Archive for November, 2011
A Point Loma Tradition – All Souls’ Saint Nicholas Home Tour
Marketplace and Tea The longest running holiday home tour west of the Mississippi celebrates its 60th Diamond Jubilee with this year’s offering of six Point Loma homes. A Saint Nicholas Marketplace, Afternoon Tea, and featured musicians at All Souls’ Episcopal Church are also included in the day’s festivities. The Diamond Jubilee event takes place from […]
Netherfriends Does Nilsson” in concert at Tin Can Ale House
Netherfriends are a three piece experimental, psychedelic pop band, which originally began as a solo project for Shawn Rosenblatt, while attending Columbia College, where he currently is enrolled. Shawn recorded all the instruments himself and started being offered shows. He quickly realized that he needed other members to be able to perform the heavily layered […]
The Devil Makes Three Live Album “Stomp and Smash” CD Release
The Devil Makes Three, comprised of songwriter/ guitarist/vocalist Pete Bernhard, banjo player Cooper McBean and stand-up bassist Lucia Turino have released a new CD titled “Stomp and Smash” that is garnering a string of favorable reviews nationwide. NPR Radio said, “unplugged, yet intense, whiskey-drenched, ramshackle fury…” and WYNC Soundcheck said, “The Devil Makes Three […]
Mission Hills Guitarist and British Singer Perform in Five Local Appearances
Lovers of guitar duets, listen up! Through a collaboration done totally by computer file sharing between San Diego, and Rodmell, a little village in Sussex, England, Mission Hills finger style guitarist and arranger Don Strandberg, and writer/guitarist/singer John Dartnell released a CD titled “Dreams and Schemes” in April 2011. “Dreams and Schemes” has garnered considerable […]
Smart Real Estate Foreclosures Announces Website Upgrades
For Immediate Release… New features include Historical Data, Comparables San Diego, CA – Real estate investment company Smart Real Estate Foreclosures, which specializes in bidding on foreclosed properties, has added two new upgrades to its website. The new features, Historical Data and Comparables, will add to the ability of investors to make informed decisions about […]
A ‘Letter from a Business Owner’
Recently one of my colleagues forwarded an email to me with a “letter” supposedly from an actual small business owner to his employees. Being cautious about forwarded material, I decided to look into it more closely and found that this “letter” has been around since mid-2009 with several different names attached to it. But just […]
Secret # 2: Why an Innocent Approach is a Smart Way to Go
The second secret in this series of 10 simple ways to experience relief in daily life is: Adopting a Stand for Innocence. My company motto, “Reclaim the Ease of a Childhood Summer,” is inspired by that way of being. If you watch a child at play you can see how he/she is absorbed in the […]
Off My Desk, 2011
My annual search through my tidbit collection yields … items: Bad: No one to blame? Blame the media. Newt Ginrich either didn’t have his cheat-sheet ready or just didn’t like the question. When debate interviewers (understandably) asked the candidates their opinions re healthcare, he scowled: “You want to puff this up into some giant thing?” […]
Il Fornaio – Always Something New
There’s always something new coming out of the kitchens of Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana. Some restaurants never change their menus, some add or remove dishes from time to time. Il Fornaio brings out a whole new menu every month to tempt its legions of happy diners. Every one of the 20 restaurant locations participates every […]
