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Normal Heights Street Style: Hot Pink
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/23/30200/ Name: Meagan Age: 24 Occupation: Make-up Artist Favorite Wardrobe Piece: Nars Make-up http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/23/30201/ Name: Georgina Age: 28 Occupation: Clean Energy Analyst Favorite Warbrobe Piece: Georgina is a self-proclaimed J.Crew junkie. Her pants, belt, and shirt are all from J.Crew.
Postview: Helen said what?
In Book VI of Homer's Iliad - and in the terrific An Iliad at La Jolla Playhouse - Helen makes an unexpected confession to Hector, leader of the Trojans: "My dear brother" (she says in Robert Fagels' translation) "dear to …
La Mesa Street Style: Guitars as Accessories
Every Tuesday night Cosmos Coffee Cafe in La Mesa hosts an open mic night at 7:00pm. It is both wonderful and terrible. I suffered through an acoustic performance of the popular children's story The Woman Who Swallowed a Fly by …
DIY: Learn to hem
Home ec. studio (2225 30th St) is offering Basic Sew-Hem Class for beginners on Thursday, September 20 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The class is just in time for refreshing your fall wardrobe and making sure that everything is perfectly …
Best of summer: 3 digestibles
San Diego is one of Southern California's best vacation spots. It's no wonder traffic is so bad on a Sunday going north on the 5. As I'm coming home from L. A. some Sundays, L. A. residents are going home …
Midnight Madness presents Indiana Jones
This weekend's Midnight Madness at Ken Cinema (4061 Adams Ave) presents the 1989 blockbuster Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. Over the summer, Midnight Madness has celebrated cult classics like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Big Lebowski, and the contemporary …
Balboa Park Street Style: Artists, Actors, and Performers
Sometimes it takes out-of-town guests to remind me of the beauty of San Diego. Recently I had a few Midwesterner visitors staying with me that wanted to explore San Diego. Our first stop was Balboa Park. I love the diversity …
Your Week: August 23-29
Thursday | 23 PUPPET SHOWS IN BALBOA PARKThe Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater presents King Midas, the classic tale of a king who “learns many valuable lessons as his heart is touched” when his greed gets the best of him. “Humor …
Doheny Days Music Festival
Doheny Days Music Festival 2012 tickets are now on sale for the two-day music lineup from September 8-9 at Doheny State Beach at Dana Point. The festival will feature 15 bands/musicians including Santigold (who just appeared on The Colbert Report) …
Alternative picture shows
On Thursday, August 30 from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (1100 & 1001 Kettner Blvd) hosts alt.picture shows, which "features more than 20 intelligent, inspirational, and thought-provoking short films guaranteed to challenge, surprise, and …
Triple crown
The final stage of the triple crown was completed yesterday in Balboa Park. No it was not the Belmont Stakes. We’re not talking about the horse racing triple crown. We’re talking about the half marathon triple crown of San Diego …
Room to Read at Anthology
On Tuesday, August 21 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Anthology (1337 India St) hosts Room to Read, a night of champagne, appetizers, live music by the Anthology House Band, a silent auction, and an opportunity to meet local supporters. …
See How They Run at Lamb's Players
After 20 minutes of Philip King's 1944 farce it's hard to see why it's hailed as a classic. King parcels out information so slowly you'd swear he should've retitled it See How They Walk. The evening looks to be an …
Local Taylor Guitars Taking Their Axes on the Road
With fall quickly approaching, the Taylor Guitars Road Show team has announced another season of guitar demos at authorized Taylor Dealers around the globe. From Sweden to Hawaii, nearly 200 new dates have been booked, promising Taylor fans and guitar …
Mission Beach Street Style: Dudes
This time of year Mission Beach is overrun with tourists carrying foam surfboards and riding rented beach cruisers. Luckily, I was able to spot a couple of locals amongst the pasty out-of-towners. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/aug/16/29772/ Name: Julio Age: 20 Occupation: Street Performer …
Long Run Coronado
I haven't done a long-run in a while and it's time to see how my vacation running worked out. What is a long-run? In some respects it's self-explanatory. It is a run that is longer than your standard distance. However, …
It's Hot
It's hot these days in San Diego. I'm not enjoying it. The heat is limiting my miles and forcing me into the trailer-park of the running world, the treadmill. What if we can make this heat work for us? Studies …
Pop Quiz Answered
Who wrote the novel and when? Another hint: "Once books appealed to ...people. The world was roomy. But then the world got full of eyes and elbows and mouths...Films and radios, magazines, books leveled down to a sort of paste …