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Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Ocean Beach
Blog entries concerning the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego.
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Entries
Vending Machines
I miss the vending machines that existed when I was a kid. My two favorites were at the San Diego Zoo. After passing the Reptile House on the walkway toward the Children’s Zoo was a ...
Booze Merchants Association Gives Big to Fletcher Mayoral Campaign
The La Mesa-based Neighborhood Market Association, a group representing liquor stores and other retail alcohol outlets in San Diego and other cities in the county - and that has been fined by the city's ethics ...
The Raw and the Vegan - Peace Pies
Like many people today, I try to combine driving errands. Today’s stops took me to Encinitas, which by virtue of the time, included lunch. There are many excellent places to eat in Leucadia and Encinitas. ...
Rooftop Brunch to Usher in Year Two at Pizza Port OB
It takes some businesses a long time to get off the ground. The same can't be said for Pizza Port's Ocean Beach brewpub. Since day one, the place has been heavily patronized (in a good ...
State Park lands being sold off to developers
If you were like me you thought our State Parks were protected from development and their closure would just mean that we couldn't use them until funds became available but I came across this story ...
Dusty Rhodes Puke
I went to a “boot camp” on Saturday morning at Dusty Rhodes Park in Ocean Beach. The session was put on, free of charge, by Dave Sten and Chris Daly of s10fitness.com There were eight ...
SoCal Showcase TV Show's New Home Venue in OB
"Our TV show now has its own weekly music showcase," says producer Joe Stevens, whose local music program SoCal Showcase debuted earlier this year on Time Warner public access channel 19. "It will be at ...
A Pre-World Beer Cup Session with Pizza Port OB
A night after sipping some of the beers reigning Great American Beer Festival Large Brewpub of the Year, Pizza Port Carlsbad, submitted for May’s World Beer Cup, I headed to the reigning Small Brewpub of ...
Peters Brings Congressional Campaign to Ocean Beach
Scott Peters, fresh off picking up an endorsement from the 60,000-strong Laborers’ International Union of North America’s California chapter, appeared last night before the Ocean Beach Planning Board to give board members and the community ...
Is Jack Back?
Last November, SD on the QT wondered how long it would be before the ersatz serial killer Jack the Stripper claimed a third victim. Now, with the discovery of a woman's clothes and belongings on ...
A Tiff
The morning wrestled itself between two men's arms as they tossed each other this way and that across the beach street sidewalks dividing themselves and their goods into the parking lot like camp gear being ...
Vegan Pizza at Stephanie's Bakery
This little, Voltaire Street bakery and cafe in Ocean Beach definitely has a bohemian vibe that's in keeping with its vegan-organic menu. It's a small store along a quieter block of the sometimes rowdy beach ...
Craft Beer at Half Price…What the Pho?
To quote author and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain, food writers regularly “kill what we love.” Most often, we do this by penning prose that turns people on to exceptional restaurants that, despite serving up delicious ...
OB Smoothie Bar & Sub Express
With its tiny interior and minimal seating, this little juice bar and sandwich shop would probably get passed by on the regular if it didn't have the most garish facade on the seedy stretch of ...
Raglan Public House
The official grand opening is over and done with and the New Zealand themed bar and restaurant in Ocean Beach is up and running at full steam. It's a bit unassuming on the outside. With ...
The $10 Sandwich, or why I no longer contribute to my retirement fund
I blame Annel and Drew, the delightful, the charming, the talented, the delicious foodmaking dream duo for my recent decrease in 401k contributions. These two have wondertwin power-activated their foodie know-hows to create Annel and ...
A Seriously Rockin’ Brew at Pizza Port O.B.
Music and craft beer are two of my foremost passions. One makes up the majority of my daily caloric intake, while listening to and playing the other sustains my non-dietary needs. So, when Yiga Miyashiro, ...
Liquid Geometry and ELEV8 Celebrate HM.T DM.T with Freddy Todd
Tonight, Liquid Geometry and four-year-strong bass music weekly ELEV8 combine forces to host Detroit banger Freddy Todd supported by a local line-up of OSAL8, Squama, Mastah Syphe, and Facemelter. Syphe will be playing a special ...
The Lazy Hummingbird: Coffee and Culture in OB
In the comments section of my bit on Industrial Grindl, a reader suggested I visit Lazy Hummingbird coffee in Ocean Beach. I've now done so, and I still think that it's got a totally fantastic ...
Taco Tuesdays at Bravo's in Ocean Beach
In a city where burritos and Tecate are our bread and wine, taco Tuesdays are the Holy Sabbath, and there’s no better place to elude entirely the prospect of toil than Bravo’s Mexican Restaurant Y ...
