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Tyler Reid catches bluefin tuna from waverunner 20 miles off Rosarito

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Handfasting: a unique, ancient, Celtic ceremony on the rise

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Songbirds migrating from Nashville to Shelter Island

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Gonzo Report: Marcela Mendez’s tip with a barb at the mall

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Tyler Reid catches bluefin tuna from waverunner 20 miles off Rosarito

Fish Pix Win Fish Tix! Submit your best fishing photo and every 2 weeks we’ll pick our favorite and run it in this column. Winner will also receive 2 half-day ...

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Handfasting: a unique, ancient, Celtic ceremony on the rise

“Handfasting,” says Donna Lynn, “is an ancient way to get married.” My novia Diane and I are interested. We are engaged. We want to know if we can get married ...

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Songbirds migrating from Nashville to Shelter Island

When Arizona native Ashley E. Norton moved to Nashville, she landed an interesting gig hosting “songwriter rounds,” gatherings which featured groups of three or four songwriters on a stage. They ...

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Gonzo Report: Marcela Mendez’s tip with a barb at the mall

Normally, musicians are drilled in the art of capturing an audience’s attention. And if that’s your training, then performing where people don’t pay attention — and aren’t even meant to ...

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2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 2

First Place Winner CHANGING OF THE GUARD Unexpected violence at the San Diego Zoo When people found out I worked security at the world famous San Diego Zoo, they asked: “What’s the craziest thing you’ve ...

March 2, 2022

Beverage News Point Loma San Diego Beer Shelter Island

Oktoberwest

Free-flowing beer. The clinking of steins and caroling of “Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit.” The scent of schweinebraten, würstl, käsespätzle, and brazen wafting through the tents. Seas of people clad in dirndl and lederhosen. Oktoberfest in ...

September 9, 2021

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June 25, 2020

Outdoor beers rule coronavirus summer

This is usually the time of year to spotlight San Diego’s best outdoor brewery venues. However, in the summer of 2020, that could be just about anywhere. Thanks to some late May regulatory relief by ...

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June 11, 2020

Beer tasting rooms are back, but are taster flights history?

Effective tomorrow, Friday, June 12, bars are allowed to re-open in San Diego County, which means brewery taprooms can pour beers again, regardless of whether they serve food. However, beer fans should expect a few ...

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June 11, 2018

You have to look at this as an art form

“OMG, what is that thing,” said a fisherman, as he walked towards Shelter Island Pier at 1 p.m. on May 10. Like the other fishermen, he was “trippin’-out” on the 1991 Toyota truck that was ...

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October 25, 2017

Guitarman dealt a hand that will be played

Paul Hartley is a Point Loma real estate broker with a power boat moored at Shelter Island. “My grandfather taught me to sail before I was five,” he says. He’s also known as the singer/guitarist ...

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October 24, 2017

No ups or downs with Chinese tapas

As I've driven through Shelter Island in the past six months or so, I keep noticing the sign for Shanghai Bun, a new Chinese food place on Rosecrans. It's not the restaurant's name that catches ...

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October 19, 2017

She rode away from stage 3 breast cancer

Cancer wasn't about to slow Sandy Hanshaw's roll. In 2013, Hanshaw was a fairly new restaurateur, having opened The Wine Pub in Point Loma a couple of years prior. Already consumed with the long hours ...

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Craft beer seeps into new neighborhoods

The growing trend among beer companies to open satellite taprooms in commercial districts is bringing a craft-brewery presence to neighborhoods that didn't previously haven't one. There were 20 off-site tasting rooms at the beginning of ...

September 7, 2017

Shelter Island Tin Fork

Call from a lobster

First off: I challenge anyone to beat my speed-walking time, from Anchorage Lane at Shelter Island Drive to the Kona Kai Club at the southern end of Shelter Island. Ten minutes. A good country mile. ...

May 17, 2017

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March 23, 2017

Shelter Island boat ramp revamp

On April 11, the Port of San Diego board of commissioners will consider approving a contract for improvements to the Shelter Island boat-launch facility (2210 Shelter Island Drive). Originally constructed in the 1950s, the ramp ...

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Tyler Reid catches bluefin tuna from waverunner 20 miles off Rosarito

Handfasting: a unique, ancient, Celtic ceremony on the rise

Songbirds migrating from Nashville to Shelter Island

Gonzo Report: Marcela Mendez’s tip with a barb at the mall

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