It was March 2009 when the British-born siblings Gillian Ison and John Graham Watson met at Zermatt, a resort in the shadow of Switzerland’s Matterhorn. There, with family members, they indulged a passion for skiing: …
February 22, 2012
Blog Entries
- Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California
- $5 Pizza - The Seinfeld Way
- Is Chula Vista's Economy on the Rebound?
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- Transit Group Endorses La Mesa High-Rise Proposal
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- Bite
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- Another Alleged San Diego Ponzi
- Reviews!
- Mission Hills' New (Brooklyn) Girl Gets New Guy
- Sanders Shopping for Costly TV System
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- Fat Tuesday in Cre-Ol' Town: New Orleans Creole Cafe
- Tourism Picking Up, But More Slowly in SD
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- Thousands Gather in Gaslamp to Welcome Penitential Season of Lent
- Takin’ It to New Orleans: Mission Bay High School’s Preservationists
- Superhuman
- Solana Beach Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Bags
- My niece's wedding last weekend
- Don't Forget This Sunday's Live Oscar Blog
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- Queen Bee's Abuzz Over Lake Street Dive
- Meet Wim Wenders in Person!
- Proposal Could Limit Health Insurance Rate Hikes
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- 2-22-03: The Day Paul McCartney Played a Private Local Bday Party
- Fun and Games
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News & Stories
Kent Keigwin tases and strangles friend John Watson in La Jolla
Downtown Affordable Housing Project Likely to Languish for Lack of Funds
“The Atmosphere” low-income apartment complex planned for the long-abandoned Cortez “hole” site may not be built. The nonprofit Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation is the developer. Wakeland previously purchased the dirt-filled site, then resold it …
February 22, 2012
Flux Capacitor
Post Title: Scenes from a Marriage: January Kill Post Date: January 24, 2012 I remember twenty-four. I remember young. I feel my husband’s mouth over mine, the kissing penetrating the light, the day, the night, …
February 22, 2012
Angry Pizza Man
Dourson’s bold moves to tackle and disarm a man who put a loaded handgun in his face during an attempted robbery made national news in February 2011. But Dourson said he is disappointed with a …
February 22, 2012
Brad Lee: Loud and Clear
“You’ve caught me at a milestone in my life.” Meaning the ten-year anniversary of Loud and Clear Records? No, says label owner Brad Lee. “This is my second day in San Diego without a day …
February 22, 2012
Dunwells Invade Belly Up
The Dunwells are the latest players in the emerging West London folk scene to come to America. When they play the Belly Up, it will be for the first time. The latest UK folk invasion …
February 22, 2012
Martinis Above Fourth
American humorist James Thurber once said, “One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.” While most of us instinctively know this to be true, there’s no better place to …
February 22, 2012
Soho Coho
When I was a student at the University of Hawaii and broke, a friend of mine had a nice job cooking and asked if I was any good in the kitchen, and I was, like, …
February 22, 2012
It Was the Piano
In January Chuck Perrin pulled his Dizzy’s jazz series out of the San Diego Wine and Culinary Event Center in the Harbor Club Towers downtown. “I got a couple of days’ notice that the piano …
February 22, 2012
Murder with Special Circumstances?
Hi Matt! I’ve noticed, since at least the first Gulf War, the flag patches on the uniforms of American soldiers are backwards. To me, that’s weird. What’s the story? Nobody I know can fill me …
February 22, 2012
Leap Year, Baby
“After six years, we switched out some members and just lost momentum,” says Adam Gimbel of Rookie Card, who’ll play their first full RC set in four years at La Mesa’s Riviera Supper Club on …
February 22, 2012
Daley Ranch: Boulder Loop
Distance from downtown San Diego: Allow one-hour driving time to Escondido. From I-15, exit east on El Norte Parkway. Turn left (north) on La Honda Drive. The parking area for the Daley Ranch is on …
February 22, 2012
Scuba Lessons for Zonies
The Zonies are coming, the Zonies are coming! Friends of ours, actually, fleeing the heat of a Phoenix summer and looking to rent a house near the ocean. The first item on their agenda is …
February 22, 2012
Carl Durant's Belgian Connection
During Belgian singer-songwriter Milow’s February residency at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood (which ends February 29), he performed at a February 9 pre-Grammy party at the Belgian consul’s residence in L.A., along with local singer/guitarist Carl …
February 22, 2012
Movie Reviews: In Darkness, Chico & Rita, Rampart
Time to get out the good word a little early about In Darkness. It opens March 2, and serious, challenging movies such as this often have difficulty staying in theaters. It is no blockbuster, but …
February 22, 2012
Can living near a major road be dangerous to your health?
As any urban dweller knows, all traffic is local. But what’s inside its dark spew, and how it affects people nearby, is a mystery. Two new air monitors coming to San Diego will help answer …
February 22, 2012
Trilingual Rock
“I have one friend who straight up told me that if he can’t understand the lyrics he can’t get into our music,” says singer/songwriter/guitarist Pablo Garduno about the fact that some of the lyrics of …
February 22, 2012
Gaming the System
Daniel K. Inouye gave $500 to the congressional reelection bid of Republican Brian Bilbray on October 19. But the donor is not the famous Democratic senator from Hawaii; it’s his son, who works for the …
February 22, 2012
We Speak of Jeremy Lin
He’s been so everywhere, it’s hard to remember the lad has been under the big top for, as I write this, only 15 days. His first NBA game as a starter occurred on February 4, …
February 22, 2012
Veronica Falls: Indie Pop Has Life
Veronica Falls is a London band whose debut single is a ghost story called “Found Love in a Graveyard.” On their first full-length release, they also feature songs titled “Misery,” “Bad Feeling,” and “Beachy Head,” …
February 22, 2012
North San Diego County's Coaster will get advertising all over it
Benjamin Tobias has ridden mass transit in major cities all over the world. In most of those places — London, Paris, New York — commuting in an urban area means riding underground in a dark, …
February 22, 2012
Fat Claims, Fat Chance
A web of interrelated North County enterprises — known for high-pressure TV ads — professes its products will help you peel off body fat. But to conceal what it is doing, this group of purported …
February 22, 2012
Vista Woman Admits Stealing Books From County Libraries
A Vista woman accused of stealing thousands of books from libraries around San Diego County pleaded guilty to one count of “commercial burglary” in the Vista courthouse on February 20. An investigation reportedly started last …
February 22, 2012
Plaza de Panama Committee Lobbies City Hall
La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs has continued to pull out all the stops in his efforts to get his controversial parking and transportation plan for Balboa Park approved by the city council. As reported earlier, …
February 22, 2012
Sheriff Seeks Supporters
San Diego County sheriff Bill Gore is looking for more than a few good women’s support garments to bolster the physiques of his (presumably) female prisoners, 2700 per year, to be exact. According to a …
February 22, 2012
The Scientific Facts About Cake
As one of the most devoted followings in modern music lost their collective shit upon Cake's emergence from the backstage curtain, the Sacramento band kicked things off with the molasses drip of "Sad Songs and …
February 22, 2012
Congregation Dor Hadash
Denomination: Reconstructionist Membership: 125 families Pastor: Rabbi Yael Ridberg Age: 43 Born: Bridgeport, Conn. Formation: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia, Penn. Years Ordained: 15 San Diego Reader: How long do you spend writing your sermon? Rabbi …
February 22, 2012
Arrow, by Heartless Bastards
For most of my adult life I have worked at record stores. One can only listen to the Beatles so many times (though I'm testing that statement everyday). So, with whim on my side I'll …
February 22, 2012