Archive for September, 2013
Country Crooner Butch Hancock in Concert Sept. 27th
With a long string of recorded songs and albums, Butch Hancock has been called one of the finest songwriters of our time and is acknowledged by his peers and critics as one of the premiere singer-songwriters Texas has ever produced. Some argue he’s one of the best in the world. His tunes evoke visions […]
San Diego Blues Festival September 7th
The 3rd Annual San Diego Blues Festival comes to Embarcadero Marine Park North on Saturday, September 7 with an all-day show that will feature three members of the Blues Hall of Fame – Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold and Jody Williams – playing the festival, along with many more of today’s most exciting blues […]
Looking UP…Looking Down
Just gimme a minute here, while I assure you that I’m not going to elaborate on the urgent stories of the day: Egypt, Syria, Gay Conversion, Bradley Manning, Oscar Pistorius, Fires, Filner, the Hermanos Arellanos. By publication, the world will have turned (hopefully, not tumbled) and my deeply considered opinions will already be obsolete. A […]
An Eye for Hair
by Aubree Lynn, Stylist/Producer/Writer “I am a passionate, driven, and committed individual, looking to open my own salon in the near future,” that’s according to hair stylist Kendall Schmidt. I was told of Schmidt’s craft from a fashion and hair guru, who told me that Schmidt is better than some professionals she’s seen in […]
Between the Lines: Coming Soon – to a Little Free Library Near You
On my neighborhood rounds a few months ago, I walked down a well-tended alley, more like a rural lane, off Goldfinch Street. On the wall next to a garage door was a shelf with an angled roof over it, and on it were several books. A sign read “take one, leave one.” The books […]
Help Bicycle Warehouse Reach Goal to Send 500 Bikes to Africa
Join owners Mike and Debbe Simmons of Bicycle Warehouse to reach their goal to send 500 bikes to Africa by Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mike and Debbe learned about the “Africa Bike Drive & Sister Shop Program,” started by Mike’s Bikes in San Francisco, and immediately wanted to be a part of it. They have […]
SANDAG and Community in Serious Disagreement
Over the last couple of months I have been hearing from disgruntled Mission Hills’ business owners and residents, as well as others from Hillcrest and Old Town about a proposed bike lane project that would impact these three communities. The proposed project involves significant modifications to traffic flow, parking and traffic lanes on Washington Street, […]
Of Politics & Poetry
In writing against an early deadline and lacking the gift of prophecy I do not know whether Bob Filner is still mayor, but if he is every day he remains in office compounds the city’s untenable situation. If he’s gone than God bless him for going and finally doing the right thing, but if not […]
