At night Florida Canyon is a forbidding, lonely place. In spite of the nearness of lighted tennis courts at Morley Field, and the cars cruising by regularly on Florida Drive, it's easy to imagine you …
July 27, 1978
Thursday, July 27
How Florida Canyon has survived
Thursday, July 20
Howard Cosell, Happy Bowie Kuhn, Pee Wee Reese, Ray Kroc – at San Diego All-Star game
I would place major league baseball’s All-Star game about fifth or sixth on a ranked list of American sports classics, following the World Series, the football bowl games (including the pseudo-classic, overhyped Super Bowl), the …
July 20, 1978
Snails, aphids, red spider mites, thrips — none welcome at the Rosecroft Begonia Gardens
One of the many obstacles at the Rosecroft Gardens was a shortage of gardening supplies. For some time after World War II clay pots were almost impossible to come by in San Diego.
July 20, 1978
Thursday, July 13
Jails: TJ vs. San Diego
Neddy Massaro’s jail is the best in San Diego. She lives on the tenth floor of the sleek Metropolitan Correctional Center, the federal highrise at F and Union streets in downtown San Diego. There are …
July 13, 1978
Some good follow-ons: The Iron Mask, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, Tarzan's New York Adventure, Topper Returns, The Return of Frank James, Curse of the Cat People
One of the inexpungeable articles of faith in contemporary film criticism maintains that any sequel is cursed by fate, genetics, the law of diminishing returns, and the fickleness of film critics to fall short of …
July 13, 1978
Thursday, July 6
Estrangement of Michael Copley from the San Diego Union-Tribune's Helen Copley
On the days when the family station wagon wasn't available, he was deposited at the first grade in Miss Balmer's School (later named La Jolla Country Day) by a chauffeur driving a Cadillac limousine. As …
July 6, 1978