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Q is gone, Fresh Air survives

And still marketplace airs twice within 4 hours? It's fine for what it is, Kai's a good host, but do we relly need to hear about wall st bullsh%# twice a day?
— January 15, 2015 1:27 p.m.

First Look: North Park gets a second craft donut destination

oops, I got a couple things wrong—southern fried chicken IS an option, it's just the double-fried that's Korean. That'll give me added reason to go back. Also, they somehow have managed square holes. Great donuts, er, doughnuts.
— December 23, 2014 11:14 a.m.

¡Ay chapulines!

Oh I'm cool with crickets now. It's arugula I have a problem with these days.
— December 13, 2014 3:30 p.m.

First Look: S&M Sausage and Meat

I should add, all the servers here were actually pretty cool and helpful. I don't typically have a problem with service during any of my reviews, but I'd say the banter here was above par.
— November 14, 2014 12:01 p.m.

If they build it, you can retire early

I tried to figure out what the worth of such property should be, but considering undeveloped property in Point Loma only usually exists as a hypothetical, the real estate savvy people I reached out to didn't feel comfortable speculating. The math says it went $40/sq ft for the undeveloped property, with construction costs adding near $75/sq ft, meaning the post construction investment for Monarch would be $115/sq ft at ~$47 million. If they turned around and sold it for double that (a simplistic estimation, I know), that would raise it to $230/sq ft. Looking as sites like trulia.com and zillow.com, I see single family homes in the PL area on the market for closer to $400/sq ft. Not scientific or reliable, but safe to assume it's a pretty reliable long term investment for Monarch, with rental income likely to hover in the $4 million range annually, presuming an average rent of $1800/month (which seems to be the figure going around currently). Perhaps more telling is that SDUSD would have sold the Barnard St. property for as low as $10 million (< $22 sq ft). Clearly the Mission Beach property proved more valuable, at closer to $190/sq ft. Again, all I can do is simple math, which is why I left this stuff out of the article. Valuation's best left to people above my pay grade, and presumably above those of school board members too.
— November 8, 2014 11:53 a.m.

Fish Bucket holds a lot of swai

On the other hand, it's a comfort to know swai probably isn't in the [half of Southern California seafood that's mislabeled.][1] [1]: http://oceana.org/en/news-media/press-center/pres… I wouldn't want to see it turn up at Ironside or Juniper & Ivy, but think it worked here as a fishstick, with crisp breading and lots of dipping sauce. Actually, I might be curious to see what Blais would come up with, swai-wise.
— October 22, 2014 5:45 p.m.

Sliders on the sidewalk

I actually lived in old England at the time. Wore short knickers, tie and sweater vest to school, the whole deal.
— August 29, 2014 2:29 a.m.

Sadly smoldering from the start

My experience was pretty similar, down to the room temperature. I'll vouch for the bulgogi, though only when I'm unwilling to leave the neighborhood to find better on Convoy.
— August 23, 2014 5:29 p.m.

Bad barbeque, good reviews?

Couple years ago I got into with with some posters on Amazon who either didn't want to believe praise for for the band Imagine Dragons could be disingenuous, or wanted to defend the composition of their fake reviews. I gave the band one star, and got attacked swiftly and often: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1S4XUS85B47PF/ref=c…
— August 9, 2014 12:01 p.m.

Fish taco versus California burrito

Jethro Tull? Don't they play at Renaissance fairs or something?
— August 8, 2014 11:55 a.m.

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