Living Room Live presents Tamsin Waley-Cohen playing multiple concerts over the coming month, all livestreamed from home. The March 31 edition features guest player Ann Beilby, for a program set to include Passacaglia for violin …
March 29, 2020
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Adam Parfrey goes to the San Diego Zoo It is not generally appreciated that famous publisher Adam Parfrey once lived just off Lincoln Boulevard, a dismal stretch of gasoline-alley slightly east of Venice, California, and …
March 29, 2020
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Spruce Street suspension bridge brings out demented thoughts It’s early, the marine layer still a veneer over the city, when we park the car just shy of the suspension bridge. The day promises to be …
March 28, 2020
Tijuana tangos with corona
“It’s a huge mess of disinformation,” says the co-owner of one of the new trendy restaurants in downtown Tijuana (we talked online, she prefers to remain anonymous). “My dad is over at city hall right …
March 27, 2020
Closed to dining, some restaurants start selling groceries
Last night, I placed an order for delivery from the restaurant Tender Greens. Dinner was good, but what will help sustain me in the week to come was the grocery box I ordered. For $33, …
March 27, 2020
Can't complain about live streaming from the Met
When, in an opera, the staging, acting, and costumes, are all misguided to bad, what’s left? The singing? What if the singing is just okay? What’s left is The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Wagner’s Das …
March 27, 2020
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Princeton poetry
The Staying Up All Night The warm fire. The comfortable chairs. The merry companions. The stroke of twelve. The wild suggestion. The good sports. The man who hasn’t slept for weeks. The people who have …
March 27, 2020
Mary Lynn Coulson: finding the bigger embrace of God’s love
St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Contact: 1050 Thomas Ave, San Diego, CA 92109 858-273-3022 www.standrewspb.org Membership: 90 Pastor: Mary Lynn Coulson Age: 31 Born: Kansas City, MO Formation: St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; Virginia Theological …
March 27, 2020
Oversized H&M blazers make a comeback
Brace yourselves. Oversized blazers are making a comeback. Just ask Paola. She wore one for a casual day out in North Park with her friends. (I was inspired to purchase one for my next casual …
March 26, 2020
Happy Ron Hill: drop a dollar in the e-bucket
With the closure of area bars and sit-down restaurant service, several locals who lost gigs are choosing to telecast performances for stay-at-home viewing. “We uploaded a full concert, professionally filmed,” says Ron Houston of the …
March 26, 2020
Wouldn’t it be nice to live in Mike Love’s Fairbanks Ranch mansion?
“Rarely does such a spectacular property become available in the exclusive guard gated community of Fairbanks Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe,” boast listing materials for the mansion at 17261 Circa Oriente, as retrieved from Realtor.com. …
March 26, 2020
In love with tikka masala at Himalayan House
‘Wash your hands!” says Hank. “If he says that one more time, I’m gonna...” growls Jim. No doubt, my buddy’s become a hand-wash missionary. He disappears off into the washrooms. Jim and I head for …
March 26, 2020
No Corona jokes
Unappreciated humor I don’t know, but I’m really questioning your Reader magazine now. What was it two weeks ago you guys had all this how to find guns and weapons and drugs and stuff, prostitutes. …
March 26, 2020
A little nod to Joy Division
Assuming the concert lockdown is over by June, Tulpa Luna - formerly known as Warsaw - will embark on a west coast tour with former local Adam Gnade (Three One G, Pioneers Press) in support …
March 26, 2020
Damn, it's cold! NYC in late winter
Editor's note: as in California and much of the country, stay-at-home orders are currently in place in New York City as of spring 2020. Wherever you are, stay safe, as we look forward to travel …
March 26, 2020