On Thursday night, a few minutes before sunset, I found a parking spot at 13th and G Streets in East Village, and called upstairs to let them know I had arrived. From the sidewalk I …
December 4, 2020
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Izola lowers a breadbasket in East Village
Jack Webb’s Dragnet: like a patrol officer floating on a Segway
Jack Webb was many things — director, actor, writer, gun-lover, John Bircher, recording artist, ultra-right-wing Viet Cong-hating fascist, two-fisted drinker, producer, chain smoker — but first and foremost, he was an auteur. His could be …
December 4, 2020
Georg Trakl: December’s mood over meaning
December Sonnet At evening jugglers travel through the forest On quaint wagons, small steeds. A golden stash seems locked in clouds. In the dark plain villages are painted. The red wind billows linen black and …
December 4, 2020
La Jolla Symphony's amateurs reach high
The La Jolla Symphony recently released a performance of Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 from their performance vault. I gave it a listen and have concluded that it is a fine, fine, performance. For those who …
December 4, 2020
Finding connections between art and faith in Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking on Water
Westminster Presbyterian Church Contact: 3598 Talbot St, San Diego 619-223-3193 www.westminstersd.org Membership: 100 Pastor: Megan Cochran Neighborhood: Point Loma Age: 34 Born: Albert Lea, MN Formation: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago …
December 4, 2020
Brewery taprooms don’t stay closed for long
Sorrento Valley barrel-aged sour beer-maker California Wild Ales announced last week it will be opening a taproom in Ocean Beach. Actually, it’s taking over the same Newport Avenue taproom originally opened by Helm’s Brewing, and …
December 4, 2020
Winter socks in your Christmas stockings
The cold weather is creeping in. After pulling on my favorite oversized socks one chilly morning, I group texted my friends to see if they, too, were already wearing their winter socks. Marisa, 26, replied …
December 3, 2020
Body Salt writes leaf-songs
“The worst experience we’ve had playing a show was also one of the best,” says Jonathon Bruhin, half of San Diego’s Body Salt. “It was our very first performance at a large private gathering in …
December 3, 2020
Rancho Santa Fe Covenant’s “Solace in the Sky”
Behold the home billed as “Solace in the Sky,” a newly constructed 8969-square-foot ultramodern glass cube at 15815 Las Planideras. “No expense was spared in this six-bedroom modern construction in the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant,” …
December 3, 2020
Find the two great “kings” at Ye Olde Plank
“Hey,” says Kim. “How come they can serve meals inside here? They grandfathered in?” “Make that ‘great-grandfathered,’” I say. I happen to know. This place has been in business since 1886, not that I was …
December 3, 2020
Bella vs fellas
How would we have survived this far into a pandemic without the ever-present Bella Thorne there to help take the edge off? In the third of four 2020 releases reviewed in these pages — the …
December 3, 2020
A postmodern eclectic
San Diego Music Awards nominee for Album of the Year, Hemisphere draws on rock, pop, jazz, fusion, and metal for inspiration. Their new album American Dreams includes guest players such as Grammy winning percussionist Tommy …
December 3, 2020
Steph Richards’ super scents make Supersense
“I was at an Alex Cline concert when the air-conditioning suddenly came on and immediately the whole vibe changed. That got me to thinking about how the other senses might influence the way we perceive …
December 3, 2020
Igloo dining: don’t speak loudly
They look so glamorous: transparent geodesic domes with tables for six inside, ruby-winking wine glasses, plates of food, beautiful people laughing and dining. And these “igloos” have been billed as safe, but also warm, outside …
December 2, 2020
San Diego's biggest Biden bundlers
Biden’s bundlers San Diego has four names on the Joe Biden presidential campaign’s list of big-money bundlers, those who gathered a total of $100,000 or more in cash contributions from friends and associates and now …
December 2, 2020