"Dan O'Brien. You're free to use that name, ” Dan said in my La Pensione hotel room in Little Italy. He sat in the chair as he talked and behind him the nighttime window view …
June 23, 1994
News & Stories
Through the looking glass with San Diego's cross-dressers
Rabbit stew, rabbit casserole, dumplings — shock your friends
Europeans considered wild rabbit’s flavor far superior to domesticated; hare they found tastiest of all (and beginning in the Middle Ages, hare’s blood was one of the apothecary’s most important ingredients).
June 23, 1994
The billions of orange peels left by Tropicana and Minute Maid
Dear Matthew Alice: As someone who has always lived in the city, I was ill equipped to answer the following agricultural questions my teenager asked after he looked at an orange juice container. First, what …
June 23, 1994
Be sure to check to see if you won lottery
Dear Matt: Let’s say you bought a lottery ticket. You, like me and thousands of fools, forget to check if you’re a winner. Days pass to weeks and months have gone by. Because you never …
June 23, 1994
San Diego's signs as public language
People wanted SLOW signs in their neighborhoods, on dangerous curves, intersections. But “slow is no longer a legal sign,” says Levy. “It’s too general. Now it must be why you’re supposed to go slow.”
June 23, 1994