Point Loma

Blog entries concerning the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego.

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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 ...

Widow of Steve Jobs Gives $25,000 to Tax Measure Also Backed by Wealthy San Diego Donors

According to state political finance records, Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple Computer's Steve Jobs, has come up with $25,000 for the campaign for voter approval of Prop. 29, the June ballot measure that ...

Trustees From San Diego Unified Hear Opposition to Selling Barnard Elementary

Last week, San Diego Unified's Advisory Committee for Utilization of Excess School Property voted in favor of selling seven unneeded properties for some much-needed cash. And as we reported yesterday, the estimated $122 million deficit ...

$10 Lunch: Noodles & Company

I was a bit confused when I first went into the Noodles & Company at Sports Arena and Rosecrans (other local locations include San Marcos, Encinitas, and at University Towne Centre). I knew the place ...

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 ...

Sustainable Seafood Week in San Diego

Sustainable Seafood Week begins today and runs through April 25th. This event brings together area restaurants that are committed to the sustainable seafood movement. Sustainable seafood, according to the nonprofit Seafood for the Future, is ...

Weekend Preview

Some concerts for this weekend: Saturday night the Canterbury Cathedral Choir is performing at Mission Valley United Methodist as part of their 2012 North American Tour. The concert is at 7:00 pm. The choir is ...

Burgers with a Side of Smoke: Slater's 50/50

I went to Slater’s 50/50 – Burgers by Design in Liberty Station over the weekend, not knowing that it’s a sports bar before I got there. I haven’t been to a sports bar in a ...

SOL Markets Bistro Open for Business

Back in January, I put local edible foragers on notice that SOL Markets was opening their first grocery store in Liberty Station. That happened back in February. Since then, they’ve seen a steady trickle of ...

Good Eats and a Foie Gras Alternative at Gabardine

Unless you’re lucky enough to live in Point Loma’s affluent inner expanses, it takes something special to justify a rush hour traversing of the long, congested un-thoroughfare that is Rosecrans Street. Count a meal at ...

Ignominious

I told my yoga instructor that I had been visiting various 24 Hour Fitness clubs and checking out their yoga. What was his take on that? “Ignominious”. Definition: involving a total loss of dignity and ...

Tacos with a View: Mitch's Seafood

Saturday is shopping day, and after the farmer’s market, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts/Henry’s and, possibly, Costco, I’m always ready for a beer and some lunch. This week’s errands took us to Point Loma, so that means ...

Gluten-Free Vegan Cupcakes at Cupcakes Squared

I planned a surprise party for my mom who was coming from Boise, Idaho to celebrate her 67th birthday. Mom's on a gluten-free diet. The last time she spent her birthday here in San Diego, ...

Free Burgers with a Side of Nostalgia at Corvette Diner

One of the first times I thought myself to have discerning food tastes was when all my friends were celebrating their birthdays amid smelly ball pits and cardboard pizza at Chuck E. Cheese. Even the ...

Gabardine in March

Two whole months with no new resto debut? It's almost eerie not to see restaurateur partners Brian Malarkey and James Brennan throwing open doors and popping champagne, but very soon, they'll be back to christening ...

Superior Buttercream at Cupcakes Squared

The cupcake craze of the recent past is gone, but the cupcake shops remain. It's likely that most of them will be around for a while since no real alternative pastry fashion has risen to ...

(Get) Naked Cafe

Tucked in a strip mall on Rosecrans Street between Midway Drive and Sports Arena Boulevard, a small vegetarian/vegan-friendly restaurant named the Naked Cafe exists. In this Freudian-influenced business district known for its many strip clubs, ...

Sneak Peek: SOL Markets in Liberty Station

Many of us have gone to a farmer’s market, or been unable to get to one during its prescribed day and hours of operation, and wished there was a farmer’s market in a set location ...

Former Ritual Tavern Chef Is Off to Liberty Station

If you are a fan of the cuisine at Ritual Tavern, first off, I think you have good taste. Second, be sure to get over there soon. Chef Brandon Brooks has officially tendered his resignation, ...

Hello, Ladies - and some enlightened Gentlemen

Hey, Ladies…and you lovable Lugs, So much is going on in this world. Occupy this, occupy that. There is one very important factor that we continually ignore on this planet. Here is my theory. I ...

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