Dock Totals 11/21 – 11/27: 1,830 anglers aboard 81 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1,020 bluefin tuna (up to 256 pounds), 1 bocaccio, 58 bonito, 1,182 calico …
November 28, 2021
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Surf fishing Baja’s Pacific coast
Stuck on Russian ship in Ensenada, in Baja for the eclipse
Ship of Fools “She poured wine for all of us. I picked up a glass and raised it in a toast and said, ‘Nostrovia ... Gorbachev... Nostro-via.’ The place erupted. The damn first engineer comes …
November 28, 2021
The masterful Meistersinger singers
I’ve been dabbling in opera tourism this fall and decided to go full-send with a trip to New York. I looked at the schedule for The Metropolitan Opera and saw that Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger …
November 27, 2021
The Nutcracker: old traditions, new names
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker has been cleared from quarantine and is returning to The Civic Theater. Those familiar with The Nutcracker as it has been performed at The Civic in the past will recognize this production. …
November 27, 2021
SEALS in Afghanistan, Panama, Vietnam, Grenada
Koch Overboard Jack told me how a retired SEAL officer and CIA operative had recruited SEAL Team guys for a commando op: to recon the underwater hulls — and especially the keels — of the …
November 27, 2021
Sergei Eisenstein: purveyor in Russian formalism
Rather than calling this week’s column a homework assignment, look upon it as a chance to reacquaint yourself with one of cinema’s founding fathers, the man who gave editing its pulse, a purveyor in Russian …
November 26, 2021
Mira Mesa First Assembly of God Church: a life transformed
Mira Mesa First Assembly of God Church Contact: 9696 Candida St., San Diego 858-566-0641 Membership: 83 Pastor: John DeSoto Neighborhood: Miramar Age: 74 Born: Arlington, CA Formation: Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto; San Diego …
November 26, 2021
Chef Budda Blasian Soul Food is getting a food truck
“We got a tiii-iip!” sings out the cashier, after the customer at the front of the line drops cash in the jar. “We got a tip!” sings back the makeshift kitchen crew, in unison and …
November 26, 2021
A5 old fashioned: Wagyu fat-washed bourbon
Anthony Belcufini Animae 969 Pacific Highway Downtown “Every single night, it’s probably the top seller,” says Anthony Belcufini about Animae’s A5 Old Fashioned. “And it ties into what we do in the back of the …
November 25, 2021
Cecily Fox Smith: with a nautical theme
St. Andrew’s Eve The last night of November All dreaming as I lay, I saw a fisher toiling In stormy seas and grey, — A glimmering seine-net casting In foam as white as wool . …
November 25, 2021
The return of the day of the Locust
“I just want to change the way people look at music, or maybe just destroy it in general.” That’s The Locust singer Justin Pearson, who also heads up the band’s record label Three One G. …
November 25, 2021
Eureka!: like the Samoa Cookhouse fed the lumberjacks
“This is North County, so let’s not expect cheap,” says my friend Diana. No sticker shock for her. She’s into swanky malls like this one, UTC. Problem: sign says the mall closes at eight, but …
A 41-minute Night Parade of One Hundred Demons
Inspired by Krautrock and Japanese psychedelic bands when it launched in 2001, psych rock power trio Earthless features drummer Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket from the Crypt, the Black Heart Procession), guitarist Isaiah Mitchell (Nebula), and bassist …
November 25, 2021
Documenting KGB’s FM Radio Revolution
“There’s something magical about a transmitter sending music across the airwaves, music that becomes unscrambled in your car to become the soundtrack of your life,” says Professor Raul Sandelin about his latest documentary project, KGB …
November 25, 2021
“John Adams drank a pint of cider every morning. Should we do any less?”
“They’re pouring!” says my friend Kim. We all stand up — some to get out of the splash zone, some to see just how people have been doing this for hundreds of years. We’re in …
November 24, 2021