There’s a place on the Gulf Coast where the ocean sparkles turquoise, white sand sifts through your toes, and the water teems with fish of all types: amberjack, snapper, grouper, triggerfish, mackerel, shark. Alabama’s Gulf …
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Hook to cook: fishing Alabama's Gulf Coast
Five Bartell Hotels hit by data breach
Bartell Hotels today (September 8) said it is notifying customers of five of its seven San Diego hotels that there was a data breach earlier this year. The compromised information includes credit-card numbers of 43,000 …
September 8, 2014
Veggiejuana: an introduction to vegetarian TJ
The thought of eating vegetarian in Tijuana may seem strange. After all, when considering the cuisine of our neighbor to the south, one generally pictures the carne asada, chorizo, adobada, and braided tripa tacos that …
September 8, 2014
First-class gas for cheaper
Gas prices along North County’s coastline — from Del Mar to Carlsbad — usually average 10 to 15 cents higher than most areas of San Diego. However a few days ago, the FOX5 morning news …
September 8, 2014
New David Lynch film opens (and closes) Wednesday, September 10
Honest to Pete, there are days when even I get tired of bitching and moaning, but living in a culturally deprived cow town where art is measured by the number of costumed mental patients who …
September 8, 2014
The Two Gents Template
If you didn’t know who wrote it, you’d swear the author of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, currently at the Old Globe, stole every Shakespearean device he could find. Two Gents is “early” Shakespeare. The …
September 8, 2014
What Faulconer didn't tell Candy Crowley
San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, who back in May quietly left town to burnish his image at a Memphis gathering of the Republican National Committee, has been sighted on the road again. This time Faulconer …
September 8, 2014
Now Try This: Shave Ice at Angels and Hearts
Even if we live in a sick, sad world where Hello Kitty isn’t actually a kitty at all, there’s always Angels and Hearts, a new dessert shop in Kearny Mesa, to inject a bit of …
September 8, 2014
Council rolls out the barrel(-aged beer)
Perhaps no brewery that’s debuted in 2014 has arrived to such immediate and nearly unanimous fanfare as Council Brewing Company (7705 Convoy Court, Kearny Mesa). From hop-forward pale ales and IPAs to low-ABV English-style ales …
September 8, 2014
Sunday fishing report
September 7 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 40 Anglers, 1 Boat, 1 Lingcod, 2 California Yellowtail, 16 Rockfish, 22 Pacific Bonito, 7 Kelp Bass, 45 Kelp Bass Released Dana Landing 4 Anglers, 1 Boat, 3 …
September 8, 2014