The convicted killer of Jason “Cowboy” Huggins was sentenced Nov. 14 to 19 years to life in prison by a judge who said the North Park man had no remorse for brutally assaulting Huggins in the head with heavy rocks that caused irreversible brain damage. Joshua James Larson, 38, said nothing before San Diego Superior…
NEW YORK – A male-on-male sexual harassment suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against an upscale New York steakhouse has been settled. Sparks Steak House, once rated by The New York Post as “The Greatest Steakhouse in Manhattan” will pay $600,000 and take steps to introduce a number of anti-discrimination policies….
My favorite two things in this world would have to be pizza and red wine. You can have each on its own or together and the varieties are endless for both. So when I stumbled upon a cute little new bistro in Little Italy, I was thrilled. Isola is a pizza and wine bar. No…
Being in the food and beverage industry and writing about it, I often get asked how to pair food and wine. Simply answered, pairing food and wine does take some type of knowledge, but it also takes imagination and is a lot of fun. When I first started learning about wine, I was in my…
Halloween in my youth was exclusively for us children. In costume we fearlessly walked the streets after dark in search of candy and an occasional apple bob. The fiend hiding in the bushes we knew was just another kid trying to scare us. True, parents told of reports from New York and other bastions of…
It is always such a pleasure for me when I can celebrate a restaurant that has been around for years. So often we focus on the new hot trendy ones, we sometimes forget the great classics we have in our own backyard. Recently, I had the good fortune to be reintroduced to one – and…
There has been one neighborhood here in San Diego that, for some reason, lacks a certain amount of good quality restaurants. Hillcrest is the hub of our community, yet we don’t have a top restaurant like North Park, Little Italy, or even Bankers Hill. Luckily, our voices have started to be heard and within the…
When forced to watch my friends’ latest naughty films to critique them for plot, dialogue and character development, I admit a cowboy, pizza deliverer or the ever-busy plumber occasionally stirs my interest. I fantasize what might occur should Officer Bruno or Perfect Plunger’s Mr. Fix-It come a’knocking (By the way, do the lesbian films have…
Revenge was the reason that Jason “Cowboy” Huggins was killed after being struck in the head with a heavy rock by a man whom Huggins had testified against in court, a prosecutor has told a jury. Huggins, 31, often appeared in Hillcrest with his trademark black hat, boots, and a big belt buckle, but many…
NEW YORK (CNN) – Oft-troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has had another brush with the law, charged by police with leaving the scene of an accident in New York early Wednesday. Lohan was driving her Porsche Cayenne into the parking lot of the Dream Hotel off West 16th Street when she allegedly hit an employee of…
