What do vegan, gluten free, and paleo diets have in common? Nuts and seeds, mostly. But, if you’re in Leucadia, they also have Nectarine Grove. The counter restaurant opened a couple months ago, and, against …
March 22, 2018
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Meals fit for a vegan, gluten-free caveman
To fight strippers, no one gets to dance
In most restaurants in the city of Encinitas, when live music is offered, dancing is not allowed. After finally paying off a $3,000 fine a few weeks ago, levied in September by the California Alcohol …
March 22, 2018
Don't tell them you are a reporter
San Diego city officials confirmed that the city has suspended the creation of Maintenance Assessment Districts — but couldn’t find any documentation of that policy shift during the more than four weeks they searched after …
March 22, 2018
Power and bombast gained with age
As the gods of metal age: the short list includes Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Black Sabbath, Udo Dirkschneider, and those other German head-bangers, the Scorpions. Most of these bands have retired, thought better of …
March 22, 2018
Belly up Kaabooted from Del Mar
Belly Up Kaabooted Artist renderings were unveiled last week for the Del Mar Fairground’s planned state-of-the-art concert venue that will be ready next year. The two-story venue will have polished cement floors, balconies, multiple bars, …
March 22, 2018
Fervent charm
When was the last time you visited a mainstream multiplex and the sight of two men kissing on screen wasn’t greeted with either uncomfortable laughter from the audience or caterwauling rumbles of disapproval? Well now, …
March 22, 2018
Barry Minkow movie is finally out
In February, 2015 I wrote that Bruce Caulk, a part-time La Jolla resident, had a problem: as a movie producer/director, he had invested a bundle in a redemption movie about San Diegan Barry Minkow, who …
March 22, 2018
Sisster synth
In her previous music life, Viri Dimayuga fronted Viri and Los Bandidos. She was backed by a male band as she sang original rockabilly tunes en Español. Two years ago, Dimayuga gave up performing in …
March 22, 2018
Mother Mahler's Home for the Sick and Dying
Over the course of any endeavor there are highs and lows; peaks which reveal unimaginable vistas, and dark crevices full of creatures which are less than benevolent. With the San Diego Symphony, the crevices are …
March 22, 2018
Adios Oysterfest
It was learned last week one longtime local music fest will not be back this year. Headliners at last year’s 8th Annual Oysterfest June 9 and 10 included Matisyahu and local bands Rocket From the …
March 22, 2018
Two poems for spring
Scrubbing the Sheep Tank Even in midwinter, algae thrives in the tank So I find myself on this 18-degree day Bending to it, circling the surface, January wind scouring my face. I scrub the scum, …
March 22, 2018
Crazy Town’s “Butterfly” counts as a sick party jam
Dear Hipster: Most people probably don’t think about San Diego as having a vibrant classical music scene, but we do. It’s not, like, NYC, or 19th-century Vienna, but local fans enjoy an outstanding selection of …
March 22, 2018
Giuseppe Garibaldi speaks against the Pope
I am a Christian and I speak to Christians—I am a good Christian and speak to good Christians. I love and venerate the religion of Christ because Christ came into the world to deliver humanity …
March 22, 2018
Well Well Well - $6 cover art
“We plan on releasing two EPs this year, with a couple of songs premiering every month until May,” says guitarist Seton Edgerton, one half of folky synthpop duo Well Well Well. The Poptimism EP was …
March 22, 2018