Golden Dreams
He’s looking at himself in the window mirror. His arms flail around like the Navy guy who guides planes into landings on a carrier. But what he’s actually doing is wiping the final water away …
Real estate investor and father Steve Rauber is trying to explain why he’s fighting his school district (Coronado)’s plans to make up for covid by squeezing two years of education into one. “The 4x4 [plan] …
“First thing we did when covid hit was lock the doors and put up this “STOP!” sign,” says Dr. Margaret Meadows. But not for long. Except for the initial nine-week shutdown, Meadows’ dental office has …
Sunday morning. Trying to sleep in. No chance. Not one, not two, but three mockingbirds flit around and land in the tree right outside, going “Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!” Aggressively, non-stop. “They’re mockingbirds alright,” says Jen …
“Saluton! Kiel vi fartas?” This is my friend John Drehner. A regular in this column and a regular sage. “Come again?” I say. “I said ‘Greetings! How are you?’” “In what language?” “In the language …
I noticed a convertible on the way into work today. Pretty good looking… especially for a Buick. Good grief, I’m admiring a Buick. Old, old, old. The kind of person who still says Good grief, …
(To the tune of ‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips’). Bulldoze, through the redwoods Through the big trees, And the old folks’ home, Come rampage through the redwoods with me On my new Caterpillar tractor... This was …
I remember the first time I felt nervous about what I was eating. “Nervous,” as opposed to “apprehensive,” which describes how I felt the first time I ate ant eggs, corn smut, and rattlesnake at …
David Page’s initial interest in San Diego’s venerable El Indio Mexican restaurant was maybe not entirely visual, but he grants that “what interested me the most at the time — provided they could meet the …
This started off as I was in the Barrio, listening to some live jazz. Overheard this guy talking with a friend about how planets sing? I had to go and respectfully bust in. Victor Minces, …
My buddy Erik and I do a double take. “Did you see that?” Erik asks? “The Queen of England, on a surfboard?” I turn around. There she is sure enough, and wow! She has her …
Both sky and highway are washed in gold from the lowering sun as I sail along the 94 toward downtown, there to attend the Grand Re-opening of Rooftop Cinema at the Grand Hyatt. It’s a …
We get letters! A longtime Reader reader wrote in a couple weeks back to complain that “The Reader is now spinning Republican shit on your [our?] newly [duly?] elected governor Gavin Newsom… the man we …
“Chinese used the spear, Japanese used the sword,” says Mr. Kim. “We Koreans used the bow. Have for 5000 years.” A badge on his tunic reads “World Kuk Gung Federation” above a sewn picture of …
You have to wonder: this past year, how did we all not go stir crazy with the Covid restrictions? Claudio Martin did it by going as far away as he could. “I travel billions of …
What does Gene Miller love most about life in Bali? “No one here gives a shit about what’s going on in America.” The San Diegan’s speaking over FaceTime from Bali, Indonesia. On the little screen, …