The Climb to Gold Mountain: San Diego's Chinatown Joe Quin has a wholesale produce business at 431 Third Avenue, between Island Avenue and J Street. He and his family live above the lugs of vegetables …
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The Enthroned Christ: Some Russian Orthodox believers used a fingernail to carefully scrape off a flake of paint from the hand, took it home, and brewed it into a cup of tea.
Posted April 26, 1979
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Break a Leg In 1993, Hal Holbrook was performing King Lear in the title role. Tom Hall, a San Diego actor, likes to tell the story. Hal came on too soon and started a completely …
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How they restore great paintings in Balboa Park
A recent Tuesday morning in Balboa Park had brought a wooden angel weakened by insect tunneling, a fragmented jade sculpture, and a portrait of the owner’s grandmother that was mildewed and improperly framed.
April 26, 1979