A good Samaritan stops a beating and recalls the lessons taught to her by her grandmother.
June 6, 2012
Blog Entries
- Taste of Gaslamp
- Swiener: Fondue on a Stick?
- Tho Undergoing Chemo, Mighty Joe Longa Appearing at 6-10 Cancer Fundraiser
- Big Front Door Opens in University Heights
- Flamenco, Tapas, and Sangria at Vagabond Kitchen
- One Night in Las Colinas
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- Over 2 Tons of Marijuana Seized Headed for Tijuana
- Lafayette Poolside Movie Nights
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- Studio Visit: Painter Andrea Rushing
- June Gloom - Bastard Noise, Author & Punisher, Zsa Zsa Gabor, ANA/, and Tabloid
- Stone Brewing Company Summer Movie Series
- THQ Abruptly Shutters Local Video Game Design Studio, Charged With 'Burying' the News
- Planning Commissioners To Vote On Plaza de Panama Project
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- Korean Fusion Amid a Club Atmosphere at Fuze
- San Diego Unified Raises Price Tag On Mission Beach Center
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- Celebrating SD's Last 2 Drive-in Theaters (1st DI Opened 79 Years Ago Today)
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- Post Election Blues
- Walking is not Running and Vice Versa
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- DisMaio!
- A Play is Born
- Rotting Fruit
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- A Closer Look at the Trailer for The Bourne Legacy
- County Library System Honored
- Quentin and Forsythe Slay Giants
- Venus Transited
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News & Stories
Woman beaten on 4th and Washington
Planning for the Weekend: Which Speakeasy?
San Diego is home to a couple of speakeasy bars, including Prohibition and Noble Experiment. These places are exclusive, and hidden. My husband reserved 4 spots a couple months back at Noble Experiment, and it …
June 6, 2012
Prometheus: A Lurching Carnival of Budget Blasts
Years in development, Ridley Scott’s Aliens prequel Prometheus flaunts many roots, from epic themes sucked out of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the inevitable, awful ick-with-teeth (Aliens and its progeny). There is a dull nod …
June 6, 2012
Our Dad Was Marco
Three sisters — former “kitchen slaves” — opened their Cafe Di Roma in Imperial Beach.
June 6, 2012
Zelda's Place
The waiter at Street Side Thai Kitchen set the Garden Fish ($19.95) down in the middle of the table. A crispy orb peeked from beneath a fringe of cilantro. Freshly sliced tomatoes lined one side …
June 6, 2012
Family Physics
First it was David and Liam who disappeared into the other room. Sean was next, followed by Heather a few minutes later and my mother not long after. “You’ve got to make him stop,” Jane …
June 6, 2012
Beyond the Song
A soundman is tasked with making a live concert sound like a recording, whether the stage environment is an open space in a rainstorm or a room the size of a walk-in closet. Kris Poulin …
June 6, 2012
Snow White and the Huntsman: Less for Fairy Tale Fans Than Action Buffs
As Queen Ravenna, the vicious usurper in Snow White and the Huntsman, Charlize Theron looks so fabulous that her Oscar-winner, Aileen Wuornos in Monster, seems almost another species. An empress of narcissism, Ravenna insists on …
June 6, 2012
Khaled Waleh, owner of Zia’s Afghan Café in North Park, helps me find his dad
‘He’s gone back to Afghanistan,” says Khaled Waleh. “He left last week.” It’s a shock. I’d come looking for Zia Waleh, famous for his intimate Zia’s Afghan Café in North Park, closed now but much …
June 6, 2012
How Do You Do? Mayer Hawthorne
If you’re going to do ’60s- and ’70s-style soul in 2012, you’d better be good. More than that, you need to sing soul like you mean it. For that reason, I was not won over …
June 6, 2012
Tiddlywinks...a Sport? (No Headband Required.)
Man versus horse, man versus tiddlywinks.
June 6, 2012
Whitneybutler’s Blog
She’s white, doesn’t speak Spanish, goes to a Mexican’s party, and someone there calls her a “wetback.” Huh?
June 6, 2012
This Is the One with the Most Supple Flow: Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom opens with Benjamin Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” The tactic, like the music, is inspired. The kids of the Bishop family listen to the vinyl LP, and their imaginations …
June 6, 2012
Can’t grow a meth plant. Killer tomatoes, however...
Can you grow a smokable crystal-meth plant by sprinkling the “devil’s dandruff” on an ordinary plant while it grows? Can you, can you?
June 6, 2012
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part Three
Way before Occupy San Diego, free speech activists got carted off to jail in 1912.
June 6, 2012
Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch
Less crowded, unique and beautiful wildlands make this a good place to explore.
June 6, 2012
The Talented Malcontents of Circa
The term “supergroup” was already old when Time got around to explaining it to their readers in 1974. Having been coined in 1969 to market the British band Blind Faith (Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ric …
June 6, 2012
They Aren't Promoters
Red Wizard gets booted off the band lineup following an article in the Reader.
June 6, 2012
San Diego Economy: Where’s the Oomph?
Is low home-ownership an indication of San Diego’s stagnant economy?
June 6, 2012
The Intouchables, A Less Sentimental Driving Miss Daisy
Through his career, François Cluzet has been chased by a resemblance to Dustin Hoffman. In a restrained French way, he might be as talented. I would rather view again his quadriplegic Philippe in The Intouchables …
June 6, 2012
The Zen Of Housework
I look over my shoulder down my arms to where they disappear under water into hands inside pink rubber gloves moiling among dinner dishes. My hands lift a wine glass, holding it by the stem …
June 6, 2012
Richard Meltzer's New Gig
Rock critic Richard Meltzer talks about his former columnist gig at the Reader and his new project with Mike Watt: Spielgusher.
June 6, 2012