The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a …
March 28, 2025
Arnold wrote news and features for the Reader in the 1980s and 1990s.
Some of his early writing:
Nov. 17, 1983 Doors Opened in Past for Mayor (Hedgecock history as concert promoter)
Apr. 26, 1990 A Town Called Bob
Jan. 7, 1993 What They Didn't Tell You About Mr. San Diego
Articles by Thomas K. Arnold
Tom Arnold's Old Places: Rudford's Restaurant
Tom Arnold's Old Places: The Waterfront Bar & Grill
The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a …
March 21, 2025
Tom Arnold's old places: Filippi's Pizza Grotto
The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a …
March 14, 2025
Local volcano tucked between Carlsbad and Oceanside
Who needs a gym, or even a treadmill, when you’ve got … this?<inline type="photothumb" id="158490" href="" align="right" />Tucked between Carlsbad and Oceanside, Lake Calavera Preserve is a natural fitness center, with miles upon miles of …
October 16, 2024
Oceanside's Parlor Donuts – best in the galaxy
Everyone has their favorite donut shop. Donut Bar in Pacific Beach gets high marks, as does The Goods in Carlsbad, whose website promises “artisan doughnuts crafted with the finest locally sourced ingredients.” VG Donuts in …
October 16, 2024
Linger at Agua Hedionda Lagoon
After your North County excursion has taken you to Legoland, the Flower Fields, Oceanside Harbor, and the San Diego Botanic Garden, you may start wondering what else there is for you to do. Here’s something: …
October 16, 2024
A rope course designed to resemble the Giant Dipper at Belmont Part
Become a child again — and give your body a workout, to boot. Over on the west side of the 4275-acre beach paradise known as Mission Bay Park, there’s a playground with a lot more …
October 3, 2024
San Diego Reader Best of 2024
Thanks for noticingLost Abbey finds a new wayAnderson’s apogeesAntique modernHeavenly hall undergroundMounting MadraParent-friendly playgroundThe van man canPeaceful, eaze-y feeling
October 2, 2024
Sea Hive Station – not a Victorian antique store
San Diego’s best antique store isn’t really an antique store — at least, not of the old school variety, the sort of place where the merchandise consists mostly of Victorian dressers, cane-back rocking chairs, Depression-era …
October 2, 2024