We are Naples. That’s what the name means of San Diego’s latest Italian restaurant operated by people from Italy, means. Siamo Napoli recently picked up where Il Postino left off in a large North Park …
September 23, 2019
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Siamo Napoli embraces its Italian identity
Ocean Beach locals escort bully out of town
On Wednesday, September 18, "Jane" parked in front of the OB Hotel at the foot of Newport Ave for her daily surf session. After getting out of the ocean, she rinsed off with a jug …
September 23, 2019
Sorrento Valley – what little there is
Lost roads of San Diego:Sorrento Rd., Smilax, Edelweis There was also once a Smilax Road in Sorrento Valley, one in a series of short roads named for local flora. It paralleled the railroad tracks on …
September 23, 2019
Scott Sadil and the Reader
Sadil, who wrote for the Reader from 1985 through 1990, moved to Oregon, where he has taught in public high school and written books. Sadil’s Fly Tales: Lessons in Fly Fishing Like the Real Guys, …
September 22, 2019
Phyllis Orrick and the Reader
Orrick, one of founding members of the Baltimore City Paper, visited San Diego in the latter 1990s to write feature stories. Excerpts from stories Orrick wrote for the Reader: San Diego's least-remembered great man – …
September 21, 2019
Faulconer paid $4000 ethics penalty with campaign cash
As San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer tours California in search of good ink and his next elective office, he's dipped into his mayoral campaign fund to pay for some personal baggage at home. Weeks after …
September 20, 2019
Hula lessons, tribal belly dance, swing dance lessons
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September 20, 2019
Bowlegged BBQ is your next Texas temptation
There’s music and art all around me as I dig in to a pile of BBQ meats. Old soul and R&B album covers hang, framed on the walls, packed in alongside stylized paintings depicting scenes …
September 20, 2019
JLo and Marc Anthony: box office gold?
Three films and no common thread; it’s that kind of week How the West Was Won (1962) When I was six, the owner of mom’s beauty parlor rigged a raffle and my family “won” tickets …
September 20, 2019
Fruitcraft makes just about everything but beer
When Fruitcraft Fermentery and Distillery dropped anchor in Hillcrest two years ago, it primarily carried on the work of its original brand iteration, California Fruit Wine. That is, it fermented wine from virtually every type …
September 20, 2019
Following protests and vandalism, Drag Queens reach out to peeved Pentecostal
South Bay Pentecostal Church Executive Pastor Amado Huizar is a man willing to fight for what he believes in, which is why he protested Chula Vista’s decision to host a Drag Queen Story Hour in …
September 20, 2019
Children’s entertainment icon joins protest against Drag Queen Story Hour after Chula Vista debut
Shockwaves shook the cultural landscape today as longtime allies the Magic Kingdom and the Fabulous Queendom clashed over the latter’s use of the former’s intellectual property at a local public event. At a Drag Queen …
September 20, 2019
William Eusebius Andrews: Catholic critic of Protestant historian John Foxe
William Eusebius Andrews The very common manner of judging of human things by the abuses made of them, sometimes by the wicked and sometimes by fools, is vicious. If man has natural, religious, political and …
September 20, 2019
Hershey Felder does Chopin the right way
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I am a Hershey Felder fan. My fandom is based on three of his productions, the most recent of which I saw on Saturday night, September 14 …
September 20, 2019
Stylist Michael Burton: find a good tailor at Picasso Tailoring and Nick’s Tailor Shop
I haven’t bought a new suit since I was 12. The last time I went to a wedding, it was in a suit I got from a thrift store for $7, and it looked pretty …
September 19, 2019