Usually San Ysidro means a trip through the world’s busiest border crossing and, ipso facto, tacos for lunch. But this time I’m taking the second to LAST USA EXIT in search of bone marrow. And …
November 15, 2018
News & Stories
Marrow on the side in Ysidro
In honor of the fallen
Ed. Note: November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of World War I. The San Diego Reader will devote this month’s poetry columns to the poets who wrote about their experiences of that war. …
November 15, 2018
The epitome of California canyon living
“Hidden behind beautiful hedges,” this 1924 Bankers Hill estate at 3372 Front Street “is truly unique in downtown San Diego and the epitome of California canyon living.” So promise the listing materials. The residence, which …
November 15, 2018
Rib tips are beckoning
What is going on up here? This is Chollas View-Mount Hope. Guess I’ve been looking for ribs in all the wrong places, heh heh. We’re talking Market Street in the 4200 area. Trundling east in …
November 15, 2018
November 8 Brainstorm Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 36. Robert Ott, Mira Mesa, 12. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 12. K.J. Rayner, San Diego, 12. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 11. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 9. Greg Bergeron, Tierrasanta, 9. Martin Soblick, …
November 15, 2018
November 8 Crossword Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 39. Martin Soblick, Del Mar, 37. Ron Meyer, Santee, 36. Jon Christianson, El Cajon, 35. Dennis Butterworth, San Diego, 33. Maria Coda, Oceanside, 33. Richard Hutchings, Santee, 33. Evelyn Bowser, San …
November 15, 2018
November 8 Sudoku Contenders
Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 41. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 37. Thomas LaFleur, San Diego, 37. Ralph Levy, La Jolla, 37. Isabella Bosch-Sorensen, San Diego, 35. Sheila Brown, Golden Hill, 35. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 35. …
November 15, 2018
Last Letter: Iwai delivers
Lovers of unrequited love, rejoice. There is enough handwritten romantic communication exchanged in Shunji Iwai’s deceptively uncomplicated romance Last Letter to fill a small post office branch. And no junk mail! Given that he has …
November 15, 2018
From Chula Vista keggers to the big leagues
Right around the Millennium, it was a good time for rock and roll music. The early 2000’s saw a trend of hybrid bands that mixed hardcore, punk, hip hop, and grunge. Nu Metal, or Rapcore …
November 15, 2018
Gigmaster Kornhauser
In jazz circles, a player who knows how to stay working on a consistent basis despite the relative lack of opportunities in a limited market stands out, and in San Diego, pianist Ed Kornhauser (who …
November 15, 2018
“Rational Discourse is Gay”
Anal Trump, Rob Crow’s not-so-secret collaboration (under pseudonyms) with Cattle Decapitation’s Travis Ryan, dropped their album The First 100 Songs via Joyful Noise on Election Day. It features selections from each of their previous EPs …
November 15, 2018
Hard rock sweet spot
Rob Farr was embedded in the glammed-up hair metal scene that ruled West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip in the mid-’80s. “There was band called Ruby Slippers which were basically Poison before they became Poison,” says Farr …
November 15, 2018