(Editor’s note: The listing was removed after this piece was submitted, but we are presenting the story anyway, in part because, given the house’s history on the market, it seems likely that it will be …
July 20, 2022
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Saint Malo: A home more informed by English Tudor than French Normandy style
Invaders from Vermont Street bridge knock on our door
The first time he knocked, my wife and I were brainstorming dinner ideas. He must have approached cautiously, or the creaky porch would have given him away. As it was, our conversation choked to a …
July 20, 2022
San Diego schools spent Covid money on inscrutable source
San Diego Unified’s wall of stone The San Diego Unified School District’s board of trustees has been playing fast and loose with Covid-19 testing money handed out by the federal government. But despite its best …
July 20, 2022
New love found in New Zealand
Something happened last month when I went down to New Zealand. I fell in love. Again. It was Diane. I had known her in student days. She was bright, shy, that unexpected laugh, those unexpected …
July 20, 2022
Heading down El Cajon Boulevard aboard the rapid rattler
I’m trying to write this aboard the #1 bus. Ha! Judder judder judder judder JUDDER! You have to wonder how these buses hold together. The road surface rides like a bulldozer had grooved the tarmac …
July 20, 2022