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…
You tried everything. When you had trouble with insomnia the other night, it seemed like nothing would lull you back to sleep. Warm milk tasted bad. That previously tired book on your bedside table suddenly turned intriguing – even infomercials held your interest, so you started counting sheep. Then you got to wondering … why…
In his letter (also published on this page), local resident and San Diego LGBT Weekly reader, West Moeller offers LGBT Americans serving and fighting for our country in the armed forces a not-so-veiled threat – in fact, a violent threat (not to be confused with a threat of violence). The first red flag in Moeller’s…
Gauging the effect of the repeal of DADT – one reaction Dear Editor, Your article (Unfriendly Fire: In Afghanistan, unit greets gay Marine with threats to life, by Ian Stokell – Issue 52, Nov. 10) on the persecution being inflicted on the U.S. Marine serving in Afghanistan points up the tragedy implicit in the refusal…
Everybody knows that there is a concentrated LGBT community in the Hillcrest and surrounding metropolitan area. But what you may not know is that the LGBT community is scattered throughout San Diego and beyond. There are more of us than you may realize, living outside of the gay hub; we are simply everywhere. San Diego…
It’s five in the morning and I must rise to stuff a bird. I could have been in Mexico or Palm Springs. Instead I committed to preparing Thanksgiving dinner for a bunch of people I really can’t believe I’m related to, including Aunt Norma’s scary son who reminds me of Damien from The Omen. They will…
insider scoop 1/3 cup coarse kosher salt 12 small clementines or tangerines (about); peel finely grated (3 tablespoons); fruit, wrapped, chilled 20-to 22-pound turkey, rinsed, patted dry; neck, heart, and gizzard reserved for turkey stock 2 large onions, quartered 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp. 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 6 cups (or more)…
A lot of important issues are being discussed as part of the race for San Diego mayor, but often when I speak to groups in the LGBT community, I am asked about my position on one issue in particular – medical marijuana. Just as often, I see a look of surprise and skepticism when I…
November brings many things to look forward to. The chilly weather sets in as winter approaches. It is the beginning of the “official” holiday season with the American celebration of Thanksgiving. And the start of holiday eating and drinking. There is a start of another celebration that also happens in November and has become a…
