Golden Dreams
Both sky and highway are washed in gold from the lowering sun as I sail along the 94 toward downtown, there to attend the Grand Re-opening of Rooftop Cinema at the Grand Hyatt. It’s a …
We get letters! A longtime Reader reader wrote in a couple weeks back to complain that “The Reader is now spinning Republican shit on your [our?] newly [duly?] elected governor Gavin Newsom… the man we …
“Chinese used the spear, Japanese used the sword,” says Mr. Kim. “We Koreans used the bow. Have for 5000 years.” A badge on his tunic reads “World Kuk Gung Federation” above a sewn picture of …
You have to wonder: this past year, how did we all not go stir crazy with the Covid restrictions? Claudio Martin did it by going as far away as he could. “I travel billions of …
What does Gene Miller love most about life in Bali? “No one here gives a shit about what’s going on in America.” The San Diegan’s speaking over FaceTime from Bali, Indonesia. On the little screen, …
There are four of us on the bus, including the driver. Everyone has masks on. The younger lady sits on the side seat behind the driver, with carefully braided strings of hair, gold glinting out …
A moment: a cloudless Saturday afternoon, Balboa Park, just in front of Cabrillo Bridge, maybe 200 people — couples, families, friends — lounging on the grass in the spreading shade of the Moreton Bay fig …
“This night, we were stuck on a sand bar,” says Justin. “There’s weather out there, and strong current. There’s the potential for the boat to just get knocked over. The tide comes in very fast. …
I saw my first rock concert in 1987 — U2 played the Carrier Dome in Syracuse as part of their tour for The Joshua Tree. Time magazine put them on the freaking cover, with the …
Q: What do Lou Cooperhouse and Winston Churchill have in common? A: They both believe in growing only the part of the chicken or fish or beef you actually want to eat. Amazingly, Churchill had …
“See you at the Nudist Colony,” says John. This rainy Saturday afternoon happened in the last days of the lockdown. Still no gatherings allowed. John Drehner and I were so bored, we came up with …
My boys found a couch by the side of the road that was neither falling apart nor inundated with animal hair, and so they carried it home. We don’t have room for it, but never …
My friend said he thought he recognized a face, a face from that Wednesday night video in DC, when wannabe revolutionaries stormed the Capitol and performed for the camera while they were there. Five people …
From Calabria, about this time of day, sunset, you can see the island of Sicily winking on the horizon. But you don’t confuse Sicilian ways with yours, “not if you’re a Calabrese,” says Simone. Simone …
Covid has hit people different ways. For Khanh and her mother Hong, it spiked something they had been waiting to do for a lifetime. “We were going to take my two daughters back to see …
She’s standing on the street corner at Isabella and Orange in downtown Coronado. It’s a sunny morning. Helen Locker’s dressed in red, white, and blue — flag cap, flag top, red sweater, and she’s holding …