South of the broad, gently shelving beach at La Jolla Shores, the shoreline quickly changes character, becoming rocky tidepools, a fringe of wave-tossed boulders and cobbles, and steep cliffs. Just offshore, the deep, submarine La …
January 15, 2004
La Jolla Stories
Hike past tidepools to the La Jolla Caves during the lowest of low tides.
Best of 2003: Best Half-Marathon
La Jolla Half-Marathon www.lajollahalfmarathon.com The La Jolla Half-Marathon, a 13-mile race held each April, traces San Diego's coastline from the Del Mar Racetrack, through Del Mar, up into Torrey Pines, past UCSD, through La Jolla …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Free Animal Show
Harbor Seals The Children's Pool, La Jolla www.lajollaseals.org They don't balance balls on their noses. They never stand up on their flippers and wave their tails at the crowd. What they do is wriggle their …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Place To Ogle Straight Men
Café Japengo 8960 University Center Lane, UTC www.cafejapengo.com 858-450-3355 On Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m., you'll find handsome, well-educated, career-minded men, late 20s to mid 40s, packing this place. Maybe they come for the …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Film Festival
San Diego International Film Festival UCSD Price Theater, La Jolla www.sdiff.com 858-534-4559 This is San Diego's version of Sundance or Telluride -- without the celebrity hoopla. Entering its 19th year, the San Diego International Film …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Caffeinated Melting Pot
The Living Room 1010 Prospect Avenue, La Jolla 858-459-1187 Centrally located in La Jolla's village, this is a popular locale for foreign singles. Men and women from Brazil, Lebanon, Syria, Croatia, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq, and …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best "Signature" Lobster Bisque
Marine Room 2000 Spindrift Road, La Jolla www.marineroom.com 858-459-7222 Chef Bernard Guillas's bisque proves to be a signature indeed, a unique version of the omnipresent soup. Exciting and unexpectedly complex, it starts with a good, …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Rock'N'Rolls
Sushi On the Rock 7734 Girard Avenue, La Jolla 858-456-1138 If you're looking for purist Japanese-style sushi, then it's hard to choose between Sushi Ota and Sushi Kazumi. But if you've got a yen for …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Quiche
Michele Coulon Pastries 7556 Fay Avenue #D, La Jolla 858-456-5098 The Quiche Lorraine features a light, satiny filling of spinach, cheese, and organic Siestel bacon inside a divine crumbly crust. This is not your mother's …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Quality Supermarkets North Of I-8
Harvest Ranch Markets and Jonathan's Harvest Ranch Market, 1555 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, 858-847-0555 Harvest Ranch Market, 162 South Rancho Santa Fe Road, Encinitas, 760-944-6898 Jonathan's, 7611 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, 858-459-2677 Harvest Ranch …
Best of 2003: Best Place To Stock Up On Russian Food
Continent Deli 4150 Regents Park Row, Suite 110, La Jolla 858-623-0099 Can there be a better place in all of Southern California to buy salami? Owner Irina Kanevsky claims her University City store typically stocks …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best New Restaurant
910 Grande Colonial Hotel 910 Prospect Avenue, La Jolla 858-964-5400 In this casual-chic dining room, you feel like you're in Manhattan. You'll hardly notice this soignée ambience, though, once you plunge into Chef Michael Stebner's …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best "Everything Old Is New Again" Food Trend
"Grazing" Some menus call them "small plates" or "global tapas." Others come right out of the closet and admit what they are: grazing menus -- collections of artfully constructed, smaller-size dishes (sized as large appetizers …
Best of 2003: Best Place To Tie One On
The Ascot Shop 7750 Girard Avenue, La Jolla 858-454-4222 Since 1950, the Ascot Shop has been San Diego's mainstay for traditional men's clothing. Neckties, bow ties, and ascots are available in contemporary and traditional designs. …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Mother-Daughter Duds
April Cornell 1000 Prospect Avenue, La Jolla 858-454-1980 7007 Friars Road, Fashion Valley Center 619-298-8482 www.aprilcornell.com Start with the fabrics: crinkled crepe, brocade, crepe de chine, damask, Fuji silk, georgette, jacquard, panne velvet, and sand- …
December 25, 2003
La Jolla
Which La Jolla? Old La Jolla or New La Jolla? The distinction is chronological, but also a matter of attitude. You can see the contrast along a few yards of Girard Avenue, in what used …
December 24, 2003
Get soaked at the La Jolla Indian Reservation's water park and riverside campground.
Eyes shut tight to ward off the stinging spray, wet hair plastered to your head, you hurtle blindly on a straight trajectory toward a sinus-filling finale. Flat on your back, you slip through roller-coasterlike curves …
May 29, 2003
La Jolla Houses Terror Bait
With war brewing in the Middle East and new domestic terror strikes threatened, America is battening down the hatches. Targets are being hardened, nuclear power plants are under close watch, and all manner of precautions …
February 6, 2003
Vacant Lot in La Jolla Causes Grief
"I get a little heated about this," Singer says, "because it's frustrating to me. If this was so important to the neighbors, why did it sit there all these years just the way it is?
September 12, 2002
Walk or run the beach from La Jolla Shores to Torrey Pines reserve.
There are only a few places along the Southern California coastline where you can walk for miles in a single direction and hardly see any highway, railroad tracks, powerlines, houses, or other signs of civilization. …
September 12, 2002