Permit me a wry grimace as I imagine theatrical legend Alec Guinness’ reaction upon learning that a theater critic’s first memory of him — of any sort of performance, really — came from Star Wars. …
January 8, 2020
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Star Wars, and me
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January 8, 2020
Chancing the Coaster’s Del Mar cliffs
“How’s that cliff that fell away? I ask this train employee. I’m at the Santa Fe Depot, about to board the Coaster for Solana Beach. Feeling a touch queasy after reading about the piece of …
January 8, 2020
The fire station that Rob Wellington Quigley built
Pacific Highway doesn’t look like it sounds. The name calls to mind surfboard-topped VW buses, sunsets, and bike-riders in bathing suits, something like what you’d see on Highway 101 around Cardiff. But instead, it’s mostly …
January 8, 2020
San Diego Convention Center vote under-funded so far
Too poor to pass? With just two months left until California primary election day on March 3, fundraisers for San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer’s convention center expansion and homeless tax boost still have plenty of …
January 8, 2020
Jen Campbell constituents urged to email her
There is talk among voters in San Diego’s council District 2 about starting a petition to recall Councilmember Jennifer Campbell who they feel is ghosting her constituents and their public safety concerns, most notably in …
January 8, 2020
Duncan Hunter stories taken seriously
The wonders of Duncan Hunter I was just wondering. I picked up the Reader. I haven’t read the story yet (“Duncan Hunter: San Diego’s good soldier”, Cover Stories, December 25). On the front page is …
January 8, 2020
The rise of remote workers in San Diego
The results are in: San Diego is a remote work city. How do I know? Kate Lister told me so. She’s a renowned tracker of how we work, and how many of us work without …
January 8, 2020
From the scrunchie to the Cats movie
Dear Hipster: What were the best and worst parts of 2019? — Zadie From the hipster perspective, the best part of 2019 would have to be the brief return to popularity of the scrunchie. Ordinarily, …
January 8, 2020