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Wandering Sage
With warmer weather comes the desire for comfortable and attractive attire and accessories. Wandering Sage, located at 2415 San Diego Avenue, Suite 104 is offering an array of items for gifts and to dress for the season. Wandering Sage began as an adventure into the Peruvian Andes with the proprietors’ family. The glacial valleys, […]
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 […]
Bronze Plaques Installed on Inspiration Heights’ Pillars
After a year of pushing the project along, six new plaques have been installed on the Inspiration Heights pillars on Sunset Boulevard, according to Barry Hager, Board Chairman of Mission Hills Heritage. The bronze plaques replace vintage plaques stolen during a rash of thefts in the summer of 2011. “There is no lacquer coating on […]
The Artist Within
The workshop sounded intriguing. I can discover and recover my creative self, tap into my imagination, and increase productivity. I do want to experience new creative processes, I thought, as I signed up for this 10 week journey. I’ve been a bit stuck in my writing and this will be a perfect opportunity to get […]
At the Opera with Ian Campbell
When San Diego Opera’s “Murder in the Cathedral” opens at the Civic Theatre on Saturday, March 30, it will be a “new production.” Is that a big deal? In a nutshell, yes. All American opera companies share productions – sets and costumes – from time to time, either by renting from one another or co-producing […]
Spike Africa’s – It’s New! It’s Wonderful!
Spike Africa’s Fish Grill & Bar opened a few months ago in the old Payless Shoes location on Broadway and Fourth, across the street from the redevelopment area of Horton Plaza. It is so new it doesn’t have permanent signage up yet. But, it is right on the corner. You can’t miss it. Spike Africa […]
Digging in the Dirt
The January meeting found Mission Hills Garden Club’s members plus a few grandchildren learning about planting seeds. Fausto Palafox, our president and owner of Mission Hills Nursery, gave us the basics about seeds and how to grow them because starting with seeds is far cheaper and you have more selection than starting with baby plants. […]
Between the Lines: The Future is Now
Warwick’s Books has done it again. Last fall they brought the author of one of my favorite contemporary novels to town (Amor Towles, “Rules of Civility”); in January they hosted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor for a discussion and reading from her book “My Beloved World.” Most recently, a capacity crowd at UCSD’s Mandeville […]
World War II Veteran and His Art and Book Gallery
by Vanessa Christie Located on the 1600 block of West Lewis, in between Mission Hills Wine Cellar and the With Love gift shop, is the Art and Book Gallery, a small bookstore and gallery. Its owner is 86 year-old Leo Finegold, a World War II veteran who taught Russian and biology at City and Mesa […]
Preuss School Earns a Peacemaker Award
The National Conflict Resolution Center’s 25th annual Peacemaker Awards will take place Thursday, March 14. This year, the Peacemakers are the U.S. Naval Ship Mercy and the Preuss School UCSD. We talked with Cecil Lytle, a renowned musician, a former chair of the Awards, and a founder of Preuss School. LW: You must be hugely […]
