David Page’s initial interest in San Diego’s venerable El Indio Mexican restaurant was maybe not entirely visual, but he grants that “what interested me the most at the time — provided they could meet the …
April 7, 2021
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El Indio’s Rube Goldberg-esque tortilla conveyer belt makes good TV
Can Peeps cure scurvy?
Hipster: Why do I feel compelled to purchase discount, post-Easter candy when I would never, under normal circumstances, purchase a giant bag of Kit Kats and mini-Snickers for myself? Is there something about leftover holiday …
April 7, 2021
Baja Fish Taco & Burgers adds octopus between the buns
I’d gotten word about a spot in Chula Vista where food trucks gather daily outside a third-party DMV registration shop. And, sure enough, one day I found myself just a couple blocks away from the …
April 6, 2021
Used vinyl cheaper in Tijuana
On March 26-27, an estimated 20 San Diegans rendezvoused with about 3000 other record collectors and dealers at the Pasaje Rodríguez on Avenida Revolución in Tijuana for the Fifth Tijuana Vinyl Fair. “[I found] an …
April 6, 2021
Pacific Beach parks get curfews
More corners of the city will soon be off limits overnight to those without a place to sleep. An ordinance passed by the San Diego City Council on April 6 will make it illegal to …
April 6, 2021
County taxpayers may foot bill for Lawson-Remer's ex-Faulconer aide
Whether Democrat or Republican, San Diego politicos are infamous for taking care of each other at local taxpayers' expense. Freshman San Diego County supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, widely billed as a liberal Democrat, furnishes the latest …
April 6, 2021
Dining out in Dumpling Inn
What I learned this week is that soup dumplings will get me out of the house. For months, I’ve been eating mostly at home, opting for take-out and a little bit of outdoor dining. But, …
April 5, 2021
End of the line for TJ's Hotel Nelson?
"After my death, I don't know what will happen with the business," Roberto Nelson says about the future of the oldest bar in Tijuana, part of the first “skyscraper” in the city, the Hotel Nelson. …
April 5, 2021
Union-Tribune's new voice from the north is Soon-Shiong's daughter
While staffers nervously speculate whether Union-Tribune owner Patrick Soon-Shiong will block the purchase of Chicago-based Tribune Publishing by hedge fund Alden Capital, the usually muted billionaire has unleashed his fury against American racism. Thursday's rebuke …
April 5, 2021
April's warmer temperatures and lowest tides
Warmer Temperatures and increased humidity coincide with the subtle onset of San Diego's spring season. By April's end, the intermittent showers, Santa Ana winds, cold nights, and crystalclear, sun-drenched days of winter will likely be …
April 5, 2021
San Diego, Texas, all the Patrick Daughertys who live here, the four corners of the county
San Diego, Texas Our tiny, Southern namesake and its vast, luminous sky. Our namesake lies due west of Corpus Christi, past flat miles of sorghum, wheat and cotton fields, and towns with shops smelling of …
April 5, 2021
Buddy of Hemingway, Peron surfaces in Balboa Park, confessions of pot smuggler
Where a job with Time magazine led William Weber Johnson Ernest Hemingway was good company, but his drinking and hard living were difficult to keep up with. Argentinian president Juan Peron was either a tad …
April 4, 2021
Balboa Park's dressed-up dachshunds, Kleenex at the pet cemetery, pigeons as mediaries
Low to the ground Dachshunds and the people who love them. “One afternoon in the park I said it would be fun to run one of those free classified advertisements in the Reader and see …
April 3, 2021
Councilman LaCava calls for redesign
“The current seal of the City of San Diego erases the history of the Indigenous People who occupied this land long before us, and glorifies the people who stole it,” says newly elected councilman Joe …
April 2, 2021
Local sports return with local beer and booze partnerships
Professional sports have returned to San Diego, and beer and spirit sponsorships have returned with them. Although we’re all accustomed to seeing “tastes great, less filling” ads during televised games, and light beer logos on …
April 2, 2021