Call it a case of mistaken identity, but I’ve been sleeping on Tahini. A byproduct of writing about food week after week is that my brain has become a de facto restaurant map, where any …
January 14, 2023
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Nathanael West killed near El Centro
Almost Beautiful: the death in El Centro of Nathanael West, one of America’s most mordant authors Fifteen minutes ago, a bit after 2:30, they started driving north from the grand, desert-white De Anza Hotel in …
January 14, 2023
Hans Pfitzner, Amy Beach, and cleaning the blinds
I had some solitary cleaning projects on my plate this last week and decided to use the time to cover some ground with a composer I’m not too familiar with. I considered a few options …
January 13, 2023
Biden Administration unveils new slogan to celebrate reopening of border gate: “You’ll be fine, just stay in line!”
San Ysidro’s PedWest border crossing is reopening this week after more than two years of closure in the wake of covid-19, and to celebrate, President Biden outlined a plan by which 30,000 people per month …
January 13, 2023
Buttigieg visits site of Great Southwest SNAFU, offers deepest condolences
Southwest Airlines left over a million passengers stranded over the Christmas holiday, thanks to a combination of terrible weather, even more terrible management and systems updates, and a government so hands off it might as …
January 13, 2023
Pair of male gorillas set up safe space at San Diego Safari Park
“We see this all the time in the wild,” says San Diego Zoo gorilla therapist Elaine Silverback. “Monroe and Frank had been living in a troop led by 50-year-old Winston, but when they reached sexual …
January 13, 2023
Dancing Yak: Coming back for the yak
I came for yak, the classic mountain meat from the Himalayas. I ended up with tikka masala, the classic Indian dish from, uh, Scotland? But I’m getting ahead of myself. It was the yak that …
Daring Greatly headlines bill, Blazing Jane drops album, Locals Only play BU, Hutchins Consort goes rock, Stanley Drucker says goodbye
Nominated for Best Rock Artist at the 2022 San Diego Music Awards, Canadian transplants Daring Greatly will headline a packed Music Box bill on Thursday, January 12 in Little Italy. Co-headliner Ash Easton released her …
January 12, 2023
Zama’s Zama-Tini: a pomegranate martini mixed with tamarind memories
“Bienvenida a la selva,” reads a neon green sign inside one of Gaslamp’s newest restaurants, Zama. Greeting me with an exuberant smile, Bar Manager Gerry Bedolla explains, “That’s our theme here, our vibe. Our concept …
January 12, 2023
Where’s the weed when Ziggy Marley christens new Del Mar venue in February?
“Hi, hi, hi, high / Marijuanaman, marijuana man / Say we gonna save the land.” So go the lyrics of Ziggy Marley’s 2016 joint “Marijuanaman.” On February 3 and 4, the oldest son of the …
January 12, 2023
Jacumba – the next Palm Springs?
Entering Jacumba Hot Springs — a “census designated place” in the high desert just north of the Mexican border some 70 miles east of San Diego proper — is like stepping into a Steinbeck novel, …
January 11, 2023
Will Johnny Ek and Scott Mendel clear clouds at Specific Diagnostics?
Rainmaker’s run-in Fresh from a $1.8 billion March 2021 buyout by Roche of his previous employer, San Diego-based GenMark Diagnostics, the company’s chief financial officer Johnny Ek signed on in with Specific Diagnostics of Mountain …
January 11, 2023
Gonzo Report: The feats of Festivus at Til-Two
I’ve always imagined the Til-Two Club as the kind of haunt where you might have found the late author Charles Bukowski buzzing around. If he dressed in black leather and lived in San Diego when …
January 11, 2023
Kadampa Meditation Center: Buddhism basics
Kadampa Meditation Center San Diego Contact: 3502 Adams Ave, San Diego 619-230-5832 www.meditateinsandiego.org Membership: 70 Resident Teacher (Gen): Kelsang Lhadron Age: 49 Born: Chattanooga, TN Formation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Kadampa Meditation Center, Glen Spey, …
January 11, 2023
La Central, the other Fernandez birrieria
At first glance, the arrival of La Central Birrieria & Menuderia doesn’t seem momentous. Birria, after all, has spent the past few years becoming the most talked about Mexican meat dish on the planet. We’ve …
January 10, 2023