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Dunkin' Donuts’ First California Shop Opens on Camp Pendleton
Well, I'm probably mistaken, but I recall renaming the one I (thought I) saw in La Mesa "Drunken Donuts". Then there's this: "According to The Boston Herald (7/21/2002), "Dunkin' expanded in California in the 1980s, with about 15 stores around the state at one time. But it never got the critical mass it hoped for and bailed out a few years ago. I remember Dunkin Donuts growing up, and their coffee is quite good and their donuts tended to be uneven in quality. But apparently the second run at the California market they envisioned in 2k2 never materialized (as far as I know)." Thanks for your response.— May 30, 2012 5:29 a.m.
Don't Diss "Papa Doug's" Friends in UT Book Section
Pinkerton definitely was "a newpaperman's newspaperman". I was fortunate to work with both him and another venerable sage, Frank Macomber, and learned a lot from each man.— May 28, 2012 2:37 p.m.
Don't Diss "Papa Doug's" Friends in UT Book Section
Don, I've been reminded of that quote many times during the years since it was made, usually when facing workplace issues demanding integrity. I resigned soon after the demotion, but won a reprieve of sorts two years later. I caught on with Copley News Service, then near the U-T on the eastern side of 163. One of my functions was to visit the U-T twice daily to pick up and deliver copy, photos and mail. On my third or fourth visit there, I ran into the Personnel director, who actually uttered, "I thought I had you banned from this building". He immediately called the CNS chief at the time, John Pinkerman, to inform him of that pronouncement. Pinkerman was livid, to say the least, and went to bat for me, well aware of the entire saga. I'm not sure if he called in a favor, or if principle finally won out, but I carried on in that capacity (and as one man's personal thorn in the side) for three more years. By the way, Feliz Cumpleaños, Señor Bauder!— May 28, 2012 5:15 a.m.
Don't Diss "Papa Doug's" Friends in UT Book Section
Well, I can certainly relate to that, having gone up against the (Copley) machine in the 70's when I refused to state in writing what I knew to be a fabrication regarding another employee's firing. Because I was the sole witness to the incident in question, I postulated what I knew to be true. I was told "This isn't what we had in mind. Mull it over and see what you can come up with." I left it as written, the employee was reinstated, and I was soon demoted from my managerial position. I'm guessing that Light might not have envisioned becoming a hatchet man.— May 27, 2012 9:53 a.m.
Don't Diss "Papa Doug's" Friends in UT Book Section
Apparently Light was named well.— May 27, 2012 8:15 a.m.
Dunkin' Donuts’ First California Shop Opens on Camp Pendleton
Huh? Is it me, or did Drunken Donuts have a substantial presence all over SD as far back as the Eighties?. I remember one on the Casa de Oro side of Spring St in La Mesa quite vividly. Did they abandon the County at some point? I know I did. They're as ubiquitous in the East as sushi bars are in the West.— May 25, 2012 1:30 p.m.
San Diego U-T CEO Suggested Use of Paper's News Clout in Sign Dispute, City Emails Show
"Papa Doug [Manchester] and I are excited regarding the potential of the U-T" That's just **wrong** on so many levels.— May 23, 2012 11:59 a.m.
UT, Orange County Register Will Join Forces, Says Lynch
I never knew it to be anything other than all female. That explains why I hung around there so much.— May 21, 2012 6:09 a.m.
Paul Kamanski, the Heartbreakers Meets the Black Crowes
This week's example of an unintended oxymoron: Beat Farmer Hits.— May 19, 2012 3:13 a.m.
UT, Orange County Register Will Join Forces, Says Lynch
Aw, shucks....... Thanks, although that one was unintentional. No, really. ;>)— May 15, 2012 8:59 a.m.