Before making it my home, San Diego was an annual vacation destination for 15 years. “1995” was written across the spine of the TDK-HS video cassette, but the exact date of this joyride is unsure. …
April 15, 2020
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Video: San Diego Joyride '95
Hell is other people in a Zoom meeting
So, my dear family, here we are. We’ve found a limit: the number at which you can’t necessarily hold a single conversation together at table. But I’m going to propose a topic anyway: something you’ve …
April 15, 2020
Between places with Jordan Kisner
Author Jordan Kisner’s recently released essay collection Thin Places: Essays from In Between takes its title from a Celtic proverb that says, “Heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in the thin places …
April 15, 2020
San Diego's border dogs are our kryptonite
The first time I saw Biggie, she was sitting next to the Border Patrol Yukon parked at the K rail at the east end of Spooner’s Mesa looking down into Smuggler’s Gulch and south into …
April 15, 2020
Irwin Jacobs funds PAC attacking Trump on coronavirus
Faulconer’s COVID-19 bust Add San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer to the list of locals hit directly in the pocketbook by the coronavirus shutdown of San Diego’s tourist business. Last year, Restaurant Events, the convention-related food, …
April 15, 2020
The benevolent Oceanside landlord
Fair and Cooperative I just read an article by Ken Leighton that has incorrect statements. The statement contained a quote from Chad Elliott, owner of Oceanside Jewelers that was not verified (“Oceanside anguishes over its …
April 15, 2020
I endorsed Joe Exotic for President
Dear Hipster: The more people tell me to watch Tiger King, the less I want to watch Tiger King. Am I being a total hipster because I refuse to watch Tiger King as my go-to …
April 15, 2020