You might never expect a Ph.D, in anything to discover a passion for outdoor sidewalk busking. But for Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen — Dr BLT to the music world — it’s all part of the …
October 6, 2022
Latest News & Stories
Dr BLT: found busking at Steph’s Donut Hole and in Cake’s “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” video
Sierra Hubbard has 60 tattoos
When Sierra Hubbard posts up by the Surfhenge art installation at the IB Pier entrance in her red ‘68 Chevy Nova, folks take notice. The 60 tattoos adorning her 5’10” frame play a large part …
October 6, 2022
The flexible Fortuna Mountain Trail
San Diego is a hiker’s dream. Head east of I-15 and the suburban veneer begins to flake off the landscape as the hills reveal their rugged roots. Travel farther out and the hills swell into …
October 6, 2022
San Diego Reader Best of 2022
Walled Mexican garden, undersea succulents“The large blue-green tendrils of a chalk stick succulent shot forth, mimicking a water fountain.”Bottlecraft gives San Diego access to beers you never thought of“The large blue-green tendrils of a chalk …
October 5, 2022
Post-Covid serendipity in East San Diego
As I loiter in the smoking section across the street from D.Z. Akin's, I am sometimes privy to the one-sided conversations, held by people (usually on their phones) who are talking to someone I can’t …
October 5, 2022
Sara Jacobs goes deep into Khartoum, Issa aide gets Seattle trip
Endowment of color The Reston, Virginia-based American Press Institute has jumped into the middle of November’s heated ballot battle over San Diego’s free trash pickup. The non-profit announced on September 28 that it is funding …
October 5, 2022
Specialty Produce really is special
There’s no doubt you’ve seen their logo on delivery trucks. They might supply one of your favorite local restaurants. And if your drink is garnished with edible flowers, it probably came fresh from their fridge. …
October 5, 2022
Gonzo Report: Pavement open first U.S. tour in 12 years at the Balboa Theatre
In the 1990s, Pavement personified aloof, slacker rock, anchored by odd guitar tunings and clever lyrics. They were more critical darlings than the sort of band that could muster a following to rival that of …
October 5, 2022
Zad in Casa de Oro introduced me to quzi
As a longtime food writer, I’d love to pretend that I have tried all the great traditional dishes of the world. But as I eat my way around San Diego every year, I inevitably meet …
October 5, 2022
Bottlecraft gives San Diego access to beers you never thought of
There was good beer in San Diego near the turn of the millennium, back when I was a newly legal drinker, just returned to San Diego from my years at college. But it took some …
October 5, 2022
Walled Mexican garden, undersea succulents
The pillars of the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas are science, conservation, and education, but the things that make it wonderful to me are passion, beauty, and curation. A recent visit on a 90° …
October 5, 2022
Ammar Campa-Najjar hops districts and John McCann hires a private eye
Ammar Campa-Najjar campaigned for votes from Temecula to El Cajon as an East County congressional candidate in 2018 and 2020, and has shifted south to ask Chula Vista voters to elect him mayor this November, …
October 4, 2022
Imperial Beach says time's up for Miramar Mobile Home & RV Park
Imperial Beach has fought oil companies, cross border pollution, the San Diego Association of Governments – who's afraid of a mobile home park? "We've gone out on a limb before," said Councilmember Ed Spriggs last …
October 3, 2022
Ground fogs blanket coastal zones, Hunter Moon rises on October 9
Dense Ground Fogs are a trademark of the onset of autumn along San Diego’s coastal strip. Fog materializes during the night and early morning hours when moist marine air that has settled in valleys and …
October 3, 2022
San Diego cops talk about prostitutes after the Stingaree
San Diego prostitutes after the Stingaree shut down When Guthrie joined the police force back in ’29, his superiors explained to him that sex was “nice and necessary” but needed to be kept quiet. “If …
October 3, 2022