According to Claudia Rodriguez Biezunski, the gregarious owner of Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka, for a man, having your clothes tailored is more important for your looks than working out. “You can go to the gym …
October 17, 2019
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Barrio Logan’s Sew Loka: the Nip/Tuck of real life
San Diego is Paradise For Goths
Emily Reilly — aka Birdy Bardot — is known from multiple incarnations of the New Kinetics and all-female rockers the Rosalyns. Her debut solo album was recorded in collaboration with Al Howard (Heavy Guilt, Midnight …
October 17, 2019
Lizzo blows up Billboard’s Hot 100 with “Truth Hurts”
On September 7, classical flute player Lizzo peaked at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 with her “Truth Hurts” rap and hip-hop song. As a piano player, I was hyped to see a classical music/hip-hop …
October 17, 2019
Jarabe Mexicano, Bob Marley, and the guts to protest
A couple years back, Jarabe Mexicano was approached by producers who had heard their rendition of Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up.” In their live set, the song snippet served as a transitional element. Their …
October 17, 2019
What happened to opera
Stand by folks, I’ve identified the opera problem. What opera problem? The one where audiences are declining and the audiences which do attend often can’t say if what they heard from the singers was good …
October 17, 2019
Art history, Korean beef at The Prado
Photograph by Matthew SuárezLittle things mean a lot: the first little thing that makes me like this place is the, well, amuse-bouche. Wedges of crisp flatbread stacked vertically like surfboards. They have sesame and other …
October 16, 2019
Jr. roller derby, archery basics, Yankee fans meet-up
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October 16, 2019
Intimate Apparel: sewing your life savings into a quilt
There are inherent tensions between how we are documented and how we view ourselves. We can hear this any time we listen to our own voices in an audio recording. Is that what I really …
October 16, 2019
John Brooks: Bill Clinton redux
Thursday night. Latin jazz jam. Border X. He’s doing flights of fancy on his alto sax. Variations on “La Malanga.” “That’s the guy running for president,” says my friend. “Another sax-playing president!” Oh yes. Bill …
October 16, 2019
Oceanside – California's best kept secret
From the moment we spotted the billboard proudly shouting: “Oceanside, California’s Best Kept Secret,” as we wheeled in from L.A. on southbound Highway 101, my brother Dave and I were frothing. Crossing that imaginary line …
October 16, 2019
San Diego students required to take ethnic studies
On September 24 the San Diego Unified school board passed a resolution in support of a state bill (AB 331) that would add one semester of ethnic studies to California public high school graduation requirements …
October 16, 2019
San Ysidro border detectors missing fentanyl
Blind eye to fentanyl Back in July, U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer proclaimed that San Diego was facing a desperate public safety crisis caused by the proliferation of the synthetic opioid known as fentanyl. “That heroin, …
October 16, 2019
Rooster’s Railroad at the Sportsman’s Pub
“Gotta be nice now,” says Rooster. “This guy’s about to donate $5 to the cause. Me.” He’s kidding, of course. Can’t gamble on games in bars like this. We’re in the Sportsman’s Pub, Lemon Grove, …
October 16, 2019
Another dissatisfied water user
Water torture I was just reading the letter about the meter reader. I too have run into that problem. I’ve had my same home for the past 15 years, and I have renters in it. …
October 16, 2019
Halloween costume rundown: Scoops Ahoy to Downton Abbey
Yo Hipster: Share with me a few clever ideas to wow my friends (costume-wise) at any or all of the raging Halloween parties I will attend this year. — Shawn Dear Hipster: Is there a …
October 16, 2019