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Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Solana Beach
Blog entries concerning the Solana Beach area of San Diego County.
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Entries
Bookkeeper Admits Taking Money
Sixty-four-year old Jennifer Lyndi Davey admitted taking money from her employer over a six-year period, and she expects to get more than five years in prison at her sentencing, according to plea deal paperwork. Davey ...
Solana Beach Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Bags
Soon shoppers in Solana Beach won't have the choice between 'paper or plastic', that is, if the city council approves the Plastic Bag Reduction Use Ordinance. On February 21, the city released the environmental documents ...
Hookah dreams
It's quiet in the car, the creaking of the train on the curves the only sound. It's late afternoon and there are only 5 of us, each sitting in our own section. One woman checking ...
Pink on Plywood
It was spitting when I left the Elks. They have a new door, doesn't match anything else, doesn't have anything but a handle on the outside. We enter that way, early Saturday mornings for our ...
Angels & Airwaves @ Belly Up Feb. 1, Then World Arena Tour
Now that the somewhat underwhelming Second Coming of blink 182 is apparently backburnered, Tom DeLonge's more adventurous outfit Angels & Airwaves is prepping for a world tour, but first they'll hit hometown tavern the Belly ...
What kind of an agent are you?
Everyone thought he was a real estate agent. As far back as I can recall I’ve seen his name and a headshot on those signs that are embedded in people’s yards announcing their availability for ...
Boxing Day in Solana Beach: Claire's on Cedros Bakery and Cafe
Claire's on Cedros Bakery and Cafe, at 246 North Cedros in Solana Beach, is as much about it's cute, homey, ultra-green building and grounds as it is about it's food. It's the first restaurant in ...
Candy Cigarettes
It's 630am in Carlsbad and the sun is just waking up? the frost ices the weed whacked rail side ecological preserve. the rabbits are hiding, those illusive protected frogs are no where in site. I ...
Solana Beach Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Bags
19 billion plastic bags are used each year in California, resulting in 147,000 tons of waste landing in state landfills. On Wednesday, members of the Solana Beach City Council decided to reduce that waste, directing ...
So Much for Blanca Part Two
Blanca, a fine-dining restaurant, settled down in Solana Beach several years ago but never really settled in. The place was sleek, the kind of white-leather wonder where nobody ever really got to feel comfortable, despite ...
My button
It got pushed today. I thought I'd slid right past it but at 7am it rang out across the sticky floors and the antlers of the Elks in the dawn. I dropped the dogs off ...
Week 4 High Five
Game of the Week #9 San Pasqual (3-0) at #4 Poway (3-0) Friday 7 p.m. The weekend’s only matchup of unbeatens takes center stage as the Game of the Week. Poway and San Pasqual sport ...
No Stone Left Unturned
He was George in a Beatles tribute band once, but it didn’t work out. Why not try a Stones tribute? Jackson Martin, who looks reasonably enough like an ‘80s version of Keith Richards says this ...
Beach Closures Lifted
On Wednesday, County health reopened the coastline at Torrey Pines, Bayside Park, Del Mar after the September 8 blackout caused more than 2 million gallons of sewage to seep into waterways across the county. The ...
In Transit Blanca Chef Popping Up at Several Rest Stops
For several years it's stood in the corner of a strip mall, Solana Beach's home to haute cuisine and revolving executive chefs. It's been awhile since Blanca has had a changing of the kitchen guard ...
Solana Beach Going Nutty -- Free Peanut Candy 9/13
Who knew (I sure didn't) that Solana Beach has housed a gourmet peanut butter and chocolate maker for over a decade? Perhaps it's because Jer's normally sells to retail outlets, not to, um, people. On ...
Child Passenger Safety Day in Solana Beach
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Encinitas station has announced that it will be hosting a “Child Passenger Safety Day” on Thursday in Solana Beach. Local law enforcement will team with Prevention Specialists and the San ...
Your New Crush
A popular Chico restaurant has decided to branch out in Solana Beach. Crush Restaurant & Wine Lounge is nestled in the corner of a strip mall off the main drag (HWY 101). This is where ...
Oenophiles May Have Themselves a New Crush in Solana Beach
Photo at left: Montalcino When in Solana Beach, craft-beer lovers know to go to Pizza Port to scratch their hop-and-malt itch. But what if you’re more the Brunello d’Montalcino type? The answer to that question ...
Happy Trails Nancy
I just laced 3 yellow roses through the wrought iron gates on the Daley Double, a community landmark in Old Encinitas. Nancy sold it several years ago. I know that. I don't care. it's a ...
