What Insiders Eat Restaurant staff gab and gobble. Travis Murphy, also a cook, planned the staff’s daily dinner. At Nine-Ten, he said, the hardest part of arranging the staff meal, also called the “family meal,” …
October 18, 2020
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What restaurant staffs eat, Eleanor Widmer, how far San Diego's food comes
San Diego fishing life, dirty work, tools of the trade
Tools of the Trade The implements for bringing home the bacon. Have your friends and neighbors looked weighed down, put upon, or bent low to the ground lately? Perhaps they are! After all, many of …
October 17, 2020
Notice the difference in Zgara gyros
Anyone who’s eaten at a Greek restaurant the past four decades or so is familiar with gyro meat. At least, the American concept of gyro meat: a spiced, finely ground blend of beef and lamb. …
October 16, 2020
Who Needs Halloween?
Faulconer: “First, there’s the matter of Covid transmission via Snickers, which is terrifying enough. But really: 2020 ought to make you question your whole attachment to a holiday that glorifies fear. Fear is terrible: it’s …
October 16, 2020
Cesar Romero’s high-fructose performance with Carmen Miranda
Havana watch a trio of musicals set in pre-revolutionary Cuba. Care to join me? Week-End in Havana (1941) Out of the 480 steamship passengers stranded on a reef, Nan Spencer (Alice Faye), a hosiery salesgirl …
October 16, 2020
Navy issues redesign for Seal Team 7 patch following yet another incident
Seal Team Seven member Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel Enayat has been charged with sexual assault in San Diego following an alcohol-related incident at a 2019 Fourth of July party in Iraq with a …
October 16, 2020
Padres vs Il Padre
Following the Padres heartbreaking loss to the Dodgers, the team’s Swinging Friar fell to his knees, lifted his eyes to the heavens, and cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani? My God, my …
October 16, 2020
Emperor Shirakawa offers a prayer to Hachiman
Emperor Shirikawa Of the six fundamental disciplines, the observance of the commandments is considered the most important; of the ten commandments, the prohibition on the taking of life is the prime one. All living creatures …
October 16, 2020
Jupiter Symphony – good to vacuum by
I’ve never heard Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony. Can you believe that? After all these years, it has avoided me. I’ve heard Mozart’s Haffner Symphony at least three times. I’ve heard his Symphony No 29 twice. I’ve …
October 16, 2020
Frank O’Hara: an immediate and exploratory American poet
Yesterday Down at the Canal You say that everything is very simple and interesting it makes me feel very wistful, like reading a great Russian novel does i am terribly bored sometimes it is like …
October 15, 2020
Ben Wanicur brings DIY ethic to Robb Field
“I’ve decided to revive the San Diego Underground,” says bassist Benjamin Wanicur, referring to his monthly jam session that used to operate out of 3rd Space on Park Avenue. Wanicur’s revival has an important new …
October 15, 2020
Las Cuatro Milpas: four bucks in the barrio
“Sobador,” says the hand-painted sign beside me. It gives a phone number. This is on Logan Avenue. I’m standing in the line, as you always do here. Yes, even in these tough times, Las Cuatro …
October 15, 2020
The Doorman: Ruby’s a gem
Her super powers extend far beyond those of the mild-mannered gatekeeper whose job it is to flag cabs or sign for packages. Look! Up in the vestibule! It’s a guard! It’s a greeter! It’s Doorman! …
October 15, 2020
Live from the Inner Change coffeehouse in Pacific Beach
Hugh J. Noble is a songwriter, musician, and singer from Wymeswold in the UK, currently living in San Diego (“There wasn’t much else to do in Wymeswold”) and a member of Slum Summer. “Since I …
October 15, 2020
Charles McPherson dedicates Jazz Dance Suites to ballet-star daughter
Saxophone icon Charles McPherson unveiled his latest album Jazz Dance Suites on his own Chazz Mack Music label on September 24. It’s his 30th effort as a leader. The album is dedicated to his ballet-star …
October 15, 2020