's Finest
The beach at Coronado has been tapped as the nation’s finest, according to a new survey out today from “Dr. Beach,” or Stephen Leatherman, a coastal science professor at Miami’s Florida International University. His list ...
County Supervisor Candidate Brant Will — Hanging on to Idealism
Campaign signs for County Supervisor Greg Cox have proliferated in Chula Vista for several months, but there was a rare sighting in the city last week — a Brant Will sign. Cox and Will are ...
Some Lick It Hot: Hotel Del Coronado Celebrates Billy Wilder Stamp
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/23/24858/ Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe aren't the only instantly recognizable icons to grace the front of one of four stamps honoring "Great Film Directors" issued by the United States Postal Service. Look carefully and ...
Kathy’s Place: How to Blow a Perfectly Cheap Meal
“Should we?” This is Carla. We’re standing outside the doors of Kathy’s Place, the in-house cafeteria at Sharp Coronado Hospital (sometimes called Sharp Coronado Cafe, 250 Prospect Place, 619-522-3600). Carla’s here to get a check ...
La Terrazza — Life at the Top
Oh man. Seems every day off, the lovely Carla wants to head for Diane, on the sceptered isle of Coronado, to get her hair swished up. She's there now. Me, wandering lonely as a cloud, ...
Delux Dogs: Open!
For months it’s had brown paper covering the windows and a sign promising they’d be opening soon. Every time we come through, my official hot dog taster – Carla – looks longingly. “When, when, for ...
Medi-Pot Proponents to Host Filner Fundraiser
The Patient Care Association of California, a group of marijuana collectives and cooperatives formed in mid-2011 to combat the medical marijuana ordinance passed by the City of San Diego, is promoting a fund raiser in ...
Celebrate New Segment of Scenic Bayshore Bikeway
Any cyclist in San Diego can tell you that, between our many mesas and valleys, this isn’t the best city for flatland riding routes. One of my favorite level-ground circuits is the San Diego Bay ...
Warning: Navy's National Terror Drill May Cause San Diego Traffic Woes
The Navy's national "Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield" anti-terrorism exercises, set to begin Monday, may mean traffic tie-ups in Coroando and at other bases and facilities around the region. According to a Facebook post by the public ...
The Two Nicky Rottens: What’s Up?
There’s been confusion over what’s happening with the two Johnny Rottens. Downtown spawned the Coronado branch. Owner Nick Tomasello, his dad Dominick and his best buddy Tim Aaron bought the property and started a pretty ...
Mexican Ex-President Proposes Drug Snak-Paks for American Middle Schoolers
Vicente Fox Addresses Coronado Middle School Students, Says "Responsible Consumption" Is Only Solution to International Drug Violence Lunchable-Style Packages Would Contain Individual Pouches of Pot, Meth, Coke, and Heroin, Diluted to Make Them "Suitable for ...
Del: Watch Your Dinner Grow
Not that I’ll ever eat there, prices being what they are, but the Hotel Del’s 1500 Ocean and its other restaurants are sure taking a good direction when it comes to getting green. This all ...
Fugitive Chickens: Still on the Run!
Shock report: Coronado has made chicken-raising illegal on the island! Leslie Crawford had been depending on her breakfast eggs from the two snowflake hens she had been raising for months when neighbors complained to the ...
Three's a Trend: Will "Jack the Stripper" Strike Again?
It began with Rebecca Zahau, the 32-year-old woman found bound, naked, and hanged by her neck from the second-floor balcony of a Coronado mansion. The death was ruled a suicide, but questions persisted: why did ...
Really Delicious (Looking) Hot Dogs in Coronado
I was at Bay Books (1029 Orange Avenue) for their 20th anniversary/20 percent off sale yesterday. Trick or treating was in full swing. I spotted this dog being paraded up the sidewalks of Orange. The ...
Sushi Going Beyond Sapporo and Kirin in Coronado
I am a fan of sushi, but eat less of it than I’d like. I’ve often pondered why that is and have developed a solid theory. All too often, it’s offered without quality beer available ...
Life on the Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire
We’ve all heard the jokes about California someday sliding into the sea. We all live in secret fear of the “Big One” being so close to the San Andreas Fault. Or do we? In the ...
Last Chance
Chance would be a good thing. And it was. But Chance Bistro (926 Orange Avenue, Coronado), the little “Modern Mexican” eatery that has been a quirky presence in the beach town for the best part ...
Coronado Hanging Death Ruled Suicide
San Diego County sheriff Bill Gore said today that the death of Rebecca Nalepa was a suicide. In July, she was found nude with a rope around her neck and her hands and feet bound ...
New Menus Leave Much to the Imagination
Five years ago, I was noticing that a lot of menus in food-forward cities were starting to read very differently from those in San Diego. While in S.D. a dish might be described as "oven-roasted, ...
