If you want to add some art to your summer, consider heading up to Laguna Beach. A July visit here brought me within walking distance of three major art festivals: the Sawdust Festival, Festival of …
July 21, 2014
News & Stories
Laguna Beach: summer means art fests
Anything but a fluff-ball interview
Occasionally one comes to an interview over-prepared. Such was the case with Gabriel Iglesias, the comedian who recently visited San Diego on a leg of the promotional tour for his first big screen comedy concert, …
July 21, 2014
Pope Francis in TJ?
According to Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, Pope Francis accepted an invitation to visit Mexico during a meeting between the two at the Vatican last month. Since the June 7 meeting, Tijuana has turned up …
July 21, 2014
It tastes good to be wrong sometimes
The first time I encountered Tender Greens I was milling about the UTC mall waiting to catch a movie at the ArcLight. Something to know about me is that I loathe and detest malls, to …
July 21, 2014
Manchester’s size-matters debate rivets Texans
This past May, the development arm of Douglas Manchester got some good news from the media arm of the mega-millionaire La Jollan. "Construction on the 1,054-room Fairmont Austin, which will be linked to the Austin …
July 21, 2014
Red threads of connection
I doubt that Jade Heart playwright Will Cooper could ask for a better production than Moxie’s. The play, about a Chinese orphan adopted by an American mother, is relentlessly nonlinear and needlessly convoluted. The fits …
July 21, 2014
San Diego Craft Beer in Europe
This weekend, Stone Brewing Co., my employer, announced that it will be the first American craft brewing company to own and operate a brewery in Europe when it opens the doors to a 43,000-plus square …
July 21, 2014
Where the suds meet the turf
There’s nothing quite like a day spent at the track, picking the ponies and, hopefully, taking home some cash. For the longest time, doing so meant settling for Del Margaritas. I know, I know…first-world problems. …
July 21, 2014
Bubble value
The median price of San Diego homes is $474,300 — more than $300,000 above the U.S. median of $174,200, according to Zillow.com. San Diego County prices are now only 11.9 percent below the peak of …
July 21, 2014
Antar Martin does a Dolphy tribute
Tuesday 22 Jazz Live a KSDS Jazz 88 production, continues their summer concert series with LA vocalist Barbara Morrison fronting an 18-piece orchestra and reflecting on the legacy of Dinah Washington at the Saville Theatre …
July 21, 2014