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Robert Smyth: Lamb's 12 most important shows (one through four)
Around the World in 80 Days is Lamb's Players Theatre's 300th production. Robert Smyth has been with the company since 1976, when it was a touring troupe based in El Cajon. He became producing director (under Lamb's founder, Steve Terrell) …
Circo De Los Muertos at the Ken Club
On Saturday November 10th from 8pm-12am, the Kensington Club will pay homage to the Day of the Dead with Circo de los Muertos, an event organized by Cuties for a Cause. COST: $10 at the door. PRE-SALE tickets are available …
CSA box day!
This week, I picked up my organic CSA box and was surprised to find a couple of items I've never eaten nor prepared. This is my third box this fall, and being a shareholder at a local organic farm has …
Street Style Encinitas: UGG Boots are Tragic
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/07/35097/ 20-year-old Zanni Watkins and Sasha Barkanic both agree that UGG boots are tragic. They stick with brands like Jeffrey Campbell or Sam Edelman. “I love boots. I have about 15 different pairs. I wear them all year. You can …
Your Week: November 8-14
Thursday | 8HOPS ’N’ HEELSCelebrate San Diego Beer Week at this event that pairs brews from Stone Brewing with dessert treats from Azúcar bakery. Tickets get you four pairings. Stone small-batch brewer Laura Ulrich will be around to share tasting …
Led Zeppelin Celebration Day local screenings Nov. 13
Encore theatrical presentation of 2007 reunion concert
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33398/ Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, the film account of Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion concert at London's 02 Arena, will once again be screened in theaters for an encore presentation on November 13, including several local theaters. The screenings begin at …
Street Style, Election Day: Voting With the Dead
In Clairemont they made Election Day a somber affair by offering local voters the opportunity to cast their ballots in a mortuary. I caught 23-year-old Jessica Leya in Front of Clairemont Mortuary on her way to vote. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/06/35036/ “It’s a …
Kahneman II.5
I still can't shake Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, especially on the eve of an election. Early in the book he talks about "primers." These are triggers, usually but not always visual, that influence important decisions. We assume, he …
Street Style Bankers Hill: Pleather Shorts and Vintage Treasures
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/05/34966/ Name: Kimberly Lee Age: 23 Occupation: Works at Aldos "I consider my style to be casual,” Lee told me despite wearing pleather shorts, an oversized gold watch, and boots that looked extremely difficult to walk in. "After getting a …
Wiz Khalifa to perform at UCSD
The 2050 Tour hits San Diego on Wednesday November 14. Wiz Khalifa and Talyor Gang perform at UC San Diego's RIMAC Arena at 7:30 p.m. Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Lola Monroe, Tuki Carter & Berner will also perform. Read an …
Live at the Belly Up TV show debut taping on Monday, Nov. 5
Dead Feather Moon, the Tilt, and the Styletones will perform on Monday, November 5, at the debut taping of Live at the Belly Up, which will begin airing on KPBS in January 2013. A series of November shows will be …
VeloSwap 'til you drop
San Diego Velodrome's Fall Swap Meet is today
The San Diego Velodrome Association’s Fall 2012 Swap Meet is today, Sunday, November 4. Billed as the largest bicycle swap meet in Southern California, it promises over 200 vendors and a “bouncy castle”, presumably only for the kiddies. Expect to …
A Kegarade Parade with Tiger!Tiger!
A bicycle ride from North Park to Ocean Beach to pick up featured kegs for Beer Week event
Last year they called it “perhaps the longest Bicycle Beer Run in SD history- certainly in our personal history”. This year, Tiger!Tiger! is calling it a "Kegarade Parade" and stepping up their pedal-powered game. Like last year, a slew of …
Coronado Ferry
With the holidays coming up San Diego sees a lot of tourists. If you have family visiting like I will very soon, you'll have to plan an itinerary of some kind. Obviously, you'll be taking your relatives or friends to …
The Radvocate: blades, travel, and ink
Local zine maintaining the rad through pending eighth issue.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/03/34866/ Locally published zine The Radvocate recently dropped its seventh installment. The print-only zine distributes internationally with music reviews, creative non-fiction, poetry, and tales of rollerblade hijinks by editor Matt Lewis. Syndicated Zine Review had this to say: “Top notch …
Dialogue writing class
A workshop tailored to people who have trouble writing dialogue
Teresa Link is teaching a class on writing dialogue, a challenge that many writers encounter when creating short stories or working on novels. The one-day workshop will be held on Saturday, November 17, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at …
Pilates for the first time
This week I started looking around San Diego for a pilates studio. After much investigation online, I decided on the highly Yelp reviewed Club Pilates in Bankers Hill for many reasons: the website is user friendly; the studio spaces portrayed …
Yoga after a cold
The cold has been going around lately, and I caught it last month. The symptoms: slight aches, major fatigue, some congestion, and a sore throat. It went on that way for a week. So I took a week off of …
Street Style La Jolla: Halloween Edition
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/31/34719/ From left to right: Lauren Mercado, Amanda Wellcome, and Taylor Hickle. I spotted all three ladies working at LF, a small upscale boutique on Girard Avenue in La Jolla. They are all wearing the same high-waisted black Carmar jeans. …
Kahneman II
This isn't a review of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow. It's a re-view of quotations from the book, which makes sobering observations about how the mind works. In his first novel, V, Thomas Pynchon wrote: "life's single lesson: that …