I’ve had dozens of conversations that discussed the greatest symphonies of all time. I’ve read dozens of articles on the same topic. The usual suspects are all there, Beethoven’s Ninth, Mahler’s Ninth, Bruckner’s Eighth, Brahms' …
February 12, 2021
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Seaview’s views in Del Mar
The key thing to know about the 5900-square-foot mansion at 2008 Seaview Avenue in Del Mar is that it has views. Lots of views. Situated just south of San Dieguito Lagoon and less than a …
February 12, 2021
Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov brought many to the Orthodox Church
St. Anthony the Great Antiochian Orthodox Church Contact: 2825 Merton Ave, San Diego 858-268-4100 www.st-anthony.org Membership: 520 (200 families) Neighborhood: Linda Vista Pastor: Father John Kent Reimann Age: 63 Born: Downey, ID Formation: University of …
February 12, 2021
Ballast Point tries being the change it wants to see
White dude with beards. That’s the impression most have about who works within the craft beer business, and it’s often accurate. Within San Diego and the industry at large. Statistics offered by the Brewers Association …
February 12, 2021
Nancy Foley: of Valentines and vampires
Heart of Gold It is only with the heart that we can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. – Saint-Exupery Get to the heart of the matter The eternal cry of …
February 11, 2021
C2: Inept no longer
You remember The Inept, right? The band composed of five English teenagers that played a handful of gigs in the small town next to their boarding school in the mid-80s. Ring a bell yet? They …
February 11, 2021
Song Hak Korean BBQ: intestinal fortitude
I have this noodle idea in my noodle. Korean noodles. I was up here on Convoy looking for the kind of “glass noodles” that my friend Clive, who was stationed in Korea, says are i) …
February 11, 2021
Two of Us: Love and loss
It was the greatest love story never told. For decades, Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Mado (Martine Chevallier) have lived a romance in the shadows, on the same floor, in opposite apartments. Nobody knew. Not the …
February 11, 2021
Live in the Mojave Desert
Singer-guitarist Esteban Rene attended boarding school in Ensenada, while bassist Beto Bautista grew up in Tijuana. Rene met Bautista while working for Hornblower Cruises and the duo formed the Slashes. They have a new album …
February 11, 2021
Rudy Serrano: Croc-verted by Post Malone
Sneaker-head Rudy Serrano was given a pair of Crocs on December 8. “My girlfriend woke up at six in the morning to buy them for me. Thank you, babe.” Serrano’s pair of black and pink …
February 11, 2021
Lorena Gonzalez gets snubbed by Newsom
Pentagon purge A recent move by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to sweep hundreds of members from Pentagon advisory boards is bringing new attention to one of the newly departed: David Whelan, senior vice …
February 10, 2021
Spiny lobster comes back to San Diego
"It started with rumors, said Pete Halmay, seasoned urchin diver and president of San Diego Fishermen’s Working Group. At seventy-something, he’s still out getting salty almost every day. Two or three months before spiny lobster …
February 10, 2021
Hooked into boring Baja story
Elementary journalism Talk about a hook! I kept expecting something tragic to happen (“Three checkpoints, seven hours south of Tecate,” Cover Stories, January 27). Instead I felt like I was reading some fourth grader’s “How …
February 10, 2021
Stadium sayonara
I saw my first rock concert in 1987 — U2 played the Carrier Dome in Syracuse as part of their tour for The Joshua Tree. Time magazine put them on the freaking cover, with the …
February 10, 2021
The Dale Earnhardt on a Kia “upgrade”
Dear Hipster: I was looking at some handmade furniture the other day from a self-described “artisan” who doesn’t have a website or a storefront, only an Instagram presence, and I was like, “Oh, that’s really …
February 10, 2021