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Spooky houses: University Heights
Happy Halloween, people!
It's Halloween! This ends my three-part post on spooky houses in the neighborhood. We've seen giant spiders, thick cobwebs, ghouls, numerous Grim Reapers, gravestones, and pumpkins. I went through University Heights today. A half-decayed pumpkin head straw man. Anything standing …
Painting the Calla Lily
Last night a friend and I went to Fifty Seven Degrees (1735 Hancock St) where Wine and Canvas hosted their painting class. I bought a $35 3-hour class and thought that it came with a glass of wine, but was …
Your Week: November 1-6
Thursday | 1THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLERancho Buena Vista High School drama stages this production of Bertolt Brecht’s play about a servant girl who “sacrifices everything to protect an abandoned child” in the midst of civil war.” When peace is restored …
Spooky houses: Adams North
More spooky houses in our neighborhood!
Tomorrow is Halloween! My theory is that the more decorated a house, the better the candy. Here are a few houses I spotted at noon while walking the dog in the Adams North area, a neighborhood tucked away from busy …
Kahneman I
Books and plays throw punches. They hit in the moment, and often that's about it. Some, however, throw counter punches days, even months later. The book that's hounded me most this year is Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow. It's …
Tess Gerritsen comes to San Diego
Tess Gerritsen was supposed to arrive on Thursday, and teach a writing workshop at San Diego Writers, Ink, but: Hurricane Sandy. Gerritsen will teach on Sunday (November 4), offering Secrets of Creativity from 5 to 7 p.m. She will stay …
Room to Write
A study hall for writers.
Room to Write is like a "study hall for writers," Nicole Vollrath, a Room to Write host, told me. The loosely structured quiet writing time is held at The Ink Spot (710 13th St Studio 210) downtown. I asked Vollrath …
Haunted Trail survivor
Last night my husband and I went to The Haunted Trail at Balboa Park. We had to park four blocks away from the park even though it was a Sunday night because the queue into the trail was around 130 …
Street Style: Friday Night in Crest
Halloween Party in Crest
Prior to Friday night I had never been to Crest. I exited the 8 at Greenfield and drove up a two lane curvy road to a bungalow on a hill for a friend of a friend's Halloween party. From up …
Spooky houses: Normal Heights
Photos of Halloween houses
Halloween decorations went up early this month, but more and more houses are putting out their scary props for trick-or-treaters, and I expect more spooky house fronts by Wednesday night. Here are a few I snapped on my afternoon walk …
A Novel Idea
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NanoWriMo. Tammy Greenwood teaches A Novel Idea, hosted by San Diego Writers, Ink (710 13th St Studio 210), a workshop aimed at helping writers prepare to write the novel. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/28/34474/ RT: How will …
Oct. 28 Halloween party to benefit Greg Willis (Iron Butterfly, etc)
A Halloween party is planned for October 28 at the Moose Lodge in Spring Valley, intended as a benefit for Greg Willis (Palace Pages, Iron Butterfly, Candye Kane, King Biscuit Blues Band, Glory, Jerry Raney and the Shames), who suffered …
Street Style South Park: Ilse Valfre
I stopped into Graffiti Beach on Fern St. in South Park today in search of a dress for a 1990’s theme party I am attending. While there, I ran into Ilse Valfre, a well-known illustrator and model from Sonora, Mexico. …
Miss Holiday’s House of Horrors Show
Neo-burlesk antics at the Ruby Room tonight.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/26/34410/ Lilly Holiday - mother of the House of Pink BoomBox. Photo: Cali Griebel It’s Halloween season, and that means the days are shortening, leaves are changing, and mysterious autumn scents are rich on the Santa Ana breeze. While all …
Pitching your novel or screenplay
Marni Freedman teaches writers how to market their creative writing on November 8
On Thursday, November 8, writer Marni Freedman is teaching a one-night class from 6 - 9 p.m. called The Secrets of Pitching Your Novel or Screenplay. Freedman has worked as a script doctor for Fox Searchlight and Disney, and has …
San Diego Asian Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival screens 60+ films Nov 1-9
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/26/34404/ The San Diego Asian Film Festival opens on Thursday, November 1 at 7 p.m. with a screening of Don't Stop Believin', a documentary about Filipino singer Arnel Pineda replacing Journey's singer Steve Perry. A party will follow the film …
Street Style, Golden Hill
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/26/34396/ Name: Lauren Pope Age: 27 Occupation: Lauren is on the lookout for a job. She is a recent UCSD graduate with a communications degree. Favorite Local Store: Hunt and Gather in North Park and The Buffalo Exchange in Hillcrest …
Words by...at North Coast Rep
He's usually recognized, these days, as the three-letter answer to a crossword entry: "George's brother" - Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin wrote the music first. Then older brother Ira wrote the lyrics. On Tin Pan Alley, Ira became known as the …
Free Pizza and Penis Hickey
Back in July, Chad Deal described Penis Hickey's debut album as “an anarchic steel-toe to your earballs. It’s the asymmetrical ‘X’ carved into your heart. It’s weird as all hell and sort of offensive, and with the right set of …
Calexico
Calexico performs tonight at Belly Up (143 S. Cedros Ave) in Solana Beach. The band, made up of Joey Burns and John Convertino, plays eclectic Southwestern music. How do you define that? There's a jumble of descriptions to pinpoint their …