Staff Blog Entries

Strange Beauty

Ruud van Empel’s first American solo museum exhibition.

The Museum of Photographic Arts (1649 El Prado) is currently exhibiting over 40 photographs by Dutch artist Ruud van Empel. ...

Wake Up & Write

An inside look at a weekly writing group

Every Wednesday at 7 a.m., San Diego writers gather in the early morning hours to spend one hour writing and ...

Afoot to Twin Peaks

Weekend hike in Poway ends in an ocean view

This weekend my husband and I were going to set out for hiking in Julian but discovered some of the ...

Lux@Night

Merriment, goods, art

Lux@Night & Lux Trunk Show takes place this Wednesday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. Guests can view museum works, and ...

Holiday photos with your pet

San Diego photographer Clare Truong, owner of Flourish Photography, will be snapping holiday photos of pets at Furry Friends (3537 ...

San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival

An event fit for foodies.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/09/35224/ The 9th annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival begins on Wednesday, November 14, and runs through Sunday, ...

Alan Feltus in San Diego

Alan Feltus in residency at Lux Art Institute through Dec 1.

Lux Art Institute (1550 S. El Camino Real) in Encinitas is currently the temporary residence of painter Alan Feltus. I ...

CSA box day!

This week, I picked up my organic CSA box and was surprised to find a couple of items I've never ...

The Hunger Games at Pearl Hotel

The Pearl Hotel (1410 Rosecrans St) hosts its weekly free "cinema social" tomorrow, November 7, at 8 p.m. The hotel ...

Wiz Khalifa to perform at UCSD

The 2050 Tour hits San Diego on Wednesday November 14. Wiz Khalifa and Talyor Gang perform at UC San Diego's ...

Coronado Ferry

With the holidays coming up San Diego sees a lot of tourists. If you have family visiting like I will ...

Dialogue writing class

A workshop tailored to people who have trouble writing dialogue

Teresa Link is teaching a class on writing dialogue, a challenge that many writers encounter when creating short stories or ...

Pilates for the first time

This week I started looking around San Diego for a pilates studio. After much investigation online, I decided on the ...

Yoga after a cold

The cold has been going around lately, and I caught it last month. The symptoms: slight aches, major fatigue, some ...

Spooky houses: University Heights

Happy Halloween, people!

It's Halloween! This ends my three-part post on spooky houses in the neighborhood. We've seen giant spiders, thick cobwebs, ghouls, ...

Painting the Calla Lily

Last night a friend and I went to Fifty Seven Degrees (1735 Hancock St) where Wine and Canvas hosted their ...

Spooky houses: Adams North

More spooky houses in our neighborhood!

Tomorrow is Halloween! My theory is that the more decorated a house, the better the candy. Here are a few ...

Tess Gerritsen comes to San Diego

Tess Gerritsen was supposed to arrive on Thursday, and teach a writing workshop at San Diego Writers, Ink, but: Hurricane ...

Room to Write

A study hall for writers.

Room to Write is like a "study hall for writers," Nicole Vollrath, a Room to Write host, told me. The ...

Haunted Trail survivor

Last night my husband and I went to The Haunted Trail at Balboa Park. We had to park four blocks ...