Drinks at Fernside make it feel like summertime any day of the year. At least, that was part of the goal when they created the recipe for the Nude Beach. A slight nod to San …
April 8, 2021
News & Stories
Pretty in pink, the drink
Where the author of Corpus of Joe Bailey created fictional residents of Mission Hills
Novelist Oakley Hall was best known for his Westerns, including Warlock, which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1958. But before rising to fame, the San Diego-born writer broke out with 1953’s Corpus of Joe …
April 8, 2021
Cheyenne Benton’s love/hate relationship with the San Diego County Fair
Cheyenne Benton loves the San Diego County Fair. Except when she hates it. “One of my best stories would have to be when I was performing at the 2019 fair,” she recalls. “We got to …
April 8, 2021
Pork belly evolution
“The whole ramen thing again?” says my friend Annie. We’re on the phone. “No. This is like the original, and IMHO the best,” I say. “Come on down! Sun’s got two fists to go!” Up …
April 8, 2021
The funkier, groove-orientated side
Fronted by Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin, the New Regime recently released two live performance videos off their third album Heart Mind Body & Soul, “You Can Be” and “Smoke and Mirrors,” with six …
April 8, 2021
Godzilla vs. Kong: monstrous
The definition of insanity is watching another sequel with “Kong” and/or “Godzilla” in its title and expecting different results. Godzilla vs. Kong is a risk-free retread of Jurassic proportions. Kong still calls Skull Island his …
April 8, 2021
Local event organizers merge to form the San Diego Event Coalition
Mike Kociela’s old band, New World Spirits, got signed to Universal Records in the mid-90s. They were chewed up and spit out by the label a couple of years later. By 1997, he had formed …
April 8, 2021