July 20, 2012 - San Diego Uptown News

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Volume 4
issue 15
July 20 – Aug. 2, 2012
Old Town • Mission Hills • Bankers Hill
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Hillcrest • University Heights • Normal Heights • North Park • South Park • Golden Hill • Kensington • Talmadge
World-wide movement comes to life
Alibi’s ‘Before I Die’ installation deemed a ‘living canvas’ for Uptown
Jacobs Plan approved
for Balboa Park
Council votes 6-1 in favor of plan;
SOHO to legally challenge decision
By Margie M. Palmer
SDUN Reporter
Live in Golden Hill
➤➤ Dining p. 11
Tapas and sangria
➤➤ theater p. 14
Monumental ‘Richard III’
The Hillcrest “Before I Die” wall, located at the Alibi on Richmond Street and University Avenue (Photo by Cornelia Kurtew)
By Morgan M. Hurley
SDUN Assistant Editor
In an attempt to help a good
friend with subtle business modifications to expand his brand, a
Mission Hills resident decided
creating a not-so-subtle portal to
what has become a “global art
project” would not only benefit
his friend’s bar, but bring the
Uptown community a little closer
together.
So far he can chalk up his plan
as a success.
Inspired by the “Before I
Die” project, Andrew Barajas’s
creation consists of a public wall
space covered with chalkboard
paint, then stenciled with the
words “Before I die I want to …”
followed by blank lines, inviting
passersby to grab a piece of chalk
and finish the sentence with
whatever they wish.
Installed without much
fanfare one Saturday near the
end of June, the red-framed
chalkboard wall in Hillcrest spans
40 feet and stands six feet tall,
almost the entire length of the
Richmond Street side of the Alibi
bar at 1403 University Ave. Since
then, hundreds of people have
approached the chalkboard to
publicly share dreams certain to
have been pulled directly from
The San Diego City Council voted 6-1
on July 9 to approve Dr. Irwin Jacobs’s
proposed plan to remove vehicle traffic
from the center of Balboa Park. Once
construction for the Qualcomm co-founder’s Plaza de Panama plan is complete,
cars will be removed from the Plaza de
California, Esplanade, West El Prado and
Plaza de Panama.
District One Councilmember Sherri
Lightner cast the lone dissenting vote.
District Four Councilmember Tony
Young was absent and did not vote.
Under the Jacobs plan, a “Centennial
Bridge” and road will be constructed off
the south side of the Cabrillo Bridge,
leading to a newly constructed, underground, paid parking structure directly
behind the Spreckles Organ Pavilion.
Project documents state the approximate 800-car lot will increase parking
by 270 spaces and will be topped by a
two-acre park. A $5 fee will be assessed
for vehicles to utilize this structure. Free
parking will still be available in the park’s
other lots.
Approximately $25 million of the
plan’s $40 million cost will be funded
see Jacobs, page 10
see Alibi, page 7
LGBT Pride this weekend
➤➤ feature p. 15
Marking the 38th annual celebration with community voices
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
Fleet’s ‘Deep Sea’
Index
Opinion…………………6
Feature……………...…8
Briefs…………………..10
Dining….…………………11
What’s Up………………13
Calendar………………17
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Natasha Bedingfield will perform Sunday,
July 22. (Courtesy SD Pride)
Hillcrest and Balboa Park are host to this weekend’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade and
Festival, now in its 38th year. Starting at University Avenue
and Normal Street, the Parade takes place Saturday, July 21
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. along University and Sixth avenues,
ending in Balboa Park.
The Festival, held on Saturday as well as Sunday, July 22,
will be at Marston Point in Balboa Park. The Festival entrance
is near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Laurel Street.
“With our 2012 San Diego LGBT Pride theme of America’s Pride, we are looking to celebrate the exciting victories
the LGBT community has achieved in the past year and
push forward on issues of equality,” said San Diego Pride
see Pride, page 13
A rendering of the approved plan for Balboa Park
(Courtesy Plaza de Panama Committee)
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Students flex their tech muscles
North Park’s Media Arts Center hosts summer youth camps
By Cynthia Robertson
SDUN Reporter
Students who file into the
doors of the Media Arts Center
San Diego are expecting to get a
great gym workout: from a digital
gym, Executive Director Ethan
van Thillo said.
The big, bright North Park
storefront located at 2921 El Cajon Blvd. is home to the Center’s
Summer Youth Media & Tech
Camp, weekly sessions featuring
media demonstrations, creative
collaborations and hands-on
projects.
When students come out of
the camps, they have “flexed
their technological muscles,” van
Thillo said. “We try to keep the
balance between process and
productivity.”
The digital media camp has
two tracks. The blue track is an
introductory study for first-time
students, and includes learning
stop-motion graphics, among
other skills. The red track is
where participants make short,
narrative films.
While the Media Arts Center
was established in South Park
nearly twelve years ago, it is a
relative newcomer in the row of
shops along El Cajon Boulevard.
Van Thillo said he chose the location for the lively intersection at
30th Street and the summer camp
was established two years ago
upon the move to the Boulevard.
“What you see here is the
culmination of my dream, where all
ages can create media with the technology to use everywhere: in home,
school or work,” van Thillo said.
“It’s not just another computer lab.”
Watching how the students’
excitement motivates their parents
to learn proves to van Thillo there
is a need for the Media Arts Center. “Now the parents are saying
they want to learn too,” he said.
“They need media tech just to
learn how to use their iPhones.”
The ultimate goal of the
Media Arts Center is not only
to teach how to make films and
movies, but to show people how
to use technology in their daily
lives. For children and teens, that
includes going beyond the passive experience of playing a video
game to learning all aspects of
the art form, including animation.
Technology knowledge will
be an aid for the students in their
future search for employment,
too. “It will give them that extra
edge,” van Thillo said.
At a recent workshop,
11-year-old Tiffany worked with
her Media Arts instructor, Evan
Apodaca, on a circuit board. “I
learned how to hack a radio,” Tiffany said, giggling.
“I guess you could say that,”
Apodaca then said, smiling at her.
Together, the two took apart a
radio that Apodaca purchased for
$5 from a thrift store. By placing
their hands in certain ways over
the circuit board, which is a conductor of electricity, they created
different sounds for the student’s
first project.
“It’s a way of manipulating
old analog devices with digital
media and sort of smashing them
together to create an image or
sound,” Apodaca said.
One of the youngest students,
9-year-old Colin, helped with
another student’s project. Shane,
10 years old, created a minicomic strip called “Stick Zoo.” He
incorporated several high-tech
sounds, including a roaring lion,
in his mini-movie of drawings and
stop-motion graphics.
In a back room of the Media
Arts Center, 13-year-old Anthony
was helping his friends create
a zombie movie called “The
Outbreak.” Anthony acted as
both the film’s director and actor.
He showed an artificial wound
to Apodaca, who admired his
handiwork.
“I used Elmer’s glue and Magic Marker colors of brown, blue,
red and green,” Anthony said.
Like all of the instructors
at the center, Matt Lorenz has
the energy to keep up with the
students on the more advanced
red track. Part of that has to do
with being able to group the
students according to their interests and skills. When everyone
met at their first session of the
weekly camp, they were grouped
together according to their interest in creating comedy, drama or
science fiction.
The students were placed in
(l to r) Anthony shows his artificial wound, made with glue and markers, to
instructor Evan Apodaca (Photo by Cynthia Robertson)
groups of three and many were
able to use the media program
Final Cut Pro. “The program is
pretty sophisticated [and] very
powerful, that even Hollywood
producers use [it],” Lorenz said.
While using that program
is a thrill for the students, they
understand the importance of
working together.
“It’s good to get experience
working in a group. It’s hard,”
said 13-year-old Nick, a recent
student at the center.
At the finish of each week of
the Youth Media & Tech camps,
instructors host family screenings. Open to anyone interested
in seeing the projects, the screenings feature work completed by
the students.
“The kids actually teach us
something ever y time,” Lorenz
said at a recent screening.
“Ever y one of us has the ability
to create something that did not
exist before.”
The fourth weeklong camp
begins Monday, July 23 with the
final camp the week of August
27 – 31. Camp hours are from
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with special
extended hours until 5 p.m. Cost
is $185 per camper. For more
information visit mediaartscenter.
org or call 619-230-1938.u
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NEWS
The Donkeys, a Golden Hill-based band, headline the Street Fair.
(Photo by Christina McCord)
Return of the Golden Hill Street Fair
Organized by the local CDC and Sezio, a nonprofit, the July 22
event looks to build local community through arts, music and food
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
The Golden Hill Street Fair
returns Sunday, July 22 after an
eight-year hiatus, with the Greater
Golden Hill Community Development Corporation (GHCDC) and
Golden Hill-based nonprofit, Sezio,
organizing the event. The fair will
take over 25th Street between B and
C streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with
a focus on building local community.
“Our goal in organizing this
community-focused event is to
highlight neighborhood artists and
musicians while bringing together
community members and local businesses,” said Zack Nielsen, Sezio
co-founder and current business
director, in a press release. Jon Staqmatopoulos, of Golden Hill’s Turf
Supper Club, also helped organize
the event.
“When I heard the event was
rumored to return, I wanted to
get Sezio involved immediately,”
Nielsen said. “Our offices are in
Golden Hill, we live in Golden Hill
and so many of the artists and musicians we’ve worked with closely
over the years also live in the
neighborhood.”
Overseeing the art and music
portion of the event, Sezio provides
“resources, exposure and community support” to up-and-coming artists, including musicians, through
partnerships with local businesses,
media and community groups. Current partners include The Casbah,
Starlite lounge, the Station Tavern,
and Soda Bar, among others. The
nonprofit was active in North Park’s
Coffee & Tea Collective grand opening on Tuesday, July 17.
In addition to six local bands
performing at the fair’s main stage,
the event will also feature screenprinting with the artist collective,
Yeller Studio. The collective,
established in 2008, is dedicated
to creating accessible art by and
the promotion of San Diego artists.
They regularly curate exhibitions
and participate in community
events, like the street fair.
There will also be an interactive
art wall, hosted by Artist & Craftsman Supply, as well as a Pop-up
Park by NewGrass.
“I really saw an opportunity to
do something different with the
Golden Hill Street Fair,” Nielsen
said. “We’re definitely trying to
break the mold a bit.”
Local food vendors Alchemy,
Giorgino’s and MIHO Gastrotruck
will be serving food, and Stone
Brewing Co. will be hosting the
21-and-older beer garden. Created by Juan Miron and Kevin Ho,
MIHO Gastrotruck is a mobile
restaurant, serving fresh, local and
“thoughtfully sourced” food.
With a weekly schedule and
daily menu that changes periodically, MIHO sources ingredients
from Bread & Cie, Suzie’s Organic
Farm and Lakeside Organic Gardens, among others. They, too,
participated in the Coffee & Tea
Collective opening.
Live music will be presented by
local bands, including the headliners, The Donkeys, at 5 p.m. The
Donkeys, made up of best friends
Timothy DeNardo, Jessie Gulati,
Anthony Lukens and Sam Sprague,
released their second full-length
album, “Born with Stripes” in 2011.
Their latest release, with the singles
“Won’t Let You Down” and “Try to
Pretend,” came out in April 2012.
Family Wagon leads the entertainment lineup at noon, with Jeans
Wilder at 1 p.m. Little Deadman
performs at 2 p.m., The Tree Ring
at 3 p.m. and Cuckoo Chaos takes
the stage at 4 p.m.
The all-ages fair was made
possible in part by an Economic Development Tourism Support Grant
from the City of San Diego. The San
Diego County Bicycle Coalition will
be providing a free bicycle valet,
and attendees are encouraged to
cycle to the event.
GHCDC board members include
Ruchell Alvarez, Janice Darlington,
Ann Nelson, Thomas L. Sims and
Christine Winter. Paul Broadway
serves as president and Kathryn
Willetts is the organization’s treasurer. Board meetings are currently
held every third Thursday of each
month, 6:30 p.m., at 1504 30th St.
and the organization hosts monthly
business and community mixers.
For more information about
the CDC, visit goldenhillcdc.org
or call 619-696-9992. More information about the nonprofit Sezio,
as well as complete information
about the July 22 street fair, can
be found at sezio.org.u
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Cycling in Uptown: learning to share the road
County Bicycle Coalition partners with North Park
Main Street to create a business-friendly biking district
Andy Hanshaw (Courtesy Jamie Ortiz Communications)
By Dave Schwab
SDUN Reporter
While a push is on to improve
infrastructure to make Uptown
more bicycle friendly, cyclists
and motorists alike are being
reminded they need to follow the
rules of the road and drive more
defensively.
“Roads are for people, not
just for people in cars,” said Jim
Baross, a longtime cyclist and
chair of the Normal Heights
Planning Group. Baross has been
involved in cycling-related transportation planning for years.
Andy Hanshaw, executive
director of the San Diego County
Bicycle Coalition, agreed with
Baross’s sentiment, saying,
“Both realize the road needs
to be shared. We need continuing education for people who
need to learn how to share the
road better.” The Coalition is a
regional bicycling education and
advocacy organization, formed
in 1987.
Besides safe streets, Hanshaw
also said people today want
communities that are friendly to
walkers and bikers as well. How
to achieve the goal of safe, shared
road use between bicyclists, cars
and pedestrians has become a
transportation challenge.
Pointing out that roadways
are engineered to ensure “easily
flowing car traffic,” Baross said
this may “neglect concerns about
bicyclists or people walking.” He
said both cyclists and motorists
need to follow the rules of the
road, sharing responsibility to
look out for each other.
“Some people are their own
problem. They don’t ride where
they should, like on the wrong
side of the road or too close to
parked cars. Any motorist who
blows through a traffic signal is
a problem for themselves, and
bicyclists,” Baross said.
North Park resident Kevin
Wood also pointed out potential
problems cyclists contend with,
including distracted driving
and cyclists riding too close to
parked cars.
“Ever ywhere in San Diego is
a good place to ride, or should
be,” Wood said. Also a cycling
instructor, Wood commutes an
hour by bicycle to his work in
Kearney Mesa.
“Nowadays, with more folks
texting, talking on their phone
[and] messing with their radio
(above) Hillcrest is home to the first bike corral; (below) a sign
designates bicycle parking. (Photos by Rebecah Corbin)
or their
GPS, that’s
definitely a
worry for
cyclists,” he
said. “We
definitely tell
cyclists that
you should
avoid riding
in the door
zone. You
should be
riding far
enough out
from parked cars so if their doors
open, it won’t hit you.”
Wood said San Diego culture
is changing to encourage and
accommodate cycling and other
alternative transportation modes,
like buses and trolleys.
“Studies have been done
nationwide showing folks are
interested in living in urban
neighborhoods with amenities
they can walk or bike to, and have
their identities less wrapped up in
owning a fancy car and driving it
everywhere,” he said.
For Wood, that is happening
more and more in Uptown. “A
lot of people are going out to the
restaurants and bars in South
and North Park and stopping at
businesses, and they’re doing it by
bike and not by car,” he said.
Angela Landsberg, executive director of North Park Main
Street, said her organization
has cooperated with the County
Bicycle Coalition to become an
official “business-friendly biking
district” within San Diego.
“We have a huge cycling
constituency in North Park,”
she said, adding that infrastructure improvements are on the
way. “We’re going to have the
second bike corral in San Diego
installed on 30th [Street] and
North Park Way in the next
couple of weeks,” she said.
“We have free valet parking for
bikes at our Farmers Market and
we’ve got 35 new bike racks going
in throughout the business district.” Bike corrals park 12 bikes
in a space accommodating one car,
and the first was implemented in
Hillcrest, at Sixth and University
avenues, on May 14.
There are other reasons for
promoting cycling as alternative
transportation, which has numerous public benefits.
“Folks want to save money in
this gas crisis, and cycling is a
good thing to do,” Hanshaw said.
“It’s a clean, green viable alternative for transportation. It’s also
a smart way to make short trips
and connections to our neighborhoods.” He said cycling is
becoming a way to attract tourists
as well.
Though Uptown is widely recognized as a great place to ride,
cycling enthusiasts like Wood and
Randy van Vleck, who lives on
30th Street in Golden Hill, said
problem areas do exist.
“Thirtieth Street is one of the
greatest streets in San Diego,”
van Vleck said. “Unfortunately,
it’s not too bike friendly. It has
ver y narrow lanes, too narrow
for cyclists and motorists to
share side by side.”
Two other trouble spots
in Uptown, van Vleck said,
are near the intersections of
Park Boulevard and University
Avenue, and University Avenue
and Alabama Street.
“Park and University is a
complex intersection, and could
benefit from some treatments that
will make it friendlier for bicyclists,” he said. “My friend was
struck by a motorist while riding
his bike here, and died.”
Describing the University
Avenue and Alabama Street intersection as “very hairy” for both
cyclists and pedestrians, van Vleck
said cyclists eastbound on University Avenue “have to negotiate
with motorists to take the lane at
a high speed, get into the middle
of the lane before the parked cars
and keep an eye out for motorists
pulling out of Alabama [Street],
who are significantly obstructed
by parked cars.”
The cyclist proposed solutions for minimizing the dangers,
including having signal detectors
reflect the presence of cyclists,
“not just motorists,” he said.
Additionally, van Vleck previ-
see Bicycle, page 9
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San Diego’s balanced budget restores libraries, protects beaches and guards tax dollars
This summer, San Diego will
begin restoring neighborhood
services, better protecting our
beaches and bays, reinvesting in
public safety and guarding San
Diego’s tax dollars by strengthening financial safeguards. I recently
voted for a balanced budget that
delivers these results without
unrealistic assumptions or accounting gimmicks. The 2012-2013
budget includes:
•Adding 8 operating hours per
week to every branch library,
five hours to the downtown
Central Library on Saturdays
and five hours to every recreation center
•Investing $130 million into
repairing roads and other infrastructure
•Increasing police academies
to 120 cadets and holding the
first firefighter academies since
2009, adding 60 firefighter
recruits
•Restoring three lifeguard positions to improve beach safety
•Fully funding beach and bay
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•Supporting an economic
development program to cre-
ate, attract and retain jobs and
businesses
•Funding to complete a
financial reform measure to
solidify San Diego’s newfound
position as a model for sound
fiscal management
People have asked me how this
good news is possible given several
years of deep cuts due to the recession and past fiscal mismanagement. It was not long ago the City
planned to shut down core services
such as the Ocean Beach library
and Cabrillo Recreation Center – a
shortsighted proposal in which I
joined hundreds of neighbors to
permanently quash.
The simple answer is that
we made tough and necessary
decisions that put San Diego at
the forefront of financial reform.
Fiscal discipline and an improving economy are paying off. As
cities such as Los Angeles and San
Francisco faced massive budget
deficits this year ($238 million
and $263 million, respectively),
San Diego is positioned to begin
reinvesting taxpayer dollars in
its neighborhoods. Since I was
elected over six years ago, I have
Letter to the Editor
worked with Mayor Jerry Sanders
to bring to City Hall the same budget principles San Diego families
and businesses practice every day.
The City’s budget crisis unfolded
over several years, and solutions
were not created overnight. The
cost-saving tools we used to create
this budget are possible thanks
to reform efforts we San Diegans
began years ago.
In 2006, voters approved a
ballot measure to unleash the
power of competition between
the private sector and government employees. The managed
competition process is now producing $6 million in ongoing savings with more to come. In 2008,
voters ushered in a new, accountable system of City government
by creating the independent
Office of the City Auditor. This
taxpayer watchdog has identified
over $33 million in opportunities to increase revenues and
decrease costs.
At City Hall, I’ve proudly guarded San Diego’s tax dollars. Last
year’s landmark retirement health
care reform plan will produce more
than $800 million in savings over
the next 25 years. And a six percent
compensation reduction for City
employees has reduced costs by
millions of dollars.
These victories have been hard
fought, and we are not done. We
must implement comprehensive
pension reform, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters
on June 5, to begin reducing the
City’s $2.2 billion unfunded pension
liability. We must double our efforts to repair San Diego’s roads by
improving coordination and communication between City departments, as well as increase efficiencies to award repaving projects to
contractors in a timely manner. We
must continue to eliminate waste,
cut red tape and restore more City
services.
Our work is not complete, but
this budget reflects that we are on
the right path. I am confident that
together, through continued fiscal
reforms, we will carry on delivering results for our neighborhoods
that improve the quality of life for
all San Diegans.
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I met Ann and Nancy and the Hillcrest Town Council (HTC) when
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alibi
their personal bucket lists.
“We are very similar, because
we all have the same wants in life:
love, travel, [forgiveness], compassion,” Barajas said. “In today’s
society, we’re Facebooking. I’m
Instagramming, I’m Tweeting, I’m
emailing and we’re like this,” he
said, forcing his head down as if he
were looking at a mobile device. “I
realized this was perfect.”
Barajas got the idea after
The first San Diego installation in Normal Heights is now painted over.
researching the work of Candy
(Courtesy Civic Center)
Chang, an urban planning and
Next, Barajas and Christopher
time Alibi owner Joe Patron, who
design architect and Senior TED
had never seen the Normal Heights Dunn, the Alibi’s maintenance perFellow. Chang is also co-founder of
son, got to work. Barajas gave credit
Civic Center, “a creative studio dedi- project but liked with the idea.
to Dunn for the “clean look” of the
Then, Barajas said he took Patron
cated to restoring dignity to public
Hillcrest installation and called it a
outside.
space,” as stated on her website.
“living canvas.”
“This is the wall to do it on,”
After the loss of a loved one,
Initially, Alibi staff kept an eye
Barajas said he told Patron.
Chang decided to use an art projon the wall, and when all the avail“In my opinion, this is the
ect to help heal and clarify her life.
able spaces were filled, generally
busiest corner in all of Hillcrest,”
The Pittsburgh native soon took
Barajas said, calling the intersection every three days or so, they would
over the side of an abandoned,
wipe down the wall. In recent
a true “people corner.”
dilapidated building in her New
weeks as its popularity and visibilPatron was convinced, and the
Orleans neighborhood, and the
ity increased, the wipe-downs have
idea could not have come at a more
first “Before I Die” wall was born.
increased to daily.
It stood from February to Septem- perfect time for the bar’s owners.
Barajas said
ber 2011, but
he expects this
gained visibility
coming Pride
well beyond the
weekend to be a
Louisiana city.
busy one for the
To date, dozHillcrest wall,
ens of installabut Pride or no
tions have been
Pride, revelers
hosted in locawill not be altions all over the
lowed to deface
world, some with
it with profanity.
minor twists
That is because
on the theme,
the single father
which Chang
of a 7-year-old
calls “remixes.”
girl said he takes
The walls vary in
the public aspect
size and shape.
of the wall very
Some have
seriously, and
lasted a day, othinsures the Alibi
ers a week, and
staff check the
still others have
wall throughlasted from six
out the day for
months to a year, (l to r) Andrew Barajas and his daughter Emma stand near the wall he brought
obscenities,
but despite the
to the Alibi in Hillcrest. (Photo by SDUN)
sexual content
size or length
and anything else unfavorable.
The two men said they had
of each wall’s life, the project as a
“We realize it’s a public space
been brainstorming for months
whole has made its way – and its
and that it’s our duty, since we put it
for ways to re-introduce the Aliimpact – around the globe.
up, to monitor that,” Barajas said.
bi to the Uptown neighborhood,
Like Chang’s initial wall in New
Other artwork is also coming
and incorporating art and live
Orleans, the Alibi wall has ten
to the Alibi and plans to make the
music was already a big part
panels of “Before I Die I want to …”
neighborhood staple more accesof those plans. With the wall,
stencils, but with its sound consible continue to evolve. Inside,
Barajas said they hope to bring
struction and bright, sturdy frame,
Barajas created a photo collage
a much longer life is expected of the new vitality to the neighborcontaining pictures that span the life
hood, and keep the bar, which
wall Barajas put up in Hillcrest.
of the bar and the family who have
has been a Hillcrest institution
This is not the first “Before I
been owners since its opening.
for 40 years, a regular destinaDie” installation for San Diego.
Regular live music is also
tion in people’s minds.
The first, which survived six
planned, and an art show is sched“Yes, it’s a dive bar. It will
months from September 2011 to
uled for July 28, featuring work by
always be a dive bar; we don’t want
March 2012, was on the side of
Dan O’Brien and Danica Molenaar
to change that. [That] is part of
the Triangle Building, a gallery
of Night Owl Tattoo.
its character, but what we do want
and art space located at Adams
To see more information about
to change is, ‘hey, we’re friendly,
Avenue and Boundary Street in
all “Before I Die” walls currently
come in. We’re here in the comNormal Heights.
documented, visit beforeidie.cc.u
munity,’” Barajas said.
Adrienne Jumelet, one of the
creative forces behind that first
installation, learned of Chang’s
project through a blog and said
she and friend Janella Davidson,
who offered up the wall space, and
several others worked together on
the project.
The Triangle Building installation remained busy for months, due
in part to the Occupy Wall Street
movement, but unfortunately, Jumelet said, the creative team’s busy
lives diminished their attention to
the art project and repeated vandalism eventually caused the group to
simply paint over the wall.
Jumelet, who still hosts a
Facebook page for the Triangle
Building wall, showed her and Davidson’s support for the Hillcrest
installation, saying, “We are both
happy to see the project is still alive
in San Diego, even if it isn’t at our
original location.”
Barajas said he brought Chang’s
concept for the installation to long-
Uptown’s
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FEATURE
A fish tale
Tuna boats Lucy Elena and Lucky Star circa 1940
(Courtesy SDHC photograph collection)
San Diego History Center exhibit delves
into City’s history as tuna-industry hub
By Dave Fidlin
SDUN Reporter
For nearly a century, San
Diego held a special distinction
that was a magnet to immigrants
looking to ride the United States
wave of prosperity.
That distinction – the city’s rich
history in the tuna fishing industry
– is the subject of the San Diego
History Center’s current exhibit at
Balboa Park. The industry’s prevalence brought families of Italian,
Portuguese, Japanese and Latino
descent to the city.
Before flaming out in the
1970s, tuna fishing was a way of
life for many residents. The occupation reached its pinnacle in
the 1940s, when an estimated 95
percent of United States tuna was
canned right in the city.
Lifelong San Diegan Julius
Zolezzi was a tuna fisherman for
many years, starting his journey as
a child and working alongside his
father in the 1930s. For generations, his family made a living off
the trade in the city’s harbor.
“It’s hard work, but it brought
in good money,” Zolezzi said,
who continued his work into the
1980s. “Everybody worked hard.
It was just an innate thing. You
did what you had to do to get the
job done. By the end of the day,
you would collapse.”
Many workers – Zolezzi included – made their work in the fishing
industry a family affair. Children
would work alongside their fathers,
and wives would traditionally assist
with such tasks as sewing nets.
“As it turned out, the sons
usually followed in the footsteps of
their fathers,” Zolezzi said. “That’s
what happened to me. You grow
up pretty fast when you’re around
older men all the time.”
Zolezzi got his feet wet in the
fishing industry in between years
at school. Once he graduated, he
went full-time; at age 22, he was the
captain of one the 200-plus vessels
traversing the shores of the Pacific
Ocean in San Diego. He put in 27
years as captain.
Matt Schiff, a curator at the
San Diego History Center, said the
exhibit – running through Dec. 31
– touches on the industry’s storied
history, which is rooted in the 1870s
as Japanese natives caught tuna off
the city’s coast and sold their findings at markets in town.
“I wanted this to be a real
hands-on, interactive exhibit,”
Schiff said. “I think there are engaging activities for children and
adults. For example, people can
get a feel, in one display, of what it
was like to can tuna.”
The exhibit also displays
the various techniques used to
catch tuna, from bamboo poles to
sophisticated nets
that were made out
of a durable nylon
material. Displays
also give spectators
a feel for the true sophistication
and grand scale of the boats, some
weighing as much as 400 tons.
Before such corporations as
Chicken of the Sea and StarKist
came to town, tuna fishing was
a purely entrepreneurial activity.
Schiff said it was almost “wild west
and cowboy-ish.”
Tuna fishing, of course, has
not been without controversy; a
fact included in the exhibit. In the
1960s, environmentalists began to
decry existing practices as word
got out about dolphins, turtles and
other marine life getting caught in
nets. Environmental concerns led
to federal legislation that closely
restricted tuna fishing techniques
in the early 1970s.
Local workers, including
Zolezzi, continued to live in the city
but caught fish in the South Pacific
region, where warmer water temperatures meant fewer dolphins.
“It meant extended periods of
time away from family,” Zolezzi said,
who sold his boat in 2005. “That was
hard on everyone.”
Corporate canneries followed
the migration, draining money
and jobs from the local economy.
When the last cannery, Van Camp
Seafood Co., departed San Diego
in 1984, Schiff said it resulted in
the loss of about 12,000 jobs.
Regardless of the outcome, tuna
fishing has left its imprint in the
city, as evidenced by such neighborhoods as Little Italy.
“This is a proud, close-knit
family tradition,” Schiff said,
“and it’s something I hope people
come to appreciate after seeing
the exhibit.”u
AT A GLANCE
WHAT: San Diego History Center
Exhibit, “Tuna! Celebrating San
Diego’s Famous Fishing Industry”
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays
WHERE: Balboa Park, 1649 El
Prado, Suite 3
An employee packs tuna at Sun
Harbor Packing Company in 1948.
(Courtesy SDHC photograph collection)
news
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Cody Griffith completes Crest Cafe mural
This SANDAG map shows major regional bicycle corridors in San Diego. (Courtesy SANDAG)
From page 5
bicycle
ously submitted a traffic request,
which was approved by the City, to
paint “sharrows,” or shared-lane
markings, on streets too narrow
for conventional bike lanes. The
approved request will see sharrows along 30th and Olive streets
to Upas Street in North Park.
“We’ll see what type of impact
this will have,” he said.
Chris Kluth, senior active
transportation planner with San
Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), said the city
adopted a regional bike plan in
2010, which is a network that
“connects activity centers and
smart-growth areas.” SANDAG
has a comprehensive regionwide bicycle plan in place, called
“Riding to 2050: The San Diego
Regional Bike Plan.”
Kluth also said SANDAG is the
design phase of a project to create
an interlocking network of Class 1
bike paths, connecting Downtown
to Hillcrest, Mission Hills and Old
Town, as well as Hillcrest through
North Park and Normal Heights
to La Mesa. The Class 1 paths are
part of the Riding to 2050 plan.
Additionally, Hanshaw said the
Bicycle Coalition will be developing a strategic plan in the next
five years to “advocate for” and
“protect the rights” of cyclists,
as well as to promote bicycling
throughout business districts like
North Park’s.
“When you get into these
business districts it’s a lot easier
to park with your bike and there’s
a lot less traffic,” Hanshaw said,
adding that businesses can encourage their patrons and employees to ride bicycles instead. “Some
people don’t even think of it as an
alternative.”u
Editor’s note:
Congratulations to owner
Cecelia Moreno on the
completion of the Crest
Cafe mural, in time for the
restaurant’s 30th birthday
celebration and this year’s
LGBT Pride festivities.
Artist Cody Griffith painted
contest winners Bill Streshly,
Ann Fitzerald and Kr ystina
Castillo into the mural, along
with regular guests, dogs
Max and Ranger. The mural
will be lit in the evenings.u
(top) The completed mural; (bottom) detail of the winning customers at right
(Photos by Rebecah Corbin)
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jacobs
by private donations. Expenses beyond that will be
paid through a City-issued
bond. The bond will be repaid
through projected revenue
from the paid parking lot.
Some groups, including a
number of Balboa Park’s museums, point to the benefits of
reclaiming pedestrian-use only
space within the Plaza.
San Diego Natural History
Museum’s President and CEO
Michael Hager has been quoted
as saying the removal of cars
from the Prado and Plaza are
“extremely important” to the
visitor experience in the park.
Additionally, Sea World San
Diego President John T. Reilly
has said he believes the change
will eliminate dangerous con-
flicts between cars and pedestrians and will help improve the
park’s ability to attract visitors.
The plan, however, is not
popular across all groups.
Save Our Heritage Organisation President Bruce Coons was
among those to voice opposition
at the July 9 seven-hour council
meeting.
“You have one of the most
important decisions you’ll ever
make in your life here today,”
Coons said. “The public wants
you to listen to the public for
once. Eighty-five percent to
90 percent of San Diegans do
not want this project to move
forward. You should exercise
leadership for once in your life
and send [the proposed plan]
back for a compromise.”
Former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre addressed
Jacobs directly, accusing him of
destroying both Balboa Park and
NEWS
San Diego democracy, as well
as controlling city government
through his wealth.
“You are not a philanthropist,
you’re a plutocrat,” Aguirre said.
The City Council disagreed.
District Three Councilmember Todd Gloria, whose district
includes Balboa Park, said he
has dedicated a considerable
amount of time and thought
to the plan since it was first
proposed in 2010. He said he
believes the benefits of the
project, including the removal of
cars, the reclaiming of approximately six acres of parkland
for pedestrians and reducing
the number of pedestrian and
vehicle conflicts outweigh the
plan’s cost.
“I educated myself on the
alternatives to the Jacobs plan
and they all have an impact as
significant if not more significant,” Gloria said. “One proposal
involves closing the Cabrillo
Bridge, but we know this will
have significant traffic impacts
Councilmember Todd Gloria
approved the Jacobs Plan.
(Courtesy office of Todd Gloria)
to areas to the west side of the
park, such as Banker’s Hill.
This would bring opposition and
controversy from a new group or
stakeholders.”
Every alternative has been
considered, he said, and each
comes with its own costs. “While
there certainly are costs for the
Jacobs plan the costs associated
with the alternatives far outweigh
their benefits,” he said.
Gloria also said he believes
that at completion, Balboa Park’s
center will be magnificent.
“You can look at the East
Prado, which was closed to
traffic from Park Boulevard
and pedestrianized in the early
1970s. People congregate by the
fountain and stroll through the
East Arcade,” he said. “We’ve
tasted it, we’ve seen it and that
is what we’re going to replicate,
not just in the Plaza de Panama,
but in the West El Prado, the
Plaza de California and the
Esplanade.”
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) representatives
said they will legally challenge
the plan’s approval.
“SOHO suppor ts the widely
shared goal of removing parking from the Plaza de Panama
in time for the centennial of
the 1915 Panama-California
Exposition,” a July 10 press
release stated, “but the costly
Jacobs plan is indefensible in
terms of minor net parking
gains, huge public costs for
construction and maintenance,
and the introduction of paid
parking for park visitors. The
City concedes that the new
bypass bridge will significantly
impact a historic landmark but
contends that such impacts are
justified by project benefits.
SOHO and thousands of San
Diegans disagree.” u
UptownBriefs
COUNCILMEMBER GLORIA PUSHES
FOR METER FUNDS USAGE
District Three Councilmember Todd Gloria announced July
11 his support of using excess
parking meter funds for parking
improvements. Gloria serves
as chair of the Budget and
Finance Committee, which held
an oversight hearing to discuss
guidelines of the use of parking
meter funds. “The shortage of
parking is a problem in may San
Diego communities, and funds
are available to solve it,” Gloria
said in a press release. “City staff
and parking districts must move
forward with tangible parking
improvements for our neighborhoods.” Currently, parking meter
revenue is split between the
City’s General Fund at 55 percent
and Community Parking Districts
(CPDs) at 45 percent. CPDs use
the funds to implement parking solutions in their respective
neighborhoods, and the Uptown
CPD has amassed $1.1 million in
unallocated balances. In the press
release, Gloria said CPD advisory
boards have “expressed frustration with the speed at which their
proposals and projects are analyzed and implemented by City
staff.” The Budget and Finance
Committee discussed several
areas for improvement, all to be
decided in the future.
LOCAL RESIDENTS RAPPEL
FOR A CAUSE
Kids Included Together
(KIT) will be the benefactor of
an upcoming event in which
participants will rappel down
the side of a bay-front, high-rise
hotel while raising money for the
nonprofit at the same time. Called
“Over the Edge,” the event takes
participants who have raised a
minimum of $1,000 by August
1, and straps them to the side
of the Manchester Grand Hyatt,
where they will then rappel down
33 floors. The event will take
place August 18 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. KIT is a local nonprofit that
provides best practice training for
local community-based organizations that provide recreational
and development programs for
children with or without disabilities. Over the Edge is a professional rappelling organization
that specializes in fundraising
events for non-profit organizations. South Park resident Barbara Perez has already reached
the minimum goal and will be one
of the many individuals rappelling
down the building. She has set a
new goal of $2,000. To donate to
Perez or any other participant,
visit overtheedgesandiego.com
and click on “donate.” Friends,
family and other supporters can
watch all of the festivities for free
from a special spectator lounge
at the Hyatt, located at 1 Market
Place, Downtown.
RED DOOR IN MISSION HILLS TO
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Trish Watlington, owner of
The Red Door Restaurant and
Wine Bar and The Wellington
Steak and Martini Lounge in
Mission Hills, will be hosting a
celebratory dinner at The Red
Door on Wednesday, July 25. In
honor of the restaurant’s third
anniversary, the party will feature
a special menu from chef Miguel
Valdez. Featuring fresh food from
Watlington’s personal garden, the
four-course dinner will include an
see Briefs, page 21
dining
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f r a n k s a b at i n i j r . / r e s tau r a n t r e v i e w
Unconventional tacos and burritos laced with creamy sauces
A
bout a year ago
when I spoke to Jose
Luis Rojano,
who owns Lucha Libre
Gourmet Taco Shop with
his two brothers, Rojano
revealed that he had never
seen a first-time customer
enter the eatery with a straight
face. Count me among those
stunned and amused patrons when
I initially encountered the eatery’s
hot-pink walls plastered with
bold, colorful pictures of masked
wrestlers.
“Lucha libre” is the Spanish
term for “free wrestling,” which
showcases the high-flying moves
of masked fighters who emerged
famously from the rings almost
a century ago. At the namesake
taco shop, the Latin sport is
memorialized in kitschy glamour that extends also to zebraprint seat cushions, disco balls,
chandeliers and a sparkly gold
“champion’s booth” that requires
reservations.
These days the lines to get inside often snake a few doors down,
resulting in the 45-minute wait I
endured when visiting on a recent
Sunday afternoon. The commotion
centers largely around the eatery’s
unconventional tacos and burritos
laced with creamy sauces and
filled with things like soft cubes
of queso panela, French fries or
veggies that you don’t usually see
folded into tortillas.
The open-faced queso taco with
crispy grilled cheese, for example,
derives its novelty from a pinkish
special sauce that is mysteriously
tangy. It’s layered with a choice
of steak, chicken or fries. The
spuds reappear in greater volume
as a key ingredient in the mondo
“surfin’ California” burrito with
chipotle sauce, which helped put
Lucha Libre on the national taco
trail after it was touted on Travel
Channel’s “Man v. Food” show.
The “veg out” burrito mixes
mushrooms and zucchini with
rice and guacamole, though much
deeper flavors arise from the “holy
1810 W. Washington St.
619-296-8226
www.tacosmackdown.com
moly” burrito presenting a cascade
of chicken breast and chocolatekissed mole sauce. Also blended
into the scheme are chunks of
white queso panela, a jiggly curd
that resembles Indian paneer
cheese, but turning creamier when
it hits the heat of your mouth.
My current favorite is the
“undefeated seafood burrito,” constructed with lots of grilled shrimp
or blackened mahi. I’m partial to
the latter as the feisty Serrano
cream sauce inside cranks up the
blackening spices on the fish. No
salsa is needed here, although
a visit to the high-traffic
salsa bar reveals about
seven different varieties that defy the norm.
Most salsas are
thick, such as the
creamy cilantro sauce.
Another, containing mango
and peppers, is as chunky as
fruit salad, ranking perhaps as
the spiciest. Because the choices
are not labeled, you will need to
employ your palate to navigate
through them.
Lucha Libre is among those
rare taco shops in San Diego that
serves Tijuana-style hot dogs. The
all-beef frank is wrapped in bacon
and garnished with ketchup,
mustard, mayo and grilled onions.
It sounds a little frightening on
paper, but in most cases it’s love at
first bite, especially after a vigorous bar crawl.
There is also “TJ corn”
punctuated with chilies, lime and
mayo. Served in paper bowls, it’s
a fantastic concoction when the
kernels arrive slightly firm from a
fresh batch rather than when they
turn up chewy after sitting a while
in the cooker.
The gourmet offerings share
billing with the usual battery
of rolled tacos, enchiladas and
bean-n-cheesers. But the real
slice of Mexican culture is
undoubtedly captured through
the shop’s fun and vibrant theme,
which reportedly made famed
masked wrestler Blue Demon Junior feel right at home when he
dropped in once to taste a piece
of the action.u
(top) A selection from Lucha Libre’s menu (Photos by Rebecah Corbin and Frank
Sabatini Jr.); (bottom) national media exposure has contributed to the taco shop’s
long lines. (Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.)
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dining
Tapas Picasso
Come On
G e t H a p py !
D r. I n k
Burgundy
sangria is
served in
traditional
porróns at
Tapas Picasso.
(Photo by Dr. Ink)
3923 Fourth Ave. (Hillcrest) | 619-294-3061
Happy Hour: 5 p.m. to closing, Monday through Thursday;
5 to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday.
Spotlight on sangria
Americans were reportedly
introduced to sangria at the 1964
World’s Fair in New York by visiting Spaniards who taught us the
beauty of mixing wine with fruit.
Recipes for the drink have since
taken wild turns, ranging from
super-sweet to hot and spicy. At
Tapas Picasso, the formula is a
pleasing blend of burgundy, soda
water and a touch of Sprite, resulting in an effervescent buzz worthy
of a flamenco dance.
During happy hour, the sangria
is available in various
sized pitchers priced
between
$12.50
and $20.
Visiting as a twosome, we ordered
it in a porrón, a smallish traditional
decanter with a pointy spout at
the bottom. The cost per porrón is
only $10, which afforded us each
about a glass and a half.
“Definitely a wine lover’s
sangria,” my friend said as we
applauded its tame sweetness and
fruity undertones supplied from
pieces of oranges and red apples
floating in our glasses. With summer upon us, the stuff goes down
effortlessly and catches up quickly if you succumb to drinking
it too fast. The beverage deals
extend to domestic beers
($2.50) and house wine
($5), but when lolling in a
Spanish-owned establishment that’s been around
for 20 years, the notion of
commercial, American beer
seems sacrilege.
Prices for select
tapas are also discounted during happy hour,
with about six costing
$5 apiece and nearly 35
others from the regular
menu offered at $1 off.
Based on past dinners here, the
food stimulates the palate with
discernible measures of garlic,
herbs and occasional bursts of
heat from chili peppers.
We ordered fried potatoes
bathed in spicy chipotle aioli, a
perfect come-on to the slightly carbonated sangria. The cubed spuds
had an addicting twice-cooked
essence about them; soft in the
middle and crispy around the edges. Had we not planned on making
additional bar stops afterwards,
we would have encroached further
on albacore mousse pâté, Spanish
sausages and chicken breast in
mushroom-wine sauce. The more
tapas, the merrier,
and all the
more reason to
indulge in a portly
pitcher of Spain’s
national tonic.u
RATINGS:
Drinks:
The sangria is simple and refreshing, made
with burgundy, soda water and a discrete
measure of Sprite.
Food:
After sampling the potatoes in chipotle aioli, you’ll be tempted to stay for dinner and
savor the dozens of other tapas inspired by
kitchens of northern Spain.
Value:
The savings on drink and tapas range between 20 and 40 percent. Both the sangria
and food portions are easily shareable with
at least one other person.
Service:
Customers are acknowledged quickly when
entering through the door and the wait staff
is attentive to details.
Duration:
During the bulk of the week, happy hour
stays in place until closing.
Chipotle aioli adds spark to
fried potatoes. (Photo by Dr. Ink)
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Volume 4, Issue 15 • July 20–Aug. 2, 2012 • San Diego Uptown News
sbah July 25
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One-man band St. Lucia comes to th
By Logan Broyles
SDUN Reporter
It takes a talented musician to
run a one-person, international
pop band. Fortunately, Jean-Philip
Grobler of St. Lucia has bounced
around the globe studying music
since he was a child.
Originally from South Africa,
Grobler grew up singing for the
Drakensburg Boys Choir and has
since toured all over the world. He
discovered the joys of pop and electronic music in his teens and moved
to England for three years to continue studying music in Liverpool.
Eventually he settled in New
York City and, in 2012, founded St.
Lucia, an electro-pop project that
serves as homage to the various
music styles Grobler has studied.
Grobler described his music as a
version of “nostalgic world pop.”
St. Lucia’s self-titled debut EP is
currently available, with six singles
including “Before the Dive” and
“We Got it Wrong.” The band’s first
full-length album is in the works
and set to come out later this year.
Grobler said he has been practically
living in his recording studio lately,
as he works to finish it, thought he
does not like to consider it work.
“I stopped working the moment
it started feeling like work, and I
feel like that’s kept things fresh and
exciting for me,” Grobler said. “Of
course, there’s a lot of things you
can do when you’re not feeling inspired, like editing vocal takes and
stuff like that, but I always try to
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pride
Executive Director Dwayne Crenshaw in a press release.
Assistant Editor Morgan Hurley
reached out to several community
members for our second yearly
Pride Guide insert, and third year
of Pride coverage. Called Community Voices, the section features
over 20 different – and wonderful
– responses to the question, “What
does Pride mean to me?”
Also in the insert is a comprehensive listing of events, including the
Friday, July 20 raising of the permanent Pride flag on Normal Street and
the Hillcrest Business Association’s
Block Party, as well as the complete
entertainment lineup for the Pride
Festival. While not exhaustive, it
provides a good place to start.
Rounding out the guide are interviews with Festival headliners Natasha Bedingfield and “Glee” start Alex
Newell, as well as a photo spread of
past Pride events in San Diego.
Bedingfield, who rose to fame
with the single “Unwritten, said she
is excited to be in San Diego and
anticipates a wide range of attendees at the concert. “The whole community comes out,” she said. “It’s
a really great chance to celebrate
life and living, which we all need.”
Bedingfield performs Sunday, July
22 at 7:30 p.m.u
keep my creative work to the times
when I’m feeling inspired.”
All those hours in the studio
have been a learning experience for
Grobler as he evolves as a musician. Saying the EP and album have
influences from pop music from the
1970s to the 1990s, Grobler calls
the feel “dreamy, nostalgic” and
“slightly melancholy.”
“It’s a natural progression from
what I was doing in the past, but
basically the first time that I think
all, or most of my musical influences have been expressed in one
project,” he said. “Mainly, I just
want to make the best album that I
feel I can make at this point in time.
From there, we’ll have to see where
that takes us. I’m not too far off
though, I don’t think.”
Grobler’s music has been compared to Peter Gabriel, mixed with
a more contemporary electronic
band like Empire of the Sun. He
plays a plethora of instruments for
the band, naturally, including all
sorts of electronic mixing equipment, guitar riffs, pianos, and
even the occasional sax solo for
good measure.
“I learned to trust my instincts,
and not be afraid of any of my influences or ideas,” Grobler said. “As
you grow as a musician, you realize
that all forms of music are beautiful,
and that it’s about what makes you
feel something rather than what a
group of people think is cool at a
specific time.”
Neon Gold will release St.
Lucia’s debut album later this year,
the same label that helped launch
releases for Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding and The Naked & Famous.
“I’ve never actually been to San
Diego, but I’ve heard a lot of good
things about it,” Grobler said. “One
of my friends here in New York is
from there, and he’s always boasting about the weather. The weather
in South Africa is pretty amazing
too, so we’ll have to see if it can
match up.”
The band will be playing at the
Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd., on
Wednesday, July 25. Tickets are $8
and doors open at 8:30 p.m. Dr. Seahorse and Maren Parusel open before St. Lucia. For more information
visit facebook.com/stlucianewyork
and for tickets visit casbahmusic.
com or call 619-232-4355.u
Jean-Philip Grobler is St. Lucia. (Photo by Shervin Lainez)
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theater
Richard at full tilt
Finest company of actors yet for Old Globe Theatre’s
vastly entertaining production of “Richard III”
"RICHARD III"
WHERE: The Old Globe Theatre
1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park
WHEN: In repertory through Sept.
29; various dates at 8 p.m.
INFO: 619-234-5623
WEB: theoldglobe.org
(l to r) Dana Green as Queen Elizabeth and Jay Whittaker as Richard III (Photo by Henry DiRocco)
By Charlene Baldridge
SDUN Theater Critic
It is possible that in the 77
years of William Shakespeare
in Balboa Park, there has never
been a finer company of “Richard
III” than this one, produced by
The Old Globe in the outdoor
Lowell Davies Festival Theatre
through Sept. 29.
Never have there been such
strong and vulnerable women.
Each is a riveting force of nature.
Never have there been male
courtiers more attractive, clearly
motivated and well spoken.
And never has there been
a more twisted, malevolent or
self-deluded Richard, Duke of
Gloucester, than Jay Whittaker,
who is remembered both for
his portrayal of Mozart in last
season’s “Amadeus” as well as
for his magnificent Edgar in
2010’s “King Lear.” Comedy lies
in Richard’s unfailing egotism,
which in Whittaker’s hands is
vastly entertaining.
British director Lindsay
Posner makes an auspicious
Old Globe debut with “Richard.”
Though Ralph Funicello’s set
may be indeterminate in time and
meaning – it is said to imply that
such power-usurping machinations continue to this day – what
is certain is the alacrity and clarity
of the performances. Seldom has
three hours passed in so cohesive
and cogent a fashion.
Richard, the deformed Duke
who would be King, employs every means at his disposal to attain
and keep the throne. His ploys
include seduction, coercion and
murder. As he does with his other
great malevolent, Iago, Shakespeare gives the actor personifying Richard numerous scenes in
which he addresses onlookers,
revealing his megalomania. It
would be easy for a lesser actor to
go too far or to present a caricature of evil. Instead, Whittaker’s
full-tilt Richard personifies it and
makes it human.
He does not love being hated;
he is motivated by hatred, that
which is aimed at him and that
which he aims at others.
The women Richard contends with include his mother,
the Duchess of York (played by
Deborah Radloff); his sister-inlaw Elizabeth (Dana Green), who
is married to and later widow of
Richard’s brother, the reigning
monarch, Edward IV; Queen
Margaret, widow of Henry VI,
who has returned from exile to
warn the court about Richard; and
Queen Margaret’s daughter, Lady
Anne (Vivia Font), whom Richard woos, wins over and plans to
discard when it is expedient.
Because they stand in the way
of his succession, Richard eliminates his brother, the Duke of
Clarence (Happy Anderson) and
then his own young nephews, the
Duke of York (Aidan Hayek) and
Edward, Prince of Wales (Jonas
McMullen). When Kind Edward
IV dies, Richard gains the throne.
Meanwhile, the Earl of Richmond (Dan Amboyer) flees into
exile, raises an army, returns
and defeats Richard in battle,
becoming Henr y VII. He takes
Lady Anne for his bride, putting
the House of Lancaster on the
throne and ending the reign of
Richard III, the last king from
the House of York.
Bob Peskovitz portrays Richard’s brother, Edward IV; Robert
Foxworth plays Lord Hastings,
Edward IV’s chamberlain; Jacques
C. Smith portrays Richard’s supporter Henry, Duke of Buckingham; and Charles Janasz plays
Stanley, Earl of Derby.
The company of 27 actors –
whether seasoned Equity performers, students in the Old GlobeUniversity of San Diego Graduate
Theatre program, or community
actors – create fascinating and
multifaceted characters.
Deirdre Clancy returns as
costume designer, here specializing in leather. Her costumes for
“Richard III” are fashion plate.
Richard’s assistive device, a leg
brace without which he collapses, is brilliant. Alan Burrett is
lighting designer, Lindsay Jones,
sound designer, and Peter Golub
provides original music.
“Richard III” plays in rotating
repertory with Shakespeare’s “As
You Like It” (through Sept. 30)
and Jerome Lawrence and Robert
E. Lee’s “Inherit the Wind”
(though Sept. 25), and one of the
joys of repertory is seeing actors
in contrasting roles on alternate
nights.
For instance, Green and Amboyer portray lovers – she in trousers! – Rosalind and Orlando in
“As You Like It,” in which Smith,
so duplicitous and ultimately
valiant in “Richard III,” portrays
the melancholy Jaques, and Whittaker portrays Oliver, Orlando’s
evil older brother.
Foxworth, so strong a courtier
in “Richard” returns on alternate
nights to portray attorney Henry
Drummond (the Clarence Darrow figure) in “Inherit the Wind.”
Amboyer plays three roles in
total, also performing Bertram
Cates (the John Scopes figure) in
“Inherit the Wind.”u
FEATURE
‘Deep Sea’ diving at the Fleet
A giant Pacific octopus swims gracefully in the cold waters of British
Columbia. (Photo by Peter Kragh/Warner Bros.)
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
Del Mar husband-and-wife
team Howard and Michele Hall
celebrated the return of their
latest IMAX film at the Reuben
H. Fleet Science Center’s Heikoff Dome last month. Officially
opened July 1, “Deep Sea” –
playing through the end of the
summer – is the latest IMAX
film for the couple, who were a
part of the first-ever under water IMAX 3D feature, “Into the
Deep,” in 1994.
“Deep Sea” takes audiences
below the ocean surface in several locations around the globe
to explore a wide rage of undersea life. With never-before-seen
footage, the Halls were able to
give moviegoers a taste of what
it was like to swim among ocean
animals and to witness their dayto-day behaviors.
IMAX footage for the film was
shot in nine different locations,
including La Jolla, the Channel Islands and Monterey in California.
The Halls also traveled to the Sea
of Cortez; Kona, Hawaii; British
Columbia, Canada; the Gulf of
Mexico; the Bahamas; and Outer
Banks, N.C.
“IMAX provides such an
immersive experience that
you’re able to get up close to the
creatures much like I did shooting the film, but without getting
wet,” Howard Hall said in a press
release. “I like working with the
big, 70mm, IMAX camera because it’s certainly challenging.”
Serving as director for both
“Into the Deep” and “Deep Sea,”
Howard Hall said they had always
wanted to capture the same subject matter as their first film, and
found it surprising 10 years had
passed between filming.
“The learning curve was so
steep when we were making
[‘Into the Deep’], that by the
time we were finished with the
project, we were just beginning to
figure out how to use the camera
system and how to capture good
images,” he said. “For a long
time, we just really wanted to
build on our experience and try
to do better. With this new movie,
we have done that.”
The latest film brought the
Halls back together with producer Toni Myers, an IMAX technology expert who worked on
the “Into the Deep” production.
Myers, too, called working on the
first film “experimental,” and said
she was glad to return with the
Halls for “Deep Sea.”
“At the time, ‘Into the Deep’
(l to r) Producer Michele Hall and Director Howard Hall in British
Columbia (Photo by Neil McDaniel/Howard Hall Productions)
was highly experimental and we
had some technical bugs to work
out of the camera for the underwater filming,” Myers said in the
same press release. “The film
was incredibly successful and,
ever since, we had been wanting
to do another one.”
Besides branching out into
several locations for “Deep Sea,”
the filmmakers were able to use
advanced IMAX cameras to capture deeper underwater sequences. Shoots typically required six
divers to manipulate the large
cameras underwater, and the
longest dive was over four hours
long. In total, the crew spent
over 1,850 hours underwater for
filming in 84 days of diving. For
the film, the company massed 73
miles of film.
“Our goal is really to take
you on a magical journey underwater to places that most of us
have never been,” Myers said.
“Even with a large number of
people who do scuba dive, lots
of them have never met these
characters or seen how they
interact with other animals.
‘Deep Sea’ includes moments
that Howard [Hall] himself has
never filmed before, even in his
long and varied career in undersea photography.”
After their first film, Howard
and Michele Hall created the
production company Howard
Hall Productions and produced
their next feature, “Island of
Sharks.” The couple directed and
produced “Deep Sea 3D” in 2005,
which was awarded Best Picture
and Best Large Format Film, and
“Under the Sea 3D” in 2009, winner of Best Cinematography and
Best Documentary.
In addition to their own productions, the Halls have been a
part of several other underwater
films, including “Lost Worlds”
and “Return to Hubble,” as well
as the MacGillivray Freeman
IMAX films “The Living Sea,”
“Journey Into Amazing Caves”
and “Coral Reef Adventure.”
Between them, the couple
have won seven Emmy Awards.
Of the five highest-grossing
3D IMAX films, two – “Into the
Deep” and “Deep Sea 3D” – were
directed by Howard Hall.
A graduate from San Diego
State University, where he
received a bachelor’s of science
degree in zoology, Howard Hall
is an internationally recognized
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Award-winning La Jolla filmmakers
return to the Science Center with
their latest underwater IMAX film
A green sea turtle poses for the IMAX cameras.
(Photo by Peter Kragh/Warner Bros.)
photographer and author, with
work published in hundreds of
books and magazines including
“Life” and “National Geographic.”
He also directed the five-hour
PBS series, “Secrets of the Ocean
Realm,” which his wife produced.
Michele Hall is a member
of the Television Academy of
Arts and Sciences as well as the
Women Divers Hall of Fame. She
has a bachelor’s degree in health
sciences, and is a registered
nurse in California.
With “Deep Sea,” the pair,
along with Myers, said they
wanted to utilize the advanced
technology to capture some of
the ocean’s many creatures. “This
time we definitely wanted to
film a broader range of animals
than covered in ‘Into the Deep,’”
Myers said. “We really wanted
to bring to the audience a sense
of the huge diversity of the life
that is the ocean. A lot of people
have no clue in terms of what a
wonderful parade of strange and
exotic-looking creatures share
our world with us.”
The Heikoff Dome theater
is located at 1875 El Prado in
Balboa Park. IMAX admission is
$15.75 for adults and $12.75 for
children and seniors. The Science Center has special summer
hours: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Friday and
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and
Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. For show
times and ticket information, visit
rhfleet.org or call 619-238-1233.u
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TRAVEL
Although Switzerland is an
iconic winter travel destination,
summertime has charms of its
own that will enchant the senses
and delight the soul. Here are
some of my favorites from a recent
visit to St. Moritz, Crans-Montana
and Bern.
No matter which
direction you travel
in Switzerland, summer is a wonderful
time to visit.
(Photos by Ron Stern)
RonStern
Global Gumshoe
The Swiss Travel System
This is your ticket to fun
and convenient travel covering 16,000 miles throughout
the countr y. The travel system
includes trains, buses and most
of the lake transportation, all for
the price of a single ticket. The
trains are comfortable, efficient
and almost always on time. Additionally, for one price you have
access to about 400 museums
throughout Switzerland: truly a
great deal.
Advertised as the slowest
express train in the world, the
Glacier Express from St. Moritz
offers some of the most spectacular mountain scenery you will find
anywhere in the world. There are
a variety of Swiss passes available
on their website offering flexibility
and different classes of travel.
(swisstravelsystem.com)
St. Moritz, an Outdoor
Playground(stmoriz.ch)
Located in the larger Engadin
Valley, St. Moritz is a postcardperfect playground for anyone
who loves the outdoors. With its
majestic snow-capped mountains,
lakes, forests, and meadows, St.
Moritz offers the traveler a wealth
of engaging activities.
I would recommend starting
off easy with a tour of the Ricola
herb garden in nearby Pontresina.
More than 100 Swiss farmers are
involved in growing herbs for
these popular medicinal drops
and they are quite proud of their
final product. Next, rent an E-Bike
for a ride through the Alps to
Morteratsch. These cycles are
partially powered, making you feel
like a superhero gliding up and
down inclines. At your destination,
enjoy a feast of meats, breads and
cheeses at the alpine cheese dairy
(alp-schaukaeserei.ch).
In the early afternoon, take a
train and gondola to Diavolezza
Mountain for a top-of-the-world
view of the Swiss Alps. While
you’re soaking in the scenery, you
can relax with appetizers, wine
and cheese or a nice lunch. Here,
you will also find the highest-elevation hot tub in Europe (diavolezza.ch/en).
For your final activity of the
day, hire a horse carriage to take
you past green meadows and
stately pine trees to Lake Staz and
the Hotel-Restaurant Lej da Staz.
Enjoy some typical Swiss dishes,
and for dessert, you simply have
to have a generous helping of
their vanilla ice cream: the best
I have ever had anywhere in the
world. Happy cows, I guess (lejdastaz.ch/en.html).
Crans-Montana, natural family
destination (crans-montana.ch)
Enjoying 300 days of sunshine
each year, Crans-Montana is a
mountain resort that lies on a
plateau 3,000 meters above sea
level. Surrounded by mountains,
lakes and trees, it has one of the
few alpine sandy beaches in the
country at the Crans-Montana
Beach Club, making it the ideal
family destination.
From the railway station, take
the funicular from the town Sierra
up to Crans-Montana. The towns
are spread out and offer a variety
of restaurants, cafes and historic
highlights. Stop by David L’instant
Chocolat for exquisite truffles,
chocolate-covered almonds and
other heavenly temptations
(instant-chocolat.ch).
Hiking trails are everywhere
and the one that runs along the
irrigation channels is particularly beautiful. Pink and purple
wildflowers adorn the slopes as
you pass by waterfalls and shaded
country pastures. Near the top,
you can enjoy a lunch in a rather
modern restaurant constructed
out of concrete and glass. There is
nothing like having wine, risotto,
meat and melting raclette cheese
in front of a fire while gazing out
at the idyllic landscape through
large windows.
Bern, Swiss capital and
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Designated a World Heritage
Site in 1983, this capital city is located in the heart of Switzerland.
It is quite the cosmopolitan city
with beautiful churches, bridges,
the famous Zytglogge clock tower
and even a bear park.
The Aare River runs around
the town, and is a popular swimming location at certain times of
the year. The bear is the symbol
of Bern and a newly constructed
see Switzerland, page 21
calendar
CalendarofEvents
Friday, July 20
Pride Stonewall Rally: 6
p.m., honoring Spirit of Stonewall
award winners and ending with the
raising of the rainbow flag, Harvey
Milk and Normal streets, free
Hillcrest Block Party: 7
– 11 p.m., sponsored by the Hillcrest Business Association and
SD Pride in honor of the Flag
raising ceremony and to kick
of the Pride weekend, Normal
Street and University Avenue,
$15 general, $50 VIP
Marston House Museum
Tours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays, Marston
House Museum, 3525 Seventh
Ave., $8 adults, $5 seniors and $4
children (6-12)
Graffiti Beach Art Showcase: 6 p.m., showcasing local
artists, Graffiti Beach, 2220 Fern
St., free
Puppet Shows in Balboa
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30
p.m., Marie Hitchcock Puppet
Theater summer series, Balboa
Park Recital Hall 2130 Pan American Plaza, $5
Cinema Under the Stars: 8:30
p.m., screening “Key Largo,” 4040
Goldfinch St., tickets start at $14
Sonic Epidemic: 6 – 8 p.m.,
part of Summer Concerts in Trolley Barn Park, Sonic Epidemic
showcases hits of the 1970s, Adams
Avenue and Florida Street, free
My Padres: 10 – 11 a.m.,
baseball author talk, University
Heights Library, 4193 Park Blvd.,
free all ages
Preschool story time: 10:30 11 a.m., Mission Hills Library, 925
W. Washington St., free
Saturday, July 21
Front Runners & Walkers
5k: 10 a.m., run and walk the Pride
Parade Route (start and finish at
University Avenue and Normal
Street), race-day registration $45
Stagecoach Days: noon –
4 p.m., celebrating travel and
transport in the Old West with
demonstrations and activities about
settlers in San Diego, Old Town
San Diego State Historic Park, San
Diego Avenue and Twiggs Street,
Old Town, free
Golden Hill Farmers Market:
8 a.m. – noon every Saturday, B St.
between 27th and 28th Streets, free
Old Town Farmers Market:
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. every Saturday,
Harney Street, free
Cinema Under the Stars:
8:30 p.m., screening “Let’s Make
Love,” 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets
start at $14
Family Night at the Serra
Museum: 6 – 9 p.m., organized by
San Diego History Center, outdoor
activities in Presidio Park before
moving into the Junípero Serra
Museum, 2727 Presidio Dr., reservations required at 619-232-6203
Book Sale: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
friends of SDPL monthly book sale,
University Heights Library, 4193
Park Blvd., free all ages
Book Sale: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30
p.m., friends of SDPL monthly
book sale, Mission Hills Library,
925 W. Washington St., free
Color Time: noon – 1 p.m.,
North Park Librar y, 3795 31st
St., free.
Sunday, July 22
Hillcrest Farmers Market:
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. every Sunday, Hillcrest DMV, 3960 Normal St., free
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
summer series, Balboa Park
Recital Hall 2130 Pan American
Plaza, $5
8:30 p.m., screening “Let’s Make
Love,” 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets
start at $14
Family Night at the Serra
Museum: 6 – 9 p.m., organized by
San Diego History Center, outdoor
activities in Presidio Park before
moving into the Junípero Serra
Museum, 2727 Presidio Dr., reservations required at 619-232-6203
Organ Concert: 2 p.m.,
music by organist Carol Williams,
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa
Bark, free
Monday, July 23
Summer Organ Festival: 7:30
p.m., celebrating Silver Anniversary
Season of the International Summer
Organ Festival, tonight’s performance is Diane Bish, Spreckels
Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, free
Game Day: 4 – 5 p.m., North
Park Library, 3795 31st St., free.
Tuesday, July 24
Organ Concert: 12:30 p.m.,
Tuesdays, short organ concert
with coffee, tea and refreshments
with concert series on EolianSkinner organ, St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, Fifth Avenue and Nutmeg
Street in Bankers Hill, free
Residents Free Tuesdays in
Balboa Park: hours vary by museum, participating museums include
Museum of Photographic Arts, San
Diego History Center, Veterans’
Museum and Memorial Center.
Free for San Diego Residents with
ID, active military and dependents
‘Strong’ documentary: 7:30
p.m., screening of “STRONG!”
with Q&A after with U.S. Olympian
Cheryl Haworth and filmmaker
Julie Wyman, Cinema Under the
Stars, 4040 Goldfinch St., $15
Pajama stor y time: 6:30 – 7
p.m., Mission Hills Librar y, 925
W. Washington St., babies to 5
years old, free
Wednesday, July 25
Mission Hills Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. every Wednesday,
4050 Falcon St., free
Cycling deaths protest: 4
p.m., honoring recent deaths of
two cyclists killed by vehicles,
cyclists and supporters will gather
at Balboa Park then ride to City
Hall for awareness, Balboa Park
fountain, 1549 El Prado, free
Numerology: 5:45 – 6:45 p.m.,
with host Richard King, University
Heights Library, 4193 Park Blvd.,
teen to adults, free
Mystery Book Group: 6:30
– 7:30 p.m., Mission Hills Library,
925 W. Washington St., adults, free
Thursday, July 26
North Park Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. every Thursday,
parking lot behind CVS at 32nd St.
and University Ave., free
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
Plaza, $5
8:30 p.m., screening “It Happened
One Night,” 4040 Goldfinch St.,
tickets start at $14
Summer reading program:
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., with Craig
Newton, Mission Hills Library,
925 W. Washington St., babies – 12
years old, free
Friday, July 27
Stoney B. Blues Band: 6 – 8
p.m., part of Summer Concerts in
Trolley Barn Park, Stoney B. Blues
Band plays Chicago and Southern
style blues, Adams Avenue and
Florida Street, free
Graffiti Beach Art Showcase: 6 p.m., showcasing local
artists, Graffiti Beach, 2220 Fern
St., free
8:30 p.m., screening “It Happened
One Night,” 4040 Goldfinch St.,
tickets start at $14
Marston House Museum
Tours: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays, Marston
House Museum, 3525 Seventh
Ave., $8 adults, $5 seniors and $4
children (6-12)
Saturday, July 28
Golden Hill Farmers Market:
8 a.m. – noon every Saturday, B St.
between 27th and 28th Streets, free
Stagecoach Days: noon –
4 p.m., celebrating travel and
transport in the Old West with
demonstrations and activities about
settlers in San Diego, Old Town
San Diego State Historic Park, San
Diego Avenue and Twiggs Street,
Old Town, free
Folding Mister Lincoln: 5:30
– 7:30 p.m., Folding Mister Lincoln
is part of the Bird Park Summer
Concerts series, hosted by the
North Park Community Association, Bird Park, 28th and Thorn
streets, free
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30
p.m., Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater summer series, Balboa Park
Plaza, $5
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. every Saturday,
Harney Street, free
8:30 p.m., screening “In A Lonely
Place,” 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets
start at $14
Summer reading program:
10:30 – 11:30 a.m., with Craig Newton, Mission Hills Library, 925 W.
Washington St., babies – 12 years
old, free
Sunday, July 29
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
Plaza, $5
8:30 p.m., screening “In A Lonely
Place,” 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets
start at $14
Prayers for World Peace:
10:30 a.m. to noon, guided meditation drop-in class, Vajrarupini
Buddhist Center, 3344 Fourth Ave.,
Bankers Hill, $10 donation
Monday, July 30
Summer Organ Festival: 7:30
p.m., celebrating Silver Anniversary Season of the International
Summer Organ Festival, tonight’s
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performance is Carlo Curley,
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa
Park, free
LGBT Caregivers & Grief
Support Group: 5:30 p.m., facilitated by professionals from Silverado Hospice, the group focuses on
those who are taking care of loved
ones with terminal illness as well
as those that have recently faced a
loss or death, LGBT Center, 3909
Centre St., free
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., weekly artisan fair
in Old Town on Harney Street, free
Tuesday, July 31
Residents Free Tuesdays in
Balboa Park: hours vary by museum, participating museums include
Museum of Photographic Arts, San
Diego History Center, Veterans’
Museum and Memorial Center.
Free for San Diego Residents with
ID, active military and dependents
Wednesday, Aug. 1
Mission Hills Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. every Wednesday,
4050 Falcon St., free
Park: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
Plaza, $5
Thursday, Aug. 2
North Park Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. every Thursday,
parking lot behind CVS at 32nd St.
and University Ave., free
8:30 p.m., screening “Touch of
Evil,” 4040 Goldfinch St., tickets
start at $14
Dream Big: 10 – 11 a.m.,
‘Dream Big: Look What I Can Do’
performance, North Park Library,
3795 31st St., all ages, free.u
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HOME
First things first
Your front door is surprisingly easy to ignore, but it deserves your attention
HouseCalls
Michael Good
A rare Art Deco pyrographic front door (Photo by Michael Good)
The front door may be the
first thing visitors notice about an
old house, but for the homeowner, it can achieve a quality of near
invisibility. You see it everyday,
like a face in the mirror, and
like a face in the mirror, when it
changes, it changes too gradually to notice until something
dramatic happens: it won’t open,
it makes a funny noise or something falls off.
Then you think, maybe it’s
time to do something about that
old door.
The story of your front door
is the story of modernity. It starts
with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and ends with the
beginning of the Space Age. Before that, doors were handmade
by individuals: one headstrong
person with a block plane, a saw,
a chisel and a lot of time. Then in
1790, an Englishman named Sir
Samuel Bentham was handed a
project by his brother, a prison
reformer: find something for
inmates to do that won’t require
much training or education.
Woodworking seemed like a
good fit, except it required skills,
apprenticeship and aptitude. Bentham decided to invent machines
that would make shaping wood
simple. His inventions – a circular
saw, a tenon cutter, and boring
and shaping machines – made
mass-produced window sashes
and doors possible.
By the 1820s, hundreds of
milling operations had sprung up
in the United States, wherever
water could provide power and a
railroad could provide transportation. These same advances made
modern sawmills possible, and in
the latter part of the 19th century,
the vast stands of Redwood, yellow and white pine, and Douglas
fir that blanketed the West were
tapped for doors, windows and
wood trim, making the streetcar
suburbs of San Diego possible.
At the same time the U.S. was
discovering mass-produced millwork, Great Britain was discovering and marketing shellac, a clear
finish derived from the excretion
of a particular bug that liked a
particular tree in India. Shellac
made clear-finished wood doors
possible throughout the two
countries and remained the finish
of choice in homes everywhere
until the 1960s.
The Great Depression put
an end to many lumber mills,
millworks and mill-workers. In the
depths of the Depression, only a
few dozen houses were built each
year in San Diego. When building
started again, wartime innovations
– drywall, aluminum windows, and
doors, plywood, fiberglass and
mass-produced building materials – revolutionized the industry
and put most of the remaining
millworks out of business. Today,
if you want to make a door that is
made like a door from the 1920s,
you have to find someone who
has antique equipment and who
knows how to use it.
There was another reason
why post-war homeowners did
not want doors made the oldfashioned way: maintenance.
Early front doors required yearly
coats of shellac, and in 1950
homeowners had better things to
do than break shellac flakes, mix
them with alcohol and slather on
another coat of finish.
It was time to enjoy the advances of science and make a small
fortune in real estate by buying up
inner-city bungalows that no modern middle-class family wanted to
live in anymore. Of course, they
removed or painted over all the
woodwork to reduce maintenance,
slopping whatever they could find
in a mysterious jar in the garage
onto the front door.
If your door suffers from a
little neglect, do not worry, you
are part of a great tradition.
People have been ignoring your
door for decades. Of course, that
does not change the fact that it is
going to fall apart, eventually.
To prevent that, you have a
number of options, in ascending
order of expense and bother:
1. Do nothing. After all, it
lasted this long. It might be falling apart, but it’s falling apart
slowly.
2. Paint it. Paint is opaque, so
it blocks most of the UV rays, and
it’s cheaper than varnish. It’s also
easier to apply and easier to maintain, but it looks like paint.
3. Sand, clean and re-coat
with a high-quality, high resin,
UV-protecting varnish. If the
finish on your door is sound, this
is all you need to do to keep it
protected.
4. Do it the professional way:
strip the finish, sand the wood,
repair the cracks with epoxy
wood filler, then stain and apply
four coats of a marine varnish.
see HouseCalls, page 23
travel/home
From page 16
switzerland
park is situated on one of the
Aare’s banks, attracting thousands
each year.
The 16th century Zytglogge
guards one of the city’s original
gates and is an amazing feat of
engineering. Each hour, figures
on the outside turn and whistle
and crowds start massing early
to watch the spectacle. Take the
tour, however, to see the inside
workings where one man, without
any formal training, created this
amazing mechanism.
Bern has the longest covered
arcades in Europe as well as a
modern mall, and you can shop
for jewelry, clothing, watches and
chocolate, among many other
things. Dining options run from
casual to elegant, and the Kornhauskeller offers great local fare
set among warm wood tones and
artful decor from the Baroque era.
A relatively small country,
Switzerland is easy to visit from
a variety of gateways. Trains,
buses and trams make getting
around easy. Summer is a great
time to visit and, like me, you will
find yourself falling in love with
From page 10
the country and its people, who
welcome you with open arms.
Where to Stay
St. Moritz
Hotel Giardino Mountain
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Crans-Montana
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SUSPECT WANTED FOR
COMMERCIAL ROBBERIES
San Diego Police Department
officials announced July 13 the
investigation of a series of commercial robberies that began in
May. The most recent robbery occurred on July 11 at approximately 5:40 a.m. A suspect holding a
black semi-automatic handgun
robbed the 76 Gas station located
at 3252 University Ave. in North
Park. After approaching the clerk,
the suspect demanded money.
The clerk complied, and the suspect walked west out of the store.
He was last seen driving north
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is believed to be responsible for
at least eight other commercial
robberies in San Diego County:
four in San Diego, four in National
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SOUGHT
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ELEMENT
San Diego City officials are
inviting the public to participate in a workshop to discuss
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the update to the General
Plan Housing Element at their
second public workshop. The
Housing Element establishes
goals, policies and objectives
relative to the provision of
housing across San Diego. In
accordance with law, it must be
updated periodically to respond to the changing housing
need in the city and to establish an action plan to address
these needs. The input will
aid staff in identifying housing issues and opportunities
important to the community.
Held at the Joe & Vi Jacobs
Center Community Room, at
404 Euclid Ave., the meeting
runs from 5 – 7 p.m. For more
information contact Housing Element Update Project
Manager Brian Schoenfisch at
[email protected]
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
HOME IMPROVEMENT SPOTLIGHTS
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Accumulating years of experience
working in a wide range of settings
has helped to develop Justin’s strong
work ethic and exceptional skills
as a window cleaner. He strives to
deliver the best customer service and
the highest quality results. Using a
combination of traditional and state of
the art pure water window cleaning
tools ensures that your windows reflect
your home’s true beauty. The range of
services available includes residential
and commercial window cleaning, rain
gutter cleaning, pressure washing, and
gentle cleaning of awnings, mirrors,
chandeliers, and light fixtures. Check
out our Facebook page at Facebook.
com/AshworthWindowCleaning.
Contact Ashworth Window Cleaning
today to schedule your service!
Top Flooring
858-354-3142
topflooring.com
Licensed contractor Chuck
Nettnin owns and operates this
mobile showroom-store. Mr. Nettnin
has worked in the construction and
hardwood flooring industry for 30
years. In his hands, the installation of
your residential or commercial project
is safe. Our top services include mobile
showroom consultations, hardwood
and laminate wood sales, custom
installations, hardwood and laminate
flooring repairs, staircase and baseboard
installations, and custom milling.
Top Flooring ensures that you
understand a product and are fully
informed about your options before you
make a decision. Our mobile vehicle
is designed in a convenient and fun
way to help you choose a hardwood
or laminate floor from hundreds of
flooring samples. All installations come
with warrantee and guarantee.
We are honest, reliable, and offer
competitive prices so that our customers
can enjoy beautiful floors without
having to ignore detail or sacrifice
quality. From sub-floor preparation to
custom staircases, we install products
according to your needs. Whether you
have time constraints, special needs
or pets, Top Flooring satisfies your
requirements and accommodates your
specifications! Call today to make an
appointment!
SD Window Solutions
613 W Main St., 92020
(619) 258-0515
sdwinsol.com
Milgard is continuing their 50th
Anniversary Rebate Promotion!
Milgard is offering a $20 rebate on
every Tuscany Series window and
door you buy for your single-family
At-Hom
2310 Kettner Blvd., Ste. B
San Diego, CA 92101
www.pawssandiego.org
At Hom is proud to announce
our first annual “Designer Pads for
PAWS” charitable fundraising event on
Wednesday, August 15, 2012. We have
partnered with local interior designers
to design custom, one-of-a-kind pet
beds that will be auctioned off to raise
money for PAWS San Diego. At Hom
will be donating all proceeds, along
with 15% of our showroom sales the
week of the event. Join us for a night of
live entertainment, cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres, a silent auction, and more.
Tickets may be purchased in advance
for $10 at www.pawssandiego.org or
$15 at the door. (Charitable donations
of Pet Food/Cat Litter will also be
accepted). PAWS San Diego County,
Inc is a federally recognized non-profit
organization that preserves the humananimal bond by providing essential pet
services and support to low-income
elderly, chronically ill and disabled
individuals. For more information on
PAWS and their mission for San Diego,
please visit their website.u
HOME IMPROVEMENT
From page 20
Housecalls
Once the finish is compromised,
this is the proper way to do it, but
it’s an onerous, time-consuming
process.
5. Replace the veneer. If
pieces of the original veneer are
missing, “re-skinning” may be the
only option. The cost to veneer
both sides of a door is about
$1,800.
6. Buy a new door that looks
like an old door. There are a few
people in San Diego who make
replicas of old doors. Shawn Woolery of San Diego Sash (619-9448283) uses vintage equipment to
make replicas of vintage windows
and doors. Depending on size,
complexity and species of wood,
a replica can cost from $3,500 to
$5,000. Installing it can run $500.
Finishing could be another $500.
This might put the value of your
present door in perspective.
What should you do if your
door is in reasonably good shape
and you want to keep it that
way? Keep it dry. Keep it out of
the sun. Keep it varnished, and
finally: buy a screen door. Screen
doors, made of solid wood and
that are quite attractive in their
own right, were part of every prewar house. They were the first
line of defense for entry doors,
protecting them from weather
and abuse, and they allow you to
leave your front door open so you
can admire it from inside your living room in a whole new light.u
A “solid wood” door is actually made
up of a dozen or more pieces of
milled wood. (Photo by Michael Good)
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
VERNETTA’S DANCE STUDIO
(619) 260-1707 • vernettadance.com
Born and raised in Los Angeles,
Vernetta opened her Dance Studio in
North Park in 1962 and has called San
Diego her home ever since.
A renown dancer and choreographer
her entire life, Vernetta has choreographed
for Bob Hope and Carol Channing;
trained the dance teams of the Los
Angeles Clippers and the San Diego
Soccers; and worked with the Glenn
Miller and Tommy Dorsey bands. She
also spent several summers teaching
choreography in Canada, taught at hiprofile resorts in Mexico, directed for
the dance studio at Sea World and has
worked with various dance and special
event programs throughout the San
Diego City Schools system.
Vernetta has also worked with
special-needs groups, such as the
American Cancer Society, the Braille
Institute, and the Home of Guiding
Hands, developing dance and
movement programs for each of them.
Visit her website or follow her on
Facebook.u
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July 20, 2012 - San Diego Uptown News

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