Unless you’re a wayward fur trapper, you will be wearing t-shirts for the rest of the summer. There are a few ways to make them look great. The t-shirt is the most casual article of ...
April 25, 2019
News & Stories
Look better than 95 percent of other men with t-shirts and Chinos
“Wino” wear: Cork and grape pattern shoe paneling courtesy of DC Manteca
It’s turned out to be a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in San Diego. I’m strolling along Harbor Island, taking in the views with a friend. We’re stopped on the sidewalk just out front of the Sheraton ...
April 25, 2019
Recall Coronado’s historic allure owned by Bayfront Candela’s restauranteur Tomas Braniff
The Spanish white stucco house at 475 A Avenue in the “Crown City” of Coronado may have originally been constructed more than 100 years ago in 1914, but marketing materials promise it was “meticulously restored” ...
April 25, 2019
Grounded in Charles White
The African-American artist Kerry James Marshall, whose retrospective in Los Angeles I reviewed here in 2017, says that his mission and aspiration is to create “a grand, epic narrative with black figures in it.” The ...
April 25, 2019
Arslan’s Gyros, World Surprise Plate, and libations to liberate your ideas
‘Let’s have a symposium!” says Annie. Symposium? Takes me a moment. Then, okay, yeah. Just passing an eatery with huge letters on its sidewalk canopy: “GYROS.” And I remember. Symposium’s the ancient Greek word for ...
April 25, 2019
Taylor Schilling’s dark Juggalo portrayal in Laura Steinel’s freaky Family
What’s more shocking than a senior level VP at a New Jersey hedge fund finding herself smack dab in the middle of a weeklong celebration of the distinctively raunchy hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse? ...
April 25, 2019
A perennially popular cover of the Game of Thrones theme on violin
The spring Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum series opens with a concert featuring Jamie Shadowlight, the Jefferson Jay Band, and Mikerotones. Based in Pacific Beach, violinist Shadowlight plays jazz and Latin-flavored music, usually infused with ...
April 25, 2019
Students of the Francis Parker Jazz Workshop study with working professionals
“It’s an opportunity for students from all over the county to study with some of the top jazz players in San Diego for a whole week to really refine their craft,” says program director Nate ...
April 25, 2019
How San Diego’s Love Angeles came to be
David Wilson can explain how his San Diego band, Love Angeles — opening for O-Town on April 25 at the Music Box — came to be. But you’ll need a scorecard. “My friend and I ...
April 25, 2019