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Craft Cocktails 2015!

Join two Reader special operatives as they taste their way through the Craft Cocktails 2015 special issue.

Guitars, Banjos, and the American Dream

At Sam Radding’s shop, the twang was destined to meet.

Keep out!

Bob Kuczewski couldn't believe it. Was he really getting arrested again?

Fun things to do from beach to backcountry

Bored? Now read this!

Listen, the All-Star Game's here next year. You guys better clean up East Village

It takes a village.

Poker refugees in Rosarito

I could lose $5000 right now and I wouldn’t feel anything.

The cult of the pit

You love me now, but will you when I’m four?

99% of what we catch we throw back

Accept the craziness of the lobster fisherman.

San Diego for sale

Ocular onslaught

When Vietnamese people say American they always mean white

Living in the in-between

These birds do not need you

They know how to fly. They know how to hunt.

Urban Wineries

Most people’s impression is that San Diego’s wine is crappy.

Type 1 terror

There’s no cure and no way to prevent it. From the January 14, 2015 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Thank you, Matthew McConaughey

Watch your burn rate.

I'm Judo Math Dude

Sensei Dan Thoene’s got a black bracelet in arithmetic. From the January 1, 2015 cover story.

I make 300 cups of coffee every day. I get $9 an hour plus tips.

News from the Fight-for-Fifteen front.

San Diego’s most polluted areas

From the November 20, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Doing sound could be reckless

From the November 4, 2014 cover story, Doing Sound Could Be Reckless.

Beer News 2014

From the San Diego Reader's 2014 beer issue with San Diego Beer News.

Tiki said to hell with it. Let’s party.

From the October 23, 2014 cover story.

Terminal art

Video of "The Journey," an art installation in SAN's Terminal 2, and some thoughts about the piece from veteran airport visitors. From the October 2, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Beach blanket banter

From the October 2, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

A perfect food day

Behind the scenes with Reader and Solare staff as they create the cover of the September 4, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Meetup

Conversations with users of Meetup.com who have come together to share interests in contacting spirits, wearing animal costumes, and using cryptocurrency.

The Big Dry

From the August 21, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

There are no laws on how to make moonshine

From the August 14, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Babes in boyland

From the August 6, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

What if I cured Alzheimer’s and nobody cared?

From the July 31, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Shape & Sound: Welcome to Sax Diego

From the July 24, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

When the weather isn’t enough to keep you here

From the July 16, 2004 cover story of the Reader.

Craft Cocktails Issue 2014

The crafting of special cocktails at some of our favorite local watering holes.

From the July 10, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Murphy Canyon Mystery

From the July 3, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Steampunk Junction

From the June 26, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Chillin’ inside Paras with the man of 4000 titles

North Park's Paras Newsstand survives in the Internet age by supplying a variety of specialty magazines to customers of all sorts. A customer explains his particular interest and buying habits, and proprietor Junior Najor gives a guided tour of what is for sale. From the June 19, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader,

Aged out

From the June 5, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

San Diego Made Better

From the May 29, 2014 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Some people make livings. Others piece them together.

From the May 22, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

1000 Cheap Eats

From the May 8, 2014 edition of the San Diego Reader.

Noah Homes, an Upside to Down Syndrome

From the April 3, 2014 edition of the San Diego Reader.

Atheists, Evangelists, and Prophets take over Balboa Park

From the March 27, 2014 edition of the San Diego Reader.

Nobody listens at open mics

From the March 20, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

It's all free

From the March 13, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Laughing my way out of the gutter

From the February 27, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

No rules for pop-ups

From the February 20, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

We don't call them drones anymore

From the February 6, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

I only date vegans

From the January 30, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Theo Tucker bikes, swims, and runs to find his sporting identity again

From the January 16, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

La Jolla Cove is becoming a sea lion cesspool

From the January 16, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Produce is a vehicle for our souls

From the January 9, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Slog for a green card

From the January 2, 2014 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

Is this Baja Med?

From the December 25, 2013 cover story.

We're Constantly in Fear: The life of a part-time professor

From the December 18, 2013 cover story of the San Diego Reader.

There's no feeling equal to tagging

From the December 12, 2013 issue of the San Diego Reader.

Ramona winemakers don't stand on ceremony

From the November 28, 2013 cover story.

Rabbi Silverman, the Kennedy assassination's last insider

From the November 21, 2013 cover story.

Hoover High football

From the November 7, 2013 cover story.

Green Invaders from Mexico

From the October 24, 2013 cover story.

The first time I see Eliza Jane Schneider onstage, I want to be her friend

From the October 17, 2013 cover story.

Bottom Scratchers with spearguns

From the October 10, 2013 cover story.

We did it guerrilla style

From the October 3, 2013 cover story.

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