“They’re pouring!” says my friend Kim. We all stand up — some to get out of the splash zone, some to see just how people have been doing this for hundreds of years. We’re in …
November 24, 2021
News & Stories
“John Adams drank a pint of cider every morning. Should we do any less?”
UCSD faculty caught playing hooky
UCSD faculty’s hooky play A September 21 report by UCSD’s Audit & Management Advisory Services has some words of tough love for errant faculty members discovered to be taking too many paid vacations and not …
November 24, 2021
Bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, vehicular bicycling, sharrows, road diets, e-bikes
Back in 1897, Mayor Samuel Black of Columbus, Ohio, vowed to crack down on a new menace that appeared to be taking over his city’s streets: bicycles. He called reckless bicyclists “evil” and blasted “scorchers,” …
November 24, 2021
A Fairbanks Ranch estate perched above San Dieguto River Valley
Have you ever dreamed of being wealthy enough to own a nice mansion in the country? You know, a place with some good acreage to stroll through so you can commune with nature and enjoy …
November 24, 2021
Laird Hamilton’s revolutionary idea: stand-up paddling surfboards
“I don’t know how he does it,” says my friend Gene. “He just seems to have the Midas touch.” He’s talking about his son Marc Miller. On October 28th, Marc’s San Diego surfboard company, Isle …
November 24, 2021
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures meets Jack Black from High Fidelity-type character
Dear Hipster: I have a co-worker named Cliff who is quite the hipster. He drinks good local coffee, he eats locally sourced food, he even rides a cool older bike with Italian parts on it. …
November 24, 2021