If I had to guess where most of us might be on Friday, Nov. 25, here’s where I’d begin: One: With family in one of those freezing cold states east of California. Two: Stuck at the airport. Three: Lying on the sofa in a tryptophan stupor, or Four: Beating other shoppers away with a stick…
thursday, nov. 24 San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival The San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival is a favorite of festival-goers from around the globe. All venues are conveniently located in the Town and Country Convention Center. There are large concert rooms with double dance floors and small, intimate “listening” rooms. All are non-smoking. The…
The $6 million renovation of the historic Inn at the Park Hotel will bring with it certain menu changes at the hotel’s two restaurants. The Top of the Park Penthouse Restaurant serves up San Diego’s best panoramic views of the city, harbor and Balboa Park and under the watchful eye of Executive Chef Tony Wilhelm…
insider scoop Amid intermittent rains, hundreds of wineries came to pour and show their best juice last weekend at the San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival. Local chefs and a few guest chefs were also on hand, dishing out some of their favorite treats. The weekend actually began last Wednesday with a private tasting…
Between Nov. 11 and Nov. 25 this year are many days that leave me between feeling sorrowful and thankful. Owning it all is a difficult thing, but owning it all is important. Nov. 11 this year, as it is every year, was Veterans Day. I’m very well known these days as a transgender military veteran…
Last week, I was getting coffee at Starbucks like I normally do, in and out, no problem. This particular day there was a line that was longer than usual; I came out to my car, just as a parking ticket was being placed on my windshield because I didn’t put a quarter in the parking…
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Some 80,000 petitions have been delivered to the Union-Scioto School District calling for a change in bullying policy after last month’s brutal beating of a teen. The 15-year-old teenager was severely beaten in his high school class room for being gay. The attack occurred at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, and…
A transgender woman suspected of practicing cosmetic surgery without a license is facing criminal charges after she injected a patient with doses of unsafe substances including a concoction of tire mender sold under the brand Fix-A-Flat, Super Glue, and mineral oil and other toxic substances. The patient was admitted to the hospital with severe illnesses….
Amherst investigators announced Tuesday the death of Jamey Rodemeyer will not be ruled a crime in wake of the teen’s controversial death attributed to gay bullying. Rodemeyer’s cell phone and computer were analyzed at a forensic lab to determine whether he had received harassing or bullying comments prior to the teen’s suicide on Sept. 18….
Danielle Orna, 17, died suddenly Thursday though details of the teen’s death have not been released by Essex County Police. Orna was the President of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Nutley High School in Nutley, N.J. Police were unable to revive the teen when they arrived at 11 p.m. on report of an “unresponsive female,” the…
