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East Village Grassroots Art Space Kickstarts Expansions

East Village grassroots studio, Space 4 Art, has five days left to reach their $8,000 Kickstarter goal. The sum will fund the gallery for the next year with $6,000 going toward shipping costs and artist ...

Chicken, Waffles, and a Ton of Butter at Bootleggers

Some dishes are confounding in their ability to draw me to them over and over again. Count chicken and waffles as one. Over the last several years, as the dish has become more popular and ...

BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell @ Space 4 Art, May 10

Fresh Sound concert curator Bonnie Wright's next installment in her monthly series will feature BRIM: Eve Beglarian and Mary Rowell, on Thursday, May 10 at Space 4 Art, 8 p.m. This continues the series focus ...

They Had Me at Maytag Blue

Usually, going to a ballgame is a regrettable in-and-out affair for me. My schedule typically doesn’t allow for much more than an express trip down the 163 (traffic permitting), followed by a typically fruitless search ...

San Diego Veteran Writers Take The Stage With Tim O’Brien

(From a press release dated 4/23/2012) As part of Grossmont Community College’s 16th Annual Literary Arts Festival, Tim O’Brien will be reading and signing books on Thursday, May 03, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m., Griffin Gate ...

Monkey Paw Pub: Yes You Can Can

What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Perhaps a can of Monkey Paw beer. Hard to know at this point, since that beer is currently only available at the East Village’s Monkey Paw Pub ...

Sunflower Seeds: San Diego’s Ancient Food Comes Home

Beth spits out her mouthful of sunflower seeds. You gotta admire this. From time immemorial you could divide the human race into those who could and those who couldn't...crack off multiple shells in the mouth, ...

Border Patrol, Caught Partying!

Over the weekend: Parking lot, Petco Park. Place was like a smoke alarm's paradise. BBQs everywhere. But at the eastern end, it was tent canopies and full-on DJ and guys at tents handing out beers, ...

East Village Is Getting an Infusion of Milk & Honey

The East Village is about to get an infusion of milk and honey when bartender Sam Ross ventures beyond a wall of fake kegs and behind the bar at cocktail heaven Noble Experiment. Ross has ...

Instruction on Writing Instructional Culinary Prose

Writing a cookbook. It sounds simple enough so long as the author knows how to cook. But as anybody who’s actually sat down to document their dishes can attest, there’s a method to it. That ...

A Downtown Mix Tape That’s Not a Musical

Blending different varietals and vintages is commonplace in the wine world. The practice also has deep roots in Belgian corner of the brewniverse best exemplified by gueuzes (blends of lambics of varying maturity) and “grand ...

There’s a Lot of Nobility to Noble Experiment

Every time I head to Noble Experiment, the cocktail bar hidden behind a false wall of kegs in the back of Neighborhood in the East Village, I drink in the atmosphere before partaking of their ...

Monkeying Around Yields All New Brews

Since hitting the East Village this summer, Monkey Paw Pub and Brewery has only been living up to half its billing. With a solid tap and bottle selection and cozy, unpretentious neighborhood vibe, it had ...

Hall of Dreams

Oh, man. I'm holding my belly, full as a bull. I come out from Father Joe's Thanksgiving lunch (1501 Imperial Avenue, two blocks from 12th and Imperial trolley/bus transit center, 619-233-8500), me and hundreds of ...

Homeless Kit

1 pr. slacks or jeans 2 nylon panties for women or 2 men's briefs (one to wear, one to wash) 2-3 tee shirts 1 pr. shorts or skirt (to use as pajamas) 2 bras for ...

Go up, young man

Years ago, tenements and housing projects for the poor were razed because the experts claimed that folks were harmed by living atop each other. I guess that theory doesn't apply on the West Coast. Out ...

I'm better off now than one year ago

Physically and financially, I'm in better shape today. I'm healthier (no more caffeine and no more nicotine!) and I have more dollars to spend on food. It's a shame to admit that I'm better off ...

Fika Time! Culture Class at City College

File this in the "Learn something every day" category. Up near City College yesterday. Waiting for the lights at Park and C, where the trolley slices through those two new gray high-rises (Housing Commission on ...

Radvocate Release Party at The Ink Spot

This Saturday, August 27, San Diego Writers, Ink is hosting a release party for the Radvocate, a zine featuring art, stories, and music reviews. “Basically, I had the idea in my head for a few ...

Coffee to Die For

"This coffee? It’s roasted by a murder lawyer and his partner in El Cajon,” says Kayla. “He deals with criminals by day and roasts by night. The West Bean.” Kayla Coffee to die for? Huh. ...

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