Vanessa Valiente is San Diego’s original fashion blogger and an elite personal style consultant. Her services sit behind a long wait list and a battery of screening questionnaires, and for good reason. She knows what …
September 5, 2019
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Vanessa Valiente: the cure for Costco couture
Geoffrey Hill: an English critic-poet in the tradition of Matthew Arnold and T.S. Eliot
September Song born 19.6.32 - deported 24.9.42 Undesirable you may have been, untouchable you were not. Not forgotten or passed over at the proper time. As estimated, you died. Things marched, sufficient, to that end. …
September 5, 2019
As I Lay Dying dropped from Resurrection Fest
Spanish organizers of the 2019 Resurrection Fest have dropped the reunited As I Lay Dying due to negative backlash over singer Tim Lambesis’ conviction and imprisonment for trying to hire an undercover police officer to …
September 5, 2019
Sab-E-Lee: Isaan expression for “Delicious and Spicy.”
‘What is the one dish you would take to a desert island if you had to eat it for the rest of your life?” Interviewers are always throwing this out at celebrity chefs. Tonight, what …
September 5, 2019
Happy birthday John Cage
Since 2000, the UC San Diego Library has hosted the Toy Piano Festival to pay homage to the birthday of experimental composer John Cage, who wrote “Suite for Toy Piano” in 1948. Its Geisel Library …
September 5, 2019
Los Reyes: Dog days and nights
There are two real dogs behind the canine stars of Los Reyes; their names are Football and Chola, and they really do spend their days (and nights) hanging around the titular skate park — the …
September 5, 2019
Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road to San Diego
Some San Diego hip-hop fans I spoke to said they didn’t like “Old Town Road” when it first dropped on local airwaves and the club scene — but what was it like for our country …
September 5, 2019