So you want to get to know San Diego and you decide to go whole hog — you buy all three of the paperback guides available in town: San Diego Guide, San Diego On Foot, …

The San Diego Reader really got started last summer (1972) when the editor, Alex Farnsley, left his job at a racing car shop in National City. It was then that Farnsley (who was also known …

Although the West Coast is not noted for its Jewish delicatessens, cheese-cake production (and con-sumption)here is alive and well. In fact, it has become less of an East Coast specialty — .now there are recipes …

Small Bites From A Year’s Feast of Reviews The Blue Man “...This tiny French restaurant, located in the unlikely town of Lemon Grove, is the most exciting one I’ve discovered in the four years I've …

San Diego has a lot of good community clinics which have been formed because of a growing dissatisfaction with more expensive and inaccessible traditional health care systems. Each clinic is unique in an attempt to …

In San Diego one can't use the excuses for not exercising regularly that one can in other U.S. urban areas (that the weather is too bad or that there is no place for exercise). Here, …

San Diego Bookstores, like food stores, range from supermart to gourmet shop. This somewhat subjective guide to a dozen or so notable San Diego book stores is compiled with hopes to satisfy every book-buyer’s taste, …

1 The Alessio Family — Mt. Helix — Owners of Mr. A’s and representative of the noveau-riche in San Diego. 2 Desi Arnaz — Del Mar — Lucille Ball's ex-husband and patient of Silverado Avenue …

With food prices rising, the problem of creating good, economical meals at home seems to grow beyond the normal tattered pocketbook. Now, some possible solutions to this problem might include free-loading meals from wealthy friends …

It's kind of like the guys in The Endless Summer. But instead of chasing the perfect wave, we’ve b e e n wandering a i m I e s s I y throughout San Diego …

On the last weekend of September the UCSD Fall Films series kicked off and, small surprise, stubbed its toe. According to my informants, who had shown up to see, as promised, Godard's Weekend and Penn’s …

The two largest dispensers of mental health services in San Diego are the UCSD Department of Psychiatry and the County's Community Mental Health Services. They operate with both the assets and liabilities of their size, …