World Cup: French round one, day one.
Could Mickey Mouse defeat Romeo and Faust? Day one of the World Cup of Composers.
The French are going to be kicking off the World Cup of Compsers. Let’s take a look at the combatants. In Baroque pool-play we have François Couperin (1668–1733), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645–1704), and Jean-Phillippe Rameau (1683–1764). While these …
Crowds at Oceanside beach first weekend of summer
Clear, sunny day draws families to breezy fun
The first Saturday of summer saw consistent crowds all day at the beaches in Oceanside, California. Visitors Kassidy, 8, and Kaidance, 3, found kelp leaves on the sand near the pier. The City of Oceanside, located on the coast of …
Questions raised over City Attorney's decision to release transcripts of closed session meeting
Transcripts were given as a response to a public records request from only two days before.
Mayor Bob Filner said he wanted a more open, transparent city government. Having the City Attorney release transcripts of closed session meetings two days after the meeting transpired, however, was probably not be what he envisioned. On Thursday, June 20, …
Padres continue to roll over the Dodgers
The Padres win their second straight over the beleaguered Los Angeles Dodgers and where does this end?
When the Padres dropped two of three in San Francisco, falling back to .500 and back into fourth place in the National League West, twitter and Facebook lit up with such negativity. The Padres come home and win the first …
San Diego Fringe Festival
In 1947, Edinburgh, Scotland, held its first International Arts Festival: theater, opera, dance, classical music, and visual arts. The aim: "to provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit" after World War II. Performances took place in august …
Matthewdavid, Sixties Guns, Karaoke, and Joshua Brandon at Moustache Bar
Brainfeeder artist joins musicians from Tijuana, San Diego, and Monterrey in Zona Centro
Sixties Guns are back in action following a whirlwind encounter with a carload of tweakers that left the band’s MPC wiz John (aka Oye!Simpson) with lacerations on his hand. You can see how they’ve reloaded on Saturday, June 22 at …
Lincoln Club accuses Mayor Filner of ruining City's reputation.
Conservative group says Mayor's style is too abrasive.
Mayor Bob Filner is ruining San Diego's reputation, says conservative political group, The Lincoln Club. And while many residents might consider that a good thing, the Lincoln Club does not agree. They say Filner is too strong of a mayor. …
San Diego Indie Craft Market stitches Queen Bee
North Park venue hosts nearly 40 vendors selling handmade wares Sunday
“All merchandise sold at the Indie Craft Market must be a form of handmade... Somehow, it must be a product that you reproduced and not something that is mass reproduced,” reads the vendor guidelines. On Sunday, June 23, the very …
SD hotel business up, but lagging other coast markets
Occupancy still below comparable rate for 2007
According to Smith Travel Research, occupancy in San Diego hotels inched up to 68.7% this year through May, compared with 68.2% the same period a year ago. San Francisco, Orange County and Los Angeles all registered better increases. Jerry Morrison …
San Diego's GOP fundraising fox hosted by lobbyists' PAC
House Republican Darrell Issa partakes of multiple dips in D.C. law and lobbying firm's golden money pool
With half-time approaching, it's been a lucrative political fundraising year for members of San Diego's congressional delegation, both Democratic and Republican. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/21/47931/ Freshman Democrat Juan Vargas kicked off the big cash harvest in March with his first annual “Margaritas, Mariachis …
County unemployment rate drops to 6.7% in May
County gains 6000 jobs for month, 20,300 from year ago
The San Diego County unemployment rate was 6.7% in May, down from a revised 7% in April, and below a year-ago's 8.8%, according to the California Employment Development Department. The county gained 6000 jobs between April and May. Leisure and …
Barbecue 81 and American Voodoo set to open
July should be a good month for University Heights, with two restaurants coming after prolonged construction periods.
I don’t always cover restaurant openings, mostly because the hype machine doesn’t need my help to keep on rolling. For two places under construction in University Heights, however, I am genuinely excited. July should be a tasty month in UH! …
Movies opening this week: World War Z, Monsters University, and more
Okay, for starters, Scott was unable to complete his viewing of The Painting (trailer above) due to technical difficulties. (And no, I do not mean to suggest that one of his cyborg eyes shorted out, resulting in a lack of …
Eat & Drink for a Cause Sunday at Tiger! Tiger!
Portion of patron's bills at North Park gastropub to be donated to Media Arts Center's Summer Scholarship Fundraising Campaign
Missed out on the Media Arts Center's Carnival Fundraiser? Well, the Media Arts Center is very close to their $7,000 goal - to be able to offer 30 need-based youth scholarships to be used for two of the Center’s media …
27th Annual La Jolla Festival of the Arts
Two-day festival offers fine wine, food & art, entertainment, and grass under your feet.
“This is not a street fair but an elegant, high quality showcase,” reads the La Jolla Festival of the Arts’ website. In its 27th year, La Jolla Festival of the Arts will showcase “watercolor and oil paintings; serigraph; glass, ceramic, …
The World Cup of Classical Composers
Who is the greatest composer of all time? We're going to have a competition and settle this once and for now. I would say settle it once and for all but that's just silly.
We are going to have a classical composer world series or, I guess, world cup would be more appropriate given the popularity of futbol in most of the nations these composers will be representing. Each country will only be able …
Donut Bar: Comfort food central?
This time, success! But is success excess?
“Oh my. Oh wow. You’re okay, Bedford, but this is the real thing.” Carla’s working her way through most of the two donuts I got for us to share when I went back to Donut Bar, the new place at …