Local News
Girls and Boys and all Their Toys
As the mother of two sons I watched how my boys played and thought nothing of it. Although I did not see them gravitate toward dolls or dishes, I thought they must be playing the same as girls only using different toys. Instead of dolls they had G.I. Joe and action figures, instead of […]
Tom Ham’s Lighthouse – Come For the View, Stay For the Food
Can you see the light…at the end of the island? Harbor Island lies adjacent to the airport, just across Harbor Drive. Enter onto the Island, turn right at the intersection and you’ll shortly reach Tom Ham’s Lighthouse, a fully functioning and still operating facility to guide ships. But – surprise – it is more […]
The Mission Hills Garden Club Presents Education, Beautification, and Fun
Over 14 years ago Mission Hills Garden Club had a fairly lengthy gestation period. However, once it was born, it grew by leaps and bounds. Its history begins before 1999 and continues today with a medley of traditions and changes. In the beginning, Fausto Palafox posted a notice in the Mission Hills Nursery asking […]
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 […]
14th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival
The Southern California Plumeria Society will host the 14th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival in Balboa Park’s Casa Del Prado rooms 101 and 104 from Saturday, August 31 through Sunday, September 1. Live Hawaiian dance and music entertainment will be in the Patio A courtyard both days. The flower show will be in Casa Del […]
