Stucco Reigns Cunningham’s opinions on stucco range from passion — over buildings like the San Diego Museum of Fine Art in Balboa Park, “all the old theaters,” and Requa’s A.H. Sweet House at 435 West …
February 14, 2022
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Lingcod pop up in Baja – blue-green flesh, sharp teeth
Dock Totals 2/6 – 2/12: 934 anglers aboard 45 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 104 calico bass (60 released), 6 halibut, 218 lingcod, 145 lobster (121 released), …
February 13, 2022
1939 Australian Sixteen pops up in San Diego, falconry on Fiesta Island
The Simple Magic of Being Pushed Forward By Wind Norm was still alive. From photographs Annie had sent, he identified the skiff as his own creation by the unique placement of ribs just aft of …
February 13, 2022
Wahrenbrock's Book House, Chino's vegetables
A Long Shelf Life Valverde unburdens a perspiring white-haired man loaded from waist to double chin with titles about World War II. He says to Valverde, I'm just kinda reminiscing about my war.” Waiting in …
February 12, 2022
Lease holdover nightmares haunt San Diego city's real estate
The condition of the City of San Diego's Department of Real Estate and Airport Management, known as DREAM for short, is more of a nightmare when it comes to handling the city's giant portfolio of …
February 11, 2022
Delta-8 seller busted in Ocean Beach
A sidewalk vendor selling delta-8 THC products in Ocean Beach on Sunday had his inventory confiscated by SDPD and was cited for 11359(b) HS - Possession of Cannabis for Sale. Posted up at the corner …
February 11, 2022
Kingfisher brings cuisine to Golden Hill
For differing reasons, mussels and chicken wings were not what I imagined eating when I first heard about Golden Hill restaurant, Kingfisher. Granted, it has been nearly three years since word got around a modern …
February 11, 2022
A pair of sonnets by William Shakespeare and Jennifer Reeser for Valentine’s Day
Sonnet 130 My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires …
February 11, 2022
Cosi fan tutte – first indoor opera since February of 2020
Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte opens at San Diego Opera on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Civic Theatre. This is the first time SDO has performed a fully staged indoor opera since Hansel and Gretel …
February 11, 2022
Fan favorites from Stone’s past being released throughout the year
It’s a common problem for the craft beer lover: the heart-wrenching experience of visiting to a local brewery only to find that your favorite beer is no longer being brewed. Typically, the only solution is …
February 10, 2022
STK Steakhouse: serious San Diego steaks
Tuesday, 4 pm. Sixth Avenue is not exactly busy. The Hustler Hollywood store has a couple of old geezers staring at open bras on plastic models. I came here thinking more about my stomach. Hmm. …
Three more from the The San Diego Jewish Film Festival
The San Diego Jewish Film Festival continues through February 20. For screening information, visit the Festival website: Ronnie’s (2020) Ronnie Scott was a British saxophonist who, in 1959, at the height of his popularity, chose …
February 10, 2022
“Being on stage empowers alternative girls and non-binary people”
Founded in Chula Vista, rock trio Los Saints features first-generation Mexican-Americans, including frontman Angel Mariscal, guitarist Gianluca Exposito, and drummer Emiliano Garcia. Their debut singles “I’m In Need” and “As Bad As the First” were …
February 10, 2022
They call him Citizen Flores
In the days before Covid, piano virtuoso Irving Flores was one of the busiest cats in town. “Yes, I was playing every day,” recalls Flores. “But, just like that, it all collapsed from all that …
February 10, 2022
MohaviSoul bootlegs the bootleggers
Bluegrass beginnings: Mandolinist Randy Hanson first met guitarist Mark Miller in 2012 at Cliff Keller’s San Diego Songwriters MeetUp. At the weekly gathering, the two were paired up and given a song title, “Every Second,” …
February 10, 2022