Super Bowl
THE SUPER BOWL on Sunday, February 1st. If some of you have forgotten since the last playoff game (the delay must be due to TV coverage), the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing against the Arizona Cardinals. The game is being played …
Downtown living
About living downtown. It can be wonderful one moment, crazy the next. Quiet one moment, noisy the next. It was a lovely quiet during the rain on Friday morning. Until those guys started power washing F St. It was raining!! …
Restaurant Week
Well, another Restaurant Week done for me. Tonight we returned to a favorite place, Kous Kous Moroccan Bistro in Hillcrest. We were greeted at the door by the man in charge, Moumen Nouri. Gracious and upbeat as always. We were …
Inauguration Day
Wow, what a fantastic, emotional, uplifting, glorious, historic day. January 20, 2009, will be a day to remember for a long, long time. We, as Americans, can once again be proud. I feel like thanking everyone who came out to …
Sports
Baseball is Life, everything else is just details. At Petco Park, the section I sit in, developed into a "family" type atmosphere. If someone wasn't at a game, we wondered if something was wrong. Most of the time people advised …
Donovan's
If it's Thursday, it must be Donovan's. We had reservations for 4 but a last minute change made it 5. The hostess indicated it was not a problem and we took a circuitous route to the mezzanine, where we were …
More on Restaurant Week
Remembering which night/which restaurant brought up the saying, "if it's Wednesday, it must be Fleetwood", our own rendition from the movie, "If it's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium". When we arrived, we were greeted by a lovely hostess with a …
Food
Well, it happened again, a wonderful dining adventure. With the onset of Restaurant Week, a friend went with me to Marble Room on Monday. This was a different experience as it was a 3 course menu, instead of the "serve …
Sports & politics
As I am still reeling from the fact that Trevor Hoffman will be wearing a Milwaukee Brewers' uniform in 2009, the Chargers add to my grief by losing in cold, snowy, Pittsburgh. Now is the time to turn my attention …
TREVOR HOFFMAN
They actually traded Trevor Hoffman. Is that not one of the most idiotic things this team (Padres) could possibly do to alienate more fans?? Trevor, Hells Bells, Hoffman was MR. PADRE. There are no good reasons for this transaction. It …
Dinner
We tried the new restaurant, Marble Room, last night. It is where Moose's used to be. The decor is understated, but lovely. There is a nice bar set up on the left side of the room (as you enter). There …
San Diego Spending
The City I love to live in, America's once beautiful, proud City, just aint what it used to be. It does seem there has always been some sort of corruption going on or at least alleged. In fact, I remember …
SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS
SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS, SAN DIEGO CHARGERS DARREN SPROLES carried the team on his small stature and Mike Scifries kicked the Colts into undesirable field position. LT was on the sideline. Antonio Gates & Chris Chambers were prime targets for …