Anyone who’s eaten at a Greek restaurant the past four decades or so is familiar with gyro meat. At least, the American concept of gyro meat: a spiced, finely ground blend of beef and lamb. …
October 16, 2020
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Notice the difference in Zgara gyros
Lost Cause repeats its meads feats
For the second year in a row, San Diego’s own Lost Cause Meadery has won five medals from the Mazer Cup International Mead Competition, the world’s biggest judged mead contest. The accomplishment further establishes Lost …
October 16, 2020
Who Needs Halloween?
Faulconer: “First, there’s the matter of Covid transmission via Snickers, which is terrifying enough. But really: 2020 ought to make you question your whole attachment to a holiday that glorifies fear. Fear is terrible: it’s …
October 16, 2020
Cesar Romero’s high-fructose performance with Carmen Miranda
Havana watch a trio of musicals set in pre-revolutionary Cuba. Care to join me? Week-End in Havana (1941) Out of the 480 steamship passengers stranded on a reef, Nan Spencer (Alice Faye), a hosiery salesgirl …
October 16, 2020
Navy issues redesign for Seal Team 7 patch following yet another incident
Seal Team Seven member Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel Enayat has been charged with sexual assault in San Diego following an alcohol-related incident at a 2019 Fourth of July party in Iraq with a …
October 16, 2020
Padres vs Il Padre
Following the Padres heartbreaking loss to the Dodgers, the team’s Swinging Friar fell to his knees, lifted his eyes to the heavens, and cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani? My God, my …
October 16, 2020
Emperor Shirakawa offers a prayer to Hachiman
Emperor Shirikawa Of the six fundamental disciplines, the observance of the commandments is considered the most important; of the ten commandments, the prohibition on the taking of life is the prime one. All living creatures …
October 16, 2020
Jupiter Symphony – good to vacuum by
I’ve never heard Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony. Can you believe that? After all these years, it has avoided me. I’ve heard Mozart’s Haffner Symphony at least three times. I’ve heard his Symphony No 29 twice. I’ve …
October 16, 2020