Life Style
Fashion Week San Diego is Back and Busting at the Seams
by Aubree Lynn Writer/Stylist/Producer March madness fell on the fashion scene in San Diego when the designer lineup was released, announcing the incredible opportunity of four returning designers who participated in Fashion Week San Diego™ 2012. They include a talented and determined crew coming back to the runways. So, men tip your hats and ladies […]
Moral Outrage & Herblock
There’s never an absence of things to write about and I have never experienced “writer’s block,” despite prayers by others to that end, but sometimes real life interrupts and one must focus on matters other than single subject columns. So, rather than writing at length about a particular issue this month, I will reflect on […]
Marlee Matlin is Keynote Speaker for “Tea & Tonic”
Center for Community Solutions (CCS), a non-profit agency that offers a complete range of sexual assault, domestic violence, and elder abuse prevention and intervention services, announced that its 14th annual “Tea & Tonic” event will be held on Friday, April 26th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Grand Del Mar Resort. Chaired by […]
Pacific Hospitality Group Purchases Historic Warner Springs Ranch
San Diego-based Firm to Invest $50 million in Landmark Property Poised to rejuvenate a longtime San Diego County destination, Pacific Hospitality Group, Inc. (PHG) has acquired the historic Warner Springs Ranch – an iconic San Diego County destination long known for its healing natural hot springs. The nearly 2,400-acre property was purchased by PHG at […]
The Super-Ego – an Ego on Steroids?
by Mrs. Freud Sigmund Freud, the Father of Psychoanalysis, coined the term “Super-Ego.” It is a concept we all carry inside ourselves that helps us with ethical conduct and moral decisions. It is responsible for self-imposed standards of behavior. We “acquire” the Super-Ego while growing up and getting feedback from our parents on our behavior, […]
What Now?
What Dogs Think There is that look I get when Barney doesn’t get the look I give. But I understand it completely: it means, “NOW what language are you speaking?” That’s what he “said” when I informed him that he’d be out-ed in this column. You remember Barney, our bratty cairn mix? He’d been some […]
Moving on Down
A few months ago my topic for this column dealt with the pain of finding out I had to move. It was stressful to think of picking up and leaving a place I had grown to love, but being a first time renter I had made peace with the fact that the length of my […]
Snooze!
The popular phrase “If you snooze, you lose” takes on a whole new meaning when visiting the similarly named restaurant in Hillcrest. Located on Fifth Avenue, across the street from the center that houses the Landmark Cinema, diners can identify the location of Snooze by the crowds that are usually milling around in front, waiting […]
Between the Lines: Local Author Wins National Honor
“The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns,” jumped out at me from the rack of new and featured books at the Mission Hills Library branch a few weeks ago. Not only is it a terrific title, but the author, Margaret Dilloway, is a San Diego writer whom I heard read at a San Diego […]
Old Town Offers Shopping and Dining for Easter and Spring
Now that March has arrived, we realize we’re just weeks away spring and the Easter season. With the weather getting warmer and the days longer, there seems to be more time to enjoy all that San Diego has to offer. Why not play tourist and head to Old Town for some fun shopping and […]
