Prepare your taste buds! San Diego’s Restaurant Week, a celebration of the best restaurants in the area, returns Sept. 18-23 – bigger and better than ever. While local restaurants have served prix fixe three-course dinners at affordable prices in the mouthwatering event since 2004, this time San Diego is following in the footsteps of other…
The captain of the German international soccer team has said that gay professional soccer players should not come out because the repercussions could be too devastating. In his autobiography, The Subtle Difference, Philipp Lahm writes, “I would not advise any gay professional footballer to come out. I would fear that he could end up like…
K-Y Brand personal lubricant has made its first commercial featuring a lesbian couple. The commercial for K-Y Brand Intense is currently airing on U.S. television. The company describes the product as, “a uniquely formulated arousal gel to heighten female sensitivity and satisfaction – a gel that has women saying ‘it makes sex more satisfying.’” The…
After a summer season of classic theater productions – including Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus and Shakespeare’s epics Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest – The Old Globe is getting a little funky with its next production. The cross-dressing, man-making, time-warping Frank ‘N’ Furter and his castle-filled ghoulish inhabitants take over the Conrad Prebys Theatre Center,…
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…
I guess if you really want to scare the Bejesus out of audiences, releasing a movie about a mysterious, end-of-the-world viral pandemic on the weekend of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is one sure-fire way. Unlike traditional horror movies that revolve around supernatural evil (The Exorcist) or angry psychopaths (Friday the 13th)…
Epic struggles, real or fictional, always have a turning point. The Revolution had Saratoga, the Civil War had Gettysburg and the Lord of the Rings had Helms Deep. After the battles, the victors take a moment to raise their glasses in a celebration tempered by the knowledge that there is work to do come morning….
Restaurant concepts take a lot of time to create. The elements of the idea, the food, service, décor, location, price point, logo design and marketing are just a few simple aspects that restaurants need to take into account when creating. And these days the competition is fierce. Over the course of my career I have…
thursday, sept. 15 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Coronado Playhouse presents their 15th annual free Shakespeare production. Terence J. Burke stars as Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream , in which Shakespeare assembles a comic array of rustics, young lovers, royalty and magical forest creatures who fall in and out of love in the Athenian forest….
Living in a town that’s often called a Navy town, the LGBT community will have much to celebrate on Sept. 20. That’s the day when lesbian, gay and bisexual servicemembers will officially be able to be out and proud while serving in the United States military. I know I’ll be celebrating this community victory for…
