National chain restaurants are spread throughout the country. You have your low-end family oriented, mid-range casual eateries and high-end chains offering ethnic fare. Although a lot of us will never want to admit we have dined in them, most of us have. Of course, San Diego is not without its fair share. Most recently I…
thursday, sept. 1 Athenaeum’s 20th Annual Juried Exhibition The Athenaeum’s Annual Juried Exhibition, now in its twentieth year, is recognized as one of the most prestigious juried shows in all of San Diego. Open only to artists who live, work or have exhibited in San Diego, the show is a sampling of some of the…
Back in 1999, the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris stated the following in a sermon commemorating the 25th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church: “Let there be peace among us, and let us not be instruments of our own oppression.” Well, the trans community has a habit of eating its own…
I’m not much of a fisherman (whale watching is more my style!). I don’t mind catching them as long as someone else puts on the worm and takes off the fish! Well, in Luke 5:1-11 Luke’s fish story involves lots of fish. It happens on the Sea of Galilee. That beautiful body of water that’s…
Singer and gay-rights campaigner Lady Gaga is coming to Springfield for a guest appearance on TV’s The Simpsons. Recorded earlier this month Gaga plays herself in a role where she tries to cheer Lisa up and ends up kissing Marge. Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson and currently appears in off-Broadway’s Love, Loss and What…
MOVIE REVIEW: I must admit that I walked into The Help expecting to be offended. Because I knew it to be about a young white woman writing a book about the black maids in early 1960s Jackson, Miss., perhaps unfairly I expected it to be a prequel of sorts to The Blind Side. That movie,…
2 cups heavy cream (or milk) 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 yellow onion 2 bay leaves 2 each whole cloves or pinch of ground cloves Pinch of nutmeg 1/2 pound mascarpone cheese 1 pound cheddar cheese 1/2 pound aged white cheddar 1/2 cup shredded parmesan Salt to taste Place onion, bay leaves, nutmeg,…
Some people seem to think that the X-Men prequel that came out earlier this summer is the greatest superhero movie in years. It’s not, not by any means, but James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, as Professor X and Magneto respectively, are both perfectly cast and have a lot of fun chewing scenery. (Jennifer Lawrence and…
