The Beekman Boys, Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, have been making quite a name for themselves in both reality television and in the world of fine foods for some time now. Currently they are adding an heirloom desserts cookbook (a follow-up to their successful The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook) to their list of accomplishments. Is…
Margaret Cho has never been one to shy away from controversy, or a challenge and it’s that kind of attitude and out of the box creativity that brings a fresh take to her stand-up comedy. Cho, who will be performing here in San Diego at the Balboa Theatre Dec. 5, will be sharing her immense…
The world was catapulted into the fight against HIV and AIDS when the Centers for Disease Control reported the first documented cases in 1981. Seven years later, Dec.1 was designated as World AIDS Day. At Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD), it is a day to reflect on the past, celebrate progress and rekindle…
Nebraska I am a sucker for father-son movies, so much so that I’ve wept openly at movies of such disparate quality as the lovely The Sum of Us (Russell Crowe’s gay son living with his hilariously supportive father Jack Thompson), the fine Frequency (Jim Caviezel talking with dead father Dennis Quaid through a mystical shortwave…
Some suggest that Alvarez beat Fletcher with Election Day voters, and there is a hint of truth to that. Fletcher was ahead of Alvarez when the first returns came in. But it doesn’t appear that Fletcher was swamped by a tidal wave of Election Day voting. In fact, it appears that the final numbers fell…
Vi at La Jolla Village Most people have rather pre-conceived notions about life in retirement. They imagine gloomy retirement homes with linoleum floors and old people sitting in wheelchairs with their heads drooping. For this reason, there is a general sense that it is best to remain in your own home as you age, rather…
thursday, nov. 21 Scape/Escape : Stephen Curry Through the disassembling and reassembling of nature, San Diego based artist, Stephen Curry presents a fresh perspective of the landscape. Fragmenting trees and other objects from nature, his dramatic installations recall photographic negatives that hint at a familiar environment. Scape/Escape will feature a collection of multiple panel paintings…
Imagine you are a 27-year-old person not saving for retirement. You have a nice job paying $40,000 per year. The employer 401(k) plan offers a matching contribution of 50 percent up to 6 percent of your salary. Since you’ve never saved before, your portfolio is starting out at $0. How can you possibly retire rich?…
Protest against Pacific Justice Institute in front of the campus of Trinity Law School in Santa Ana, Calif. It’s not enough to know what one’s against. One often actually needs to know what one is for, and then be willing to work – and sometimes sacrifice – to facilitate those things to become reality. I…
dvd of the week James Mangold’s The Wolverine is a great leap forward for the franchise, which has yet to reach its potential. Loosely based on a famed 1982 limited series written by Chris Claremont and drawn by Frank Miller, The Wolverine opens with our hero (muscle bear icon Hugh Jackman) living alone and depressed…
