ED. Phil Gross is a long-time local musician who grew up in Lakeside, played at local clubs, and has come to know the people and institutions of San Diego’s folk music. With Blue Ridge, in …
October 31, 1974
Thursday, October 31
Lakeside's Phil Gross knew all the folk clubs
Thursday, October 24
After jai alai take a peek at the Inco Glass Factory
You might never even notice it, unless you were looking for it. The rows of little clowns and transparent containers might mis-lead you into thinking this is another Tijuana tourist store. But walk all the …
October 24, 1974
Can Christianity survive Godspell?
Godspell, a musical based on the life and teachings of Jesus, is playing to sold-out houses at the Old Globe. The production is terrific; the play itself is abominable. Christianity has been having a hard …
October 24, 1974
Thursday, October 17
The beginnings of San Diego libertarians
The extra dining room in the Pacific Highway Sambo’s was empty, except for one harried waitress and me. As she set up tables for dinner, she asked me, almost conspiratorially, what was planned for the …
October 17, 1974
Thursday, October 10
Reader's 1974 guide to San Diego
1974 San Diego guide to sports lessons Softball, Volleyball, Basketball, Slow Pitch, Three-Pitch, Physical Fitness and Jogging 1974 San Diego guide to longest bus rides From La Jolla to the border 1974 San Diego guide …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to music lessons
After attending a fantastic concert you suddenly decide you want to learn how to play the guitar, trumpet, or perhaps something more exotic like an oboe, dobro, or tympani, but have no idea who is …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to sports lessons
Out of shape? Looking for something physical and possibly free or at least inexpensive? The City of San Diego, Park and Recreation Department might have something for you! Available on a citywide basis for league …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to longest bus rides
Whether the Downtown Association likes it or not, $an Diego bus routes are losing their predominant downtown orientation. Many local buses either end up or wind through downtown now, mostly because a lot of the …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to busiest corners
So it’s come to that, has it? Empty pockets, shattered piggy bank, no patron, no job. Well, wait. Step back inside that window. Stick out your thumb and pull out an apple. That is, hitch …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to ethnic neighborhoods
BRITISH: a large population scattered all around town; the larger numbers in El Cajon, Chula Vista, La Mesa, and San Diego. They have a cottage at the House of Hospitality in Balboa Park and have …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to moderately cheap eats
This guide is intended to stimulate your curiosity as well as your taste buds. In geographical area, it ranges from Tijuana to Carlsbad: in experience, from a two table dining room to a “factory”, and …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to herbs
Incense, cookery, medicine, bug chasing, caffein-free tea – whatever your use for herbs, you can find what you need in San Diego. In a society where knowledge of herbs now hibernates on the far side …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to local bands
If you’re on the look-out for local rock bands, you may as well forget about the Sports Arena and the Civic Center right off the bat. You’re going to have to go to the bars. …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to movers and shakers
1. Pete Wilson 2. Mark Wenzel— official mime, Expo '74, USIU grad, Don McLeod protege 3. Salvador Torres— leader of the Chicano Park moralists 4. Ed Eveleigh— English auto mechanic, auto designer 5. Bob Woodford— …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to alternative schools
About ten, maybe twelve, years ago people began announcing that something was wrong with public education in America. The testimonials piled up; Johnny couldn’t read, he had to face knifings on the way to school …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to gardening
A crisis equally acute has come to grip us, and a few million better, and even a trifle bigger, home gardens in America can increase our national food production enormously. And work wonders in a …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to hiking trails
Hardly anyone moves to San Diego because of its back country. Anyone who is drawn here by nature moves here for the beaches. Or at least the temperate climate that nearness to the sea provides. …
October 10, 1974
1974 San Diego guide to restaurant reviews
The Paprika “Think of Hungarian cuisine and you think of sour cream, soups, and liquid-plenty stews, more ways of cooking cabbage than anyone could think possible, and dumplings, and hot noodle desserts, and light fairy-fragile …
October 10, 1974