From India, an epic worthy of your attention. RRR (2022) After two hours of having the snot beat out of them, a pair of unwittingly adversarial revolutionaries, pitted against each other by their British overlords, …
July 21, 2022
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Parc Bistro Brasserie: a brasserie, a bistro, a very French café
The angel Gabriel blasts his golden trumpet high above Fifth Avenue. It glints in the evening sun from the dome of The Abbey, the massive onetime church across the road. “I am worth it,” I …
July 21, 2022
Ganging up on the Padres
DJ Bassassin graduated from the Musicians Institute with a focus on Music Production and Music Business. The resident DJ for Moxy San Diego has a new single, “Padre Gang,” inspired by DJ Mustard’s beats and …
July 21, 2022
Gonzo Report: Artemis attracts all ages to the Alexandria
The latest jazz concerts produced by the ever-resourceful local promoter and musician Daniel Atkinson took place over two days during the first week of June. The Women in Jazz Mini-Fest highlighted the historic and ongoing …
July 21, 2022
Crying Lizard tears over Comic-Con
"In a world where science and sorcery have brought peace to the galaxy, a young warrior's belief system is shattered when an evil robot and an ancient witch attack his kingdom, forcing him into a …
July 21, 2022
Saint Malo: A home more informed by English Tudor than French Normandy style
(Editor’s note: The listing was removed after this piece was submitted, but we are presenting the story anyway, in part because, given the house’s history on the market, it seems likely that it will be …
July 20, 2022
Invaders from Vermont Street bridge knock on our door
The first time he knocked, my wife and I were brainstorming dinner ideas. He must have approached cautiously, or the creaky porch would have given him away. As it was, our conversation choked to a …
July 20, 2022
San Diego schools spent Covid money on inscrutable source
San Diego Unified’s wall of stone The San Diego Unified School District’s board of trustees has been playing fast and loose with Covid-19 testing money handed out by the federal government. But despite its best …
July 20, 2022
New love found in New Zealand
Something happened last month when I went down to New Zealand. I fell in love. Again. It was Diane. I had known her in student days. She was bright, shy, that unexpected laugh, those unexpected …
July 20, 2022
Heading down El Cajon Boulevard aboard the rapid rattler
I’m trying to write this aboard the #1 bus. Ha! Judder judder judder judder JUDDER! You have to wonder how these buses hold together. The road surface rides like a bulldozer had grooved the tarmac …
July 20, 2022
Dancing Yak makes familiar dishes exciting and new
The first time I walked into The Dancing Yak, I didn’t stay long. The Miramar restaurant opened this winter, an expansion by Taste of the Himalayas, the local Indian restaurant chain currently operating six county …
July 19, 2022
Will Market on 8th become hot spot for National City?
Market on 8th, National City's sprawling food hall that opened almost a year ago in its emergent downtown, is growing. While its flagship brewery, Novo Brazil, is leaving, the goal is to make way for …
July 19, 2022
San Diego in books - Gold Rush voyages, history of the San Diego library
FRIDAY MAY 14, 1849 At 4 P.M. weighed anchor & at 4V2 underweigh for San Diego where we arrived soon after noon & 24 hours from Santa Barbara. This is the meanest place of all, …
July 18, 2022
Does the crash at Swift and Meade show roundabouts are unsafe?
"About two weeks ago, there was an accident where a person drove up on the rocks in the middle median on the roundabout just down the street from ours on Swift Avenue," Kira Hawkins said …
July 18, 2022
Look for California gulls, American avocets, brown pelicans, snowy egrets
Birdwatchers need not despair now that the winter migrants are gone. Plenty of shore birds can be found on summer evenings in the natural coastal wetland areas of San Diego County. From south to north …
July 18, 2022