Lee's Garden
Chinese seafood, condensed milk drinks, and crazy muzak in Rolando.
Someone described Lee’s Garden (4055 54th Street, Rolando, 619-583-8208) as an Asian wedding destination. I even wrote that down in my notes, “Asian wedding destination,” wondering exactly what that would mean for me as a non-Asian person not shopping for …
Fox News and Jim Carrey gum it out
Fox News' Greg Gutfeld called Jim Carrey, "probably the most pathetic tool on the face of the earth...He's such a pathetic, sad little freak. He's a gibbering mess...He's a marionette and he's fading." Laura Ingraham said, "Carrey has not been …
Southern California Edison prepares draft license amendment for San Onofre
Operator seeks to redefine "full power" as 70% of reactor capacity
Southern California Edison, operator of the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has tentatively submitted paperwork for a license amendment that could lead to one of the twin nuclear reactors being re-activated before summer. Current rules as defined by the …
Tyson tweets tattoo adieu
The following post appeared in Mike Tyson's Twitter feed yesterday: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/02/42962/ Has the Champ finally come to his senses or did Mike suddenly realize that when he dies, his head can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery? Stop the music! …
La Fachada Logan Heights: Gordita vs. mulita
But what’s with the Health Department shutting down outside cooking at Mexican eateries?
“Used heart for sale,” sing Los Tigres del Norte. “Because I just don’t want to mend it…” Aah. I can relax. Sunset, cocktails, music. Love it. Okay, so the cocktail is guayaba juice (guava, totally delish, $1.80), the appetizer’s gonna …
The difficult life of Josquin
Josquin had family members burned alive, had his employer arrested by a king, and escaped the plague.
While looking for information about musical settings of David’s lament--”Absalom, oh my son" etc, I found Josquin des Prez. Josquin’s setting of Absalom, fili mi is quintessential High Renaissance music. Josquin was born in 1450 and died in 1521. Some …
Rainwater Harvesting--The Math
The math on rain water harvesting is very important if people are to embrace this technology. People assume that there is not enough rain in Southern California to warrant investment in the harvesting of rain water. Allow me to demonstrate …
Prop 39 "clean energy" money wreaks of bait and switch by construction industry
I spent months warning people about all the major problems with the language of Prop 39 and now you can see why. This bill which was "billed" as a "clean energy bill" is now a "construction industry bill". Proposition 39 …
California super majority wants to lower threshold for tax hikes for development projects
In case you thought there would be a moratorium on tax hikes in California since the state JUST scored a windfall with Prop 30, think again. The new super majority Legislature has just begun and has already put forward the …
San Diego city attorney dances to lobbyists' tune in banquet video
Video posted by business lobbying group features Jan Goldsmith in chorus line to "help us roast our new mayor"
Lobbyists' banquets have not always been kind to Republican city attorney Jan Goldsmith. Back in February, newly elected Democratic mayor Bob Filner took to the microphone at the Downtown Partnership's dinner and reportedly poked a little fun at Goldsmith's infamous …
Padres pummelled by Mets in season opener
The San Diego Padres were mauled by the New York Mets on opening day where pitching and hitting failed to be competitive
Padres starter Edinson Volquez was erratic and the relief pitchers weren't much better, as the bats didn't connect often enough and San Diego dropped the opening game of the 2013 season to the New York Mets by the score of …
Another unreported DeMaio contribution disclosed by Sheppard Mullin law firm
Tally of previously undisclosed San Diego political contributions by hoteliers' law firm mounts, shedding additional light on anti-Filner money
Add another $500 to the list of campaign contributions heretofore undisclosed by the San Diego office of Sheppard Mullin, the giant international law and influence peddling firm that has represented some of the city's biggest industrial, corporate, and hotel interests, …
Pac-Arts Spring Showcase goes 'Linsane!'
Trailblazing Asian American NBA player, Jeremy Lin, subject of new documentary
As a die hard sportsophobe, I wouldn't know Jeremy Lin from Lynn Swann. Well, that last statement isn't entirely true. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/01/42919/ Lynn's work on the Bagful haunts my every Christmas. That cultural touchstone aside, were it not for his work …
Trailer Park: The Iceman cometh
I'm such a purist that the thought of watching even so much as a trailer on my computer is hateful. As much as I love the damn things, critics seldom see coming attractions before press screenings. Fortunately, I attend enough …
Grey Gardens at Ion Theatre
Longtime San Diego theatergoers will remember Will "Willy" Simpson, the white-haired Puck who directed shows at the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre with sophistication and wit. One time he mentioned an endowment at Harvard or Yale - I forget which - that …
Unwarranted Demise of Mar Vista Middle School
In February, while attending a science teacher’s professional development at Mar Vista High School, I first heard the rumor that Mar Vista Middle School (MVM) was going to be closed, all of its staff dismissed and the school reopened as …
Dan Diego's
Credible neighborhood bar open for business in Bay Park.
I watched Dan Diego’s get built along Morena Boulevard as I passed by it a couple of times every week. The “coming soon” sign tantalized me, dangling a new restaurant out there. The only thing was that it looked a …
Bistrot l'Escargot in Tijuana
South African chef makes fine French cuisine in Mexico
Baja Med is the cool, edgy sibling of the slow food movement, and it's reserved specifically for the foodie frontier in our own backyard. In T.J., the term is tossed more frequently than an organic spring mix. In San Diego, …
Drones big boost for county economy
As controversy intensifies, SD listening most intently, says Daily Beast
San Diego County is home to the two largest drone makers, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman. Smaller local companies make drones, and others make components. In an article in the Daily Beast dated March 31, Erik Bruvold of …