Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher’s somewhat tumultuous upbringing.
May 23, 2012
Blog Entries
- Morrissey Comes to San Diego to Say "SeaWorld Sucks"
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- Venable Shines, But Pads Swept By Cards
- Voter Survey: Smokers' Tax Losing Support, Brown Tax Proposal Remains Strong
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- San Diego Showing Tourism Growth
- Rumor: Manchester to Buy Register Thursday or Friday
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- Tull Romances Gwynn in Bid for Padres
- Rick: Feast or Famine at First and A
- Meet Your Vegan Burrito — Again
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- County Supervisor Candidate Brant Will — Hanging on to Idealism
- Carnitas' Snack Shack: Still Surprisingly Affordable (Plus a Bit on the Global Financial Crisis...)
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- Truck Week: The Diva of Operacaffe
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- The Hidden Dangers of a Weekday Brunch at Parkhouse Eatery
- UCAN Likely to Get New Executive Director
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- The Case of the Lakeside Labrador
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- Seattle Moviegoer Charged with Knocking Out Noisy Ten-Year-Old's Tooth
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- T&A Sells Movies...
- Tony Stark, Hypocrite
- Windfall
- Mexican Peso Weakened, Baja Tourism Rises
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- A letter I sent to the CA state legislature concerning CSUs
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- Some Lick It Hot: Hotel Del Coronado Celebrates Billy Wilder Stamp
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- The Three R's
- San Diego Rocksters Pierce the Veil Set to Release New Music July 17
- San Diego U-T CEO Suggested Use of Paper's News Clout in Sign Dispute, City Emails Show
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- Foreclosure Rates Continue to Fall
- Amplified Ale Works Turns Volume Up Another Notch
- Losing My Inhibitions at Muzita Abyssinian Bistro
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News & Stories
Nathan Fletcher’s Untold Stories
Boys Are Petty
Gamer Girl at Nerdcore night says, “We all grew up on Nintendo and Star Wars.”
May 23, 2012
Most Important Meal of the Day
That’s what they call breakfast, right? But, honestly, most weekdays, I’m not very good at getting my day started off right. Our household does enjoy breakfast on weekends, and we always take note of what …
May 23, 2012
The Acoustic-Schlock Therapy of Jeffrey Joe Morin
Guitarist Jeffrey Joe Morin describes his performances as “Generally genre non-specific. I archive, treasure, and exhibit 20th-century American-standard songs of love, romance, and dramatic introspection.”
May 23, 2012
Our Generation
What’s with this “Urban” thing? There’s “Urbn,” the bar-eatery in North Park, “Urban Eats” on Fifth Avenue in Hillcrest, and now “Urban India,” near the Gaslamp. I noticed it walking down Fourth toward Broadway the …
May 23, 2012
Encinitas Art Auction Backstory
Over 100 people turned out for Encinitas' 101 Artist Colony's banner auction on May 20. The annual art sale invited 97 local artists to submit original paintings, on white vinyl banners, that were then hung …
May 23, 2012
Battleship Is Bullship
Let’s be honest: Battleship is Bullship. That honor is soon justified, when Lieutenant Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) steals a burrito to impress the va-voom daughter (Brooklyn Decker) of an admiral (Liam Neeson). A boozing screw-up …
May 23, 2012
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part One
About a hundred years ago, the Wobblies labor movement boiled over in San Diego.
May 23, 2012
Bernie: Jack Black Is the Most Likeable Man in Carthage, Texas
Jack Black, a likeable actor, simply had to play the most likeable man in Carthage, Texas. He is Bernhardt Tiede II, currently in prison yet still loved in Carthage for having been a funeral director …
May 23, 2012
Bowling as a Bottom of the Barrel Sporting Experience
A big hole in your television sports experience is about to be filled.
May 23, 2012
France in an Instant
Did you see the headline from China? They teleported photons over 60 miles,” I said. When David shook his head in the affirmative, I felt a sense of pride in my worldliness. “Yeah, it was …
May 23, 2012
Bad Music Night in Logan Heights
It was a sad day for clowns when, last July, antiquated zoning regulations forced Technomania Circus to shut down their backyard performance space in Barrio Logan after seven years in business. Determined to continue juggling …
May 23, 2012
Men in Black III Takes a Final Run at the Bank
In what must be a final run at the bank, Men in Black III arrives a decade after the last installment. The first two MiB shows grossed over a billion worldwide, providing rich justification for …
May 23, 2012
Price of Influence
Ex–San Diego city councilman Jim Madaffer, who fought for years with then–San Diego State president Steve Weber over redevelopment plans for the school’s sprawling campus just off Interstate 8, has put the full weight of …
May 23, 2012
Jacumba trusts Dave Landman, the naked guy
"I am thinking about becoming the Duke of Jacumba,” Dave Landman jokes. We are sitting in the dining room at his DeAnza Springs Nudist Resort, a property in Jacumba that Landman has owned for 15 …
May 23, 2012
Desert Daze
Desert Hot Springs offered an unexpectedly cool alternative to Coachella’s music fest.
May 23, 2012
The Cult's Choice of Weapon
“I was semi-detached from the world, but not from myself,” says Ian Astbury. The Cult lyricist and singer is on the phone from Los Angeles. He explains where his head was at during the writing …
May 23, 2012
The Moth Diaries: Moonstruck Walks, Erotic Rivalry, Repressive Authority, Nocturnal Blood
Early reviews have argued that director Mary Harron has fallen below her previous level (American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page) with The Moth Diaries. They might better have emphasized the intelligent skill that Harron, who …
May 23, 2012
Irwin Jacobs’s Politicking Offspring
It’s not just family patriarch Irwin Jacobs, billionaire founder of Qualcomm, who is handing out the big political money this campaign season. Son Harlan, who has signed on as a backer of mayoral candidate Nathan …
May 23, 2012
Blue Sky Ecological Reserve
See several native San Diego habitat types on a leisurely stroll.
May 23, 2012
Yacht: A Band, a Business, a Belief System
Yacht is sometimes spelled like the boat, sometimes all in capital letters, sometimes as Y.A.C.H.T., and sometimes with a triangle in place of the “A.” And Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans invariably describe their venture …
May 23, 2012
One, Two, Many Poetry Readings
Always three in red and six in black; always at least one lined face; always a few on display; usually a headache, and absolutely always a hangover; 2 or 3 God-struck ones. 2 blond kids …
May 23, 2012