After a recent trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, I was faced with the difficult question of how to keep entertained on the desolate 280-mile trek to my next stop, Amarillo, Texas. The only thing …
October 1, 2013
Blog Entries
- Jeff Hamilton Trio: live
- Cheap tacos in the Courtroom
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- Hitchcock-tober unveils 9 digitally remastered masterworks
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- Origins, Part III: a few final, stray tidbits from James Cameron's Piranha Part 2: The Spawning
- Sanders, Issa pump H-1B program
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- Dig a hole: A.C. Lyles, the man from Paramount
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- State officials, local politicos roll out Covered California state health care exchange
- San Diego pols got lots of Del Mar fair freebies
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- Poverty level likely higher than official Census estimates
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News & Stories
Ghost towns of New Mexico
Car misses freeway ramp in Oceanside
At around 1:00 p.m. on September 29, other drivers must have seen the car careen off the freeway near the west end of Hwy. 78 just before the transition ramp to northbound I-5. Otherwise, the …
October 1, 2013
Seal threateningly follows man at La Jolla Cove
A seal decided to join human beach activity when it swam ashore at La Jolla Cove at 3 p.m. on September 28. No one could believe that the seal would come so close to people …
October 1, 2013
Saturday in South Park: beer and bicyclists
Hundreds of costumed bicyclists rode along South Park streets on Saturday, September 28, during Tour de Fat, New Belgium brewery’s celebration of beer and bikes. The Colorado brewery is taking this festival to 12 cities …
October 1, 2013
Ain’t Misbehavin’ at San Diego Musical Theatre
Some definitions: Harlem Renaissance: a flourishing of African-American art centered on, but not exclusive to, Harlem. Begun in the 1920s, it included writing by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and innovative music by Duke …
October 1, 2013
English Conclusion
And here we are at the conclusion of the first round for England. The final two players are Finzi and Elgar. Believe it or not, I used to know a baritone who was so enamoured …
October 1, 2013
Cardiff’s Chevron gas station NOT for sale
Want to own your own gas station? If you have an extra $1.75 million, the real estate website Trulia lists the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Chevron station for sale. The site stated last week that the asking price …
October 1, 2013
The Importance of Being Earnest at Cygnet Theatre
There are probably plays as funny, though I doubt there’s one funnier than Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people.” The jokes flow like ocean waves, in sets of three, with the third the capper. …
October 1, 2013