Content for Wednesday, July 25, 2018
News & Stories
Drink 'em while we've got 'em
A pair of beloved local breweries to sell last beers this summer
Every time the San Diego brewery count starts to creep toward the 160 mark, word breaks that another local brewery or two are closing. Sure enough, even as a handful of new beer companies have ...
Adios to longtime Oceanside
L&M Gifts, H&M Military Supplies, Cotton Patch, and maybe Wienerschnitzel
Half a block of prime downtown Oceanside real estate has just been sold, impacting a handful of longtime Oceanside businesses. “We have a week left and then we are moving to Hot Springs, Arkansas,” says ...
Burgled secrecies
The shots are exposures of exposure, sometimes detailed with bite marks, scars, bruises, and burns.
The first photograph I saw by Brassaï, many years ago, was a 1948 portrait of Jean Genet. Hands in pockets, slight of form, his face an ambiguous index of skittishness and cunning, Genet offers and ...
Summer of love
Romantic activities our vacation locale offers
Love is in the air. Patrick and I will be attending no fewer than six weddings in the family in the next half year. And one of them is my nephew marrying his niece. Get ...
Stonebridge Trail: San Elijo Lagoon
Enjoy the diverse natural environments of the eastern portion of the San Elijo Ecological Reserve.
The San Elijo Ecological Reserve protects one of the largest remaining wetlands in Southern California as well as the bordering hills containing dense stands of maritime chaparral and coastal sage scrub. The Stonebridge Trail takes ...
Something about vulnerability
No second takes, no do-overs.
When I saw A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, I was reminded me how much I prefer anything live to anything recorded. As in, I might really enjoy a live music ...
Hunting Charles Manson, Roadkill on the digital highway, Pine Valley parade, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Adam Ant
Events July 26-August 1, 2018
Thursday | 26 Roadkill on the digital highway On May 31, 2017, Bay City Television (XETV channel 6) closed its doors for good. Bay City was the U.S. arm of the world’s only bi-national television ...
An eight-ball of bars for adults
Filippi's, Small Bar, Red Rooster, Nite Owl, La Valencia, Jose's Courtroom, Aero Club, Starlite, Silver Fox
This isn’t meant to be an comprehensive, exhaustive, or even representative sampling of the options available to the (relatively) mature San Diegan who seeks a copacetic watering hole. In a city with hundreds (if not ...
Joy Juice
"We just want to take the edge off."
“Two claps!” says Tysheen. “Now, shout it out.” “Bula!” “OK. Gulp it down in one. And, one more clap!” This is kava-drinking in City Heights. Boy. Have to say. It’s ceremonial and it’s fun. Only ...
Don't try to predict the next big thing
Pick a number between 35 and 7892, divide it by a rye Manhattan...
Dear Hipster: Why do so many hipsters harbor ambitions as musicians? — Ernesto It’s actually the other way around, many musicians live hipster lives. The part of the human brain that makes music begins to ...
The heart of democracy
Peace, after more than 20 years of horrible warfare
The one thing you notice about these taxi drivers is they’re always talking. Laughing, shouting, arguing, confiding. They’ll stop only if a passenger comes trundling across from the Santa Fe Depot to their Kettner Boulevard ...
Food trucks for homeless, toilet tank monitors
San Diego student ideas earnest, but don't make final cut
‘You just drop it into the back of your toilet tank,” explains David Vesay. “From there, it’s continually monitoring your water quality and you’ll get a message on your phone if it ever detects any ...
Crooked city employees, Susan Davis beats Trump to Helsinki
LA Times steals Comic-con turf
Bums away Kept under wraps at city hall are punishments meted out to miscreant employees caught by complaints to the city auditor’s hotline. “An allegation regarding a City employee parking at a restaurant for extensive ...
