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Casa de Pico brings Old Town to La Mesa
I agree. I find it odd that someone writing about food in San Diego would not know the story of how Casa de Pico ended up in La Mesa. Diane Powers moved her restaurant 10 years AFTER we left San Diego, and I know about it. In fact, I was in Seattle at the time and still read about it.— April 17, 2015 2:37 p.m.
"Patriots"? Hah.
don bauder, Actually, I wouldn't have any personal knowledge of the dangers of revealing information about an illegal gun transaction.— April 17, 2015 2:30 p.m.
The nefarious nut
Sorry, but when I make it, it's usually in Arizona or Washington and it doesn't travel well. The key is to use the absolute BEST dark brown sugar, molasses and pure vanilla extract you can find and NOTHING but a premium bourbon. I have a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle that only goes in the pie. Oh and of course the pecans. It's always Arizona grown pecans because they are the best. That makes ALL the difference.— April 17, 2015 9:02 a.m.
"Patriots"? Hah.
Yeah, I noticed that the 2 counts in the complaint were for sale and transportation. I guess the can always amend the complaint later to include theft. I wonder if these guys will roll on their seller.— April 17, 2015 8:46 a.m.
Order in the court, Judge Bencivengo!
Well, that certainly went as I expected. Despite what Aguirre seems to think his chances are, I think things will continue to go against him and I see him accomplishing very little, if anything. He's gone that route before and it has cost him. He missed a couple of things as city attorney, pissed off enough people and got his ass kicked in the next election, by Goldsmith of all people. You know what they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.— April 17, 2015 8:30 a.m.
The nefarious nut
Ah, the Texas Nationalist Movement. Or as I call it, the stooges go cowboy. A little full disclosure here. My dad's parent were from Texas. My grandfather was born there and his parents moved there when they were first married. My grandmother wasn't born there, but here parents moved to Texas when she was about 6 months old. About 5 yrs ago, my daughter was researching the Texas part of our family history.Long story short, she eventually found what was left of the farm my grandfather was born on was "available' so I bought it. If Texas was to secede (Rasmussen poll I once read found that 31% of Texans thought they could but only 25% wanted to), the rest of the country could lose a lot. Off the top of my head, I can come up with the country's worst healthcare provider, some of the nation's strictest abortion laws, one of the worst states for women's rights in general, the state that executes the most people, including at least one who was likely innocent, one of the worst states for voter discrimination, especially towards student, low-income and minority voters, a state that does not does not recognize same-sex relationships in any way on the state level, the world’s 7th largest producer of greenhouse gases, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Chuck Norris, Matthew McConaughey, chicken fried steak, the world’s largest calf fry cook-off, chicken bingo and last but surely not least, El Paso. You used to be able to carry a loaded firearm AND have an open container while driving, but I heard a few years back that was changed, so it's can't be included. An interesting note is that after Texas started talking about succession from the country, Austin residents started their own petition to secede from Texas.— April 17, 2015 8:06 a.m.
The nefarious nut
Here's something that some people might find interesting, I did. http://graphics.latimes.com/food-water-footprint/— April 16, 2015 6:39 p.m.
Casa de Pico brings Old Town to La Mesa
Delaware North. Interesting. Try looking up Jeremy M. Jacobs, Emprise, Don Bolles and federal racketeering charges. Makes for interesting reading.— April 16, 2015 6:18 p.m.
The nefarious nut
dwbat My grandmother made the best pecan pie EVER. Totally from scratch, using her mother's recipe, from Texas, and the nuts were from the trees she had on the property. I still make it using that recipe once in a while, usually Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I only use the best pecans around, the ones grown in southern Arizona. Oh yeah, Arizona grown pistachios are pretty damn good also.— April 16, 2015 6:11 p.m.
The nefarious nut
don bauder, gainsay all you want. It really is of no consequence. My sources are UC Berkeley, the CFDA, and the USDA.— April 16, 2015 6:03 p.m.