A hidden gem along the Californian coast, Santa Cruz offers lush natural parks, eateries with local charm and the traditional boardwalk. It has a relaxed feel like most beach towns, and the locals prize natural …
June 22, 2012
nan shartel
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Diary of a Diet--Day 3 Leave it to a Latino
June 23, 2012 · Mindy Ross
The Latino cashier at 7-11 is one smooth operator. The other day, I laid my copy of San Diego Reader on the countertop while I paid for my soda. The guy behind the counter gave me a sly grin and …
Three Days in Santa Cruz
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Nan and the Greenstalks
June 24, 2012 · nan shartel
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/24/26743/ The sight almost knocked me over Not literally but figuratively As I rounded the front corner of the mobile to water the hollyhocks,grapes and tomatoes The tomatoes had grown so tall and luxurious in just a week I was …
48 Hour Film Project Screenings Begin Tonight at UltraStar Poway
June 25, 2012 · Scott Marks
Armed with little more than three required elements (a TV newsperson named Gary or Gretta Greenberg, a cell phone, and the line "Where are we going?") and a two-day shooting schedule, the finished products in this year's 48 Hour Film …
Another Honest Journalist Canned by U-T
June 2, 2012 · Don Bauder
Voice of San Diego reports this morning (June 2) that sports columnist Tim Sullivan is out at the Union-Tribune. Sullivan confirmed his ouster to the online publication by twitter, although his past columns are still on the U-T website. This …
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Quack Whore?
June 25, 2012 · I Am Stardirt
Funny, my convicted felon, bi-polar father used to tell me that he often felt like a duck, he woke up in a new world everyday. Looking back on my own childhood, his declaration makes sense to me now. Labels, however …
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Only in Hillcrest
April 29, 2012 · nan shartel
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/29/23644/ Put together two high jinx young ones...their clown of a French Bulldog...a dozen plus dog lovin' friends and relatives...a Sunday in April when it isn't raining and a dog friendly restaurant which would be only in Hillcrest and it's …
A Slower Music
For Diane Time runs thru my fingers, laughter & feathers against her lips when I bend to kiss her She is my wonder, who sleeps & will not wake for me but with her tongue …
June 27, 2012
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Wednesday is Poets Day/Hemingway's Eyes
June 27, 2012 · nan shartel
It's Wednesday take some time to read another poet... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/jun/27/poetry-slower-music-jerome-rothenberg/ this fellow is avant gard and smokin' haught...want a tickle??? check him out Hemingway's Eyes http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/27/26970/ this slow soul dance beleaguered but patient in the dark's cunning humming neglected by …