Editor’s note: Last week, Michael Spradley brought you a tasty piece on breakfast and lunch, San Diego style, with a review of Fig Tree Café. This week, we’re bringing breakfast back, as we introduce The Restaurant Insider. It’s a fresh, new weekly feature by a San Diego LGBT Weekly contributor with whom many readers are…
It all ended with a simple Tweet from the White House at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning that said, “The repeal of the discriminatory law known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell finally and formally takes effect.” DADT was dead. Many years of work by a myriad of organizations and individuals finally helped the law succumb to…
Where was your mayoral candidate on DADT repeal day? I’ve been pretty adamant that the day of DADT repeal should (have been) about servicemembers and veterans, and not about politicians and activists. But a couple days (after DADT Repeal Day) and amid what was likely one of the most contentious and expensive mayoral campaigns in…
Everyone wants to live in a “nice” neighborhood. But what makes a nice neighborhood a nice neighborhood? Well, the answer is very simple. It is a community where all the residents have pride in their properties and maintain them. Nice neighborhoods do not have to have big or fancy homes. The homes just need to…
Having to take medications for high cholesterol has become quite the norm. From the age of 20, doctors warned me of dangerously high cholesterol. And yes, it’s all bad and not good cholesterol. At 30, my physician recommended Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease. In this trailblazing treatise based on years of critically…
I can remember growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in the capital city of California when the gay community was still very much underground. As far as one could tell in the world in which I was raised, the word “gay” did not even exist. If it did, it wasn’t used as much as…
It goes without saying that San Diego is one of Americas most desirable, most livable cities. We are nicely situated along the beautiful Pacific Ocean and year-round enjoy one of the best climates in the world. There are dozens more reasons people love this city. That’s why it continues to be one of the top…
Well, well, well we have made it through the dog days of summer TV viewing, and the new fall schedule brings with it a nice respite from the dregs of low-rent viewing options for the past few months, without a moment to spare! There are a plethora of upcoming premieres, while not adding many new…
San Diego is made up of many cities and communities within the county. You can live in almost any kind of environment you like, from urban to country or from coastal to desert. There is every type of terrain and setting you can imagine. Among the diverse places in San Diego, Hillcrest is one of…
San Diego has a rich history and is considered to be the birthplace of California. There are many areas with historic homes and buildings, but one of the oldest neighborhoods in San Diego is the Gaslamp Quarter. This district was developed as the “new town” after the original settlement of San Diego, which we now…
