Aug. 31, 2012 - San Diego Uptown News

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Volume 4
issue 18
pg.17
Aug. 31–Sept. 13, 2012
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Reporting for
rose duty
➤➤ NEWS p. 3
Balboa Park’s Rose Garden
Corps keeps flowers in
bloom all year long
By Monica Garske
SDUN Reporter
North Park’s Boulevard Nights
➤➤ Dining p. 11
At last year’s Art San Diego, attendees participated in more than art. This year’s event takes place in Balboa Park.
(Courtesy Art San Diego)
Art San Diego moves to Balboa Park
Now in its fourth year, annual art celebration expected to bring over 8,000 attendees
Italian eats at Isola
➤➤ THEATER p. 13
By Margie M. Palmer
SDUN Reporter
One of San Diego’s favorite art
fairs has found a new home. From
Sept. 6 – 9, Art San Diego will transform one of the most pronounced
cultural hubs of the city into a living,
breathing “New Art City.” The event,
now four years into existence, boasted
more than 8,000 attendees in 2011.
Art San Diego organizer Ann
Berchtold said she believes there is
still plenty of room for it to grow.
“In addition to changing the venue
from the Hilton Bayfront to Balboa
Park, I think one of the most significant changes we’ve made this year is
the date change,” Berchtold said. “In
previous years, Art San Diego took
place over Labor Day Weekend, when
many people are traveling or away on
family vacations.” Berchtold said she
hopes holding the event a week later
will help bring out more people.
Those familiar with Art San Diego
may have a sense of excitement at the
changes, and those who have not yet
experienced the show are invited to
come out and get a close-up view of
what the local art scene has to offer.
“This year we have hyper-local
artists as well as international exhibitors,” Berchtold said. “People will be
able to see first hand the strength
of the San Diego art scene. We have
great artists and museums and
educational institutions. People will
get to see [local] galleries exhibiting
right next to some of the leading
see Art, page 21
A ‘Mystery’ at ion
Hillcrest Business Association focuses on sustainability
➤➤ MUSIC p. 16
Snooze Eatery receives recognition
from City for environmental practices
The lush Inez Grant Parker
Memorial Rose Garden in Balboa
Park is known for its award-winning roses. Behind every beautiful bloom, there is a dedicated
volunteer rosarian cultivating,
trimming and pruning, week in
and week out.
The vibrant garden, located
on Park Boulevard near the San
Diego Natural History Museum, is
maintained year-round by a group
of dedicated volunteers known as
the “Rose Garden Corps.”
At the helm of the Balboa
bloom brigade is Dick Streeper,
master rosarian and founder of the
memorial garden. Streeper said he
started the volunteer Rose Garden
Corps several decades ago to
satisfy his lifelong passion for rose
gardening.
“I’ve been interested in roses
for many decades. [My wife and
I] moved to San Diego in 1962,
and when be bought our house,
we started planting roses in our
own garden,” he said. “San Diego
is one of the most favorable places
to grow roses, so we thought
everybody should enjoy roses in a
larger, public space.”
see Rose, page 4
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
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The Hillcrest Business Association presented their quarterly
member open house on Wednesday, Aug. 29, focusing on facilitating
a conversation about sustainable
business practices in the Uptown
neighborhood.
Hosted by Snooze, An A.M.
Eatery at 3940 Fifth Ave., approximately 60 people were in attendance at the meeting, including
Congressmember Susan Davis and
Councilmember Todd Gloria. Each
spoke, with Davis first to acknowledge Snooze’s environmentally
friendly efforts.
(l to r) Todd Gloria, Nick Papantonakis and Ana Carvalho (Photo by SDUN)
“We know in San Diego we’ve
got so many great people that are
really working hard on these issues. We want to be at the cutting
edge of this,” Davis said. “I know
how hard you are all working.”
Davis sits on the House Sustainable Energy and Environmental
Coalition, a congressional group organized to advance national policies
see HBA, page 14
Volunteer Ernie Andrade
(Photo by Monica Garske)
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New businesses to shine at block party
Boulevard Nights highlights art, music, beer and rising businesses on El Cajon Blvd
By Monica Garske
SDUN Reporter
The El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association
(BIA) has paired up with a few new
Uptown businesses to host “Boulevard Nights,” the communityoriented block party coming to El
Cajon Boulevarvd on Sept. 14.
The second Boulevard Nights
will be held from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
on the south side of the Boulevard,
between 30th and Kansas streets.
BIA marketing director Beryl
Forman organized the free event,
which will be hosted by The Media
Arts Center San Diego, The Homebrewer and the Coffee & Tea Collective. All three are located on the
2900 block of El Cajon Boulevard.
Forman said the main objective
of Boulevard Nights is to highlight
new, up-and-coming businesses in
the area. The community gathering, she said, will feature work
from local artists and filmmakers,
as well as artisan-roasted coffee
and home-brewed beer courtesy
of the Coffee & Tea Collective and
brewing supply store, The Homebrewer, respectively.
“We’re really trying to showcase
the growth of these little business
clusters on El Cajon Boulevard.
There are some good changes
taking place on the Boulevard, and
new businesses are something to
celebrate,” Forman said.
The jam-packed event on the
newly-dubbed “West End” of El
Cajon Boulevard will include a live
DJ – for a little “dancing on the Boulevard,” Forman said – and plenty of
Attendees at the last Boulevard Nights interact in the street.
(Courtesy El Cajon Boulevard BIA)
craft and food vendors, including the
popular roving MIHO Gastrotruck.
Perhaps the most exciting thing
on tap, Forman said, is the “Homebrew Competition,” where avid
beer-lovers can show off their skills
by presenting their own homemade brews to a group of judges.
Forman said approximately 20
to 30 home brewers are already set
to participate in the competition.
Those who want to enter the contest,
or judge and taste the homemade
concoctions, can pay $5 to do so.
The Homebrew Competition
went over so well during the first
Boulevard Nights earlier this year,
Forman said organizers had to
bring it back for a second round.
A representative from The
Homebrewer said that for this
event, participants must brew their
homemade beer using an ingredient they have never used before,
such as a new type of grain, base
malt or yeast.
Participants should bring either
eight 12-ounce bottles or four
22-ounce bottles to the competi-
tion, roughly 100 ounces of homemade brew to share with judges.
“We’re happy to take part in
this event again. It’s cool to get
everyone into the neighborhood to
enjoy the night and have some fun.
The image of this neighborhood is
being revitalized and The Homebrewer is a part of that,” said the
store’s representative.
With the beer contest and other
fun features set, Forman said she is
hoping for a massive turnout at the
neighborhood block party.
“Last time we had people having a great time, spilling out all
over El Cajon Boulevard. I wish
the street could be that busy all the
time,” she said. “The Boulevard
is so wide, so it’s nice to draw
attention to these little clusters
of local, thriving businesses. We
want people to realize that El Cajon
Boulevard is transforming. It’s
becoming better than ever.”
For more information about
Boulevard Nights, or to be a part
of the brew contest, visit theboulevard.org or call 619-283-3608.u
One of the 201 historic lights in Talmadge (Courtesy Talmadge MAD)
Talmadge lit up
Uptown neighborhood sees
completion of 10-year project
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
Talmadge residents christened
201 historic, candlestick streetlights in a celebration that marked
the end of a 10-year project, which
was spearheaded both by community members and the Talmadge
Maintenance Assessment District.
The Aug. 18 celebration was held
at the intersection of 49th and
Lucille streets from 6 – 8:30 p.m.
“The Talmadge Maintenance
Assessment District (TMAD) is
very excited about the completion of a long-term lighting project
for our community,” said TMAD
board member Debbie Sanders in
a press release. “Since its inception,
one of the primary goals of TMAD
has been to provide decorative
candlestick lighting throughout the
community.”
TMAD not only funded
one-third of the project – approximately $1.2 million – but
also did the initial research, which
included identifying and locating the company that made the
original streetlights in the 1920s.
Discovering the pole and lightingfixture designs were still available,
TMAD then found a light fixture
that would maintain the historic
character while integrating more
contemporary, energy-saving
lighting methods.
The lights and fixtures were
installed along the eastern and
northern sections of Talmadge,
matching the existing decorative
lighting in the western section of
the neighborhood.
Community member George
Diefenthal, who was heavily
see Lights, page 8
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From page 1
RosE
Streeper said he eventually collaborated with the City of San Diego
Parks Department to take over the
Memorial Garden. The three-acre
space needed plenty of care, he
said, so he formed a volunteer
group to actively tend to the roses
throughout the year.
Today, Streeper said the Rose
Garden Corps is comprised of
roughly 60 volunteers, with a core
group of 15 to 20 trained rosarians
that donate their time every week.
The rose recruits work in the
garden every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
doing just about everything under
the horticultural sun.
“We cut, trim, prune and plant,
if necessary,” Streeper said. “We
make sure to keep the rose beds
clean and put mulch down. The
only thing we don’t do in the garden
is spraying and irrigation work. The
city takes care of that part.”
With approximately 2,400 rose
bushes and more than 150 rose varieties in the garden, Streeper said
the volunteer work is truly a labor
of love. He estimates that a single
rose requires about one full hour of
labor per year.
“It’s all about dedication to
Pawn Shop raises money
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Volunteers worked in the Rose Garden on Aug. 28. (Photo by Monica Garske)
each and every rose and attention
to detail. All of our volunteers
make a time commitment and really love this garden. We all take
a possessive interest in it and
consider it our own.”
Active volunteer Pam Cawthron
has been part of the Rose Garden
Corps for the past seven years
and said the experience has been
rewarding.
“When you walk away, you can
instantly see that the garden looks
better than it did before. Seeing
improvements each week is great,”
Cawthron said.
Besides trimming, weeding,
fertilizing and raking, Cawthron’s weekly duties include
assigning fellow volunteers to
work certain rose beds. This
way, she said, the volunteer
shifts are organized and every
inch of the garden is covered.
While every volunteer in the
Rose Garden Corps has a passion
for gardening, Cawthron said expert knowledge is not required.
Streeper leads short, educational classes on rose gardening once
a month during growing season,
which helps novice volunteers learn
the ropes.
“We continually try to train
our volunteers and keep everyone
interested,” Cawthron said. “Often
times we’ll pair new volunteers with
veteran volunteers so they learn
everything there is to learn.”
With the vast variety of roses
in the garden, Cawthron said
volunteers are bound to expand
their knowledge of gardening. “All
roses must be worked a little differently, so it’s definitely a learning experience,” she said, adding
that patience, a willingness to get
your hands dirty and, of course,
time is really what it takes to join
the Rose Garden Corps.
In July alone, she said, volunteers dedicated approximately 335
hours of work to the garden. But
the pay-off is well worth it.
“We meet so many people. We
enjoy talking with locals and tourists who visit the garden while we
work,” Cawthron said. “It’s nice to
feel like you’re helping the community. We’re creating a part of Balboa
Park and that is really special.”
Those interested in volunteering with the Rose Garden Corps
are asked to contact Mary Rose via
email: [email protected]
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Attendees at the first Cash POP
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By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
Local business CashCo Pawn
Shop held their first “Cash POP”
event in City Heights on Friday,
Aug. 24, sparking a flurry of customer interest that will ultimately
see the company give $1,000
worth of goods to area families.
Held at the CashCo store at
4502 University Ave., the pawnshop partnered with Home Start
and Feeding America for the
event, which saw customers enter
a “Cash POP” booth where they
quickly grabbed at money for
a set duration of time. Customers had to hold on to the paper
money while grabbing for more,
as their efforts directly went to the
nonprofits.
CashCo representatives
pledged $1,000 total for Home
Start and Feeding America, estimating that they would be serving
60 - 75 families in need of food and
groceries. Home Start provides
support services, counseling and
financial assistance to families
with at-risk children, with locations throughout San Diego County. Their main office is located at
5005 Texas St. in Uptown.
Feeding America is a national
food-bank organization that addresses issues of hunger and food
supply. The San Diego chapter,
founded in 2007, is located in Sorrento Valley.
“Giving back has always been
CashCo’s way of being,” said
Moris Adato, CashCo manager.
“Community service and involvement has been our trademark and
we are proud to be able to donate
and help others.”
With this being the first,
CashCo managers said the event
was rewarding and they hope to
stage similar ones in the future.
Representatives from the company will be meeting with Home
Start families on Saturday, Sept. 1
to hand out food packages paid for
by funds raised at the Cash POP.
“Our first Cash POP was a success,” said Yagal Adato, CashCo
manager, “and we look forward to
going out into San Diego and being able to help other nonprofits,
and help people get some more
cash in their pockets.”
The pawnshop has a history of
hosting community events, highlighted by their money-grabbing
machine. They hold an annual
Mother’s Day celebration at the
store, and this year co-sponsored
the 2012 El Reventón Musical at
the Del Mar Fairgrounds in May.
For information on the next Cash
POP event, visit cashcopawn.com
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Classic Audio Repair gives long life to vintage audio Kalos apartments open
Owner Fred Longworth says music lovers turn to classic electronics for stability
‘interest list’ for residents
By Cynthia Robertson
SDUN Reporter
By Anthony King
SDUN Editor
Fred Longworth has helped
vintage audio to have a long
life. In a time when small
businesses have it tough, it is
a high note that his business
has thrived since 1994. Classic
Audio Repair, formerly Stereo
Tech, has become a well-known
presence at 3401 Adams Ave. in
Normal Heights.
Longworth and his ser vice
technicians repair a few contemporar y items, but the lion’s share
of their work is on equipment
manufactured from 1950 through
1990. That would include repair
of ever ything from CD players to
amplifiers.
For customers hanging on
to older equipment, such as
cassette and reel-to-reel tape
decks, Classic Audio Repair is a
neighborhood friend.
“Put simply, ever y one of
my customers loves music,”
Longworth said. “That’s why
people are willing to spend their
hard-earned money. My work is
really to help people enjoy their
music habit.”
In fact, interest in vintage
audio is on the rise, Longworth
said. “As our culture cascades
for ward in a technological
tsunami, people look for anchors
[and] islands of stability.”
Longworth said in searching for stability, customers
often turn to vintage electronics, which he pointed out often
sounds much better than hightech, home-theater equipment.
The Uptown resident has
several decades of experience
working with older music
amplifiers and tape decks. He
worked as a ser vice manager
for Panasonic when he got his
master’s in business administration in 1990. In 1992, he
ended his employment with the
electronics company and toyed
around with the idea of getting
a career in environmental work.
In 1994, he returned to his
work with electronic gear.
In truth, Longworth calls
himself an inveterate puzzle
solver, which he said is exactly
what audio repair is like. Add to
that his love for details, and this
job is his perfect niche.
“A typical repair involves
scores, or even hundreds, of
details, ever y one of which must
be gotten right in order to yield a
satisfied customer,” he said.
In preparation for the December opening of the energyefficient, affordable apartment
complex Kalos, representatives
from Community Housing Works
(CHW) announced they were
opening an “interest list” for
future residents.
The environmentally friendly
apartments and community space
will include a total of 83 one-, twoand three-bedroom apartments,
and will be located at 3795 Florida
St. in North Park. CHW broke
ground on the project October
19, 2011.
Rents for the apartments
will be determined according to
household income, and are available to those earning less than
60 percent of the area median
income. While subject to change,
current rents are set at approximately $740 to $895 for one bedroom apartments; $830 to $1,000
for two bedrooms; and $925 to
$1,115 for three bedrooms.
At the groundbreaking,
Councilmember Todd Gloria said
CHW was leading the way with
“innovative energy features,” with
a focus on a transit-oriented site
that will be affordable for working
families, as well as a younger
generation and seniors.
In addition to sustainable
development, the Kalos complex
will incorporate solar thermal
hot water and heating, solar
electricity, water-wise landscaping
and water-saving fixtures in the
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Fred Longworth, owner of Classic Audio Repair (Courtesy Cynthia Robertson)
A typical day for Longworth
is a combination of repairing the
gear himself, ser ving customers
at the main counter, and answering phone calls and emails. He
also researches hard-to-find
parts and does “a mountain of
paper work,” he said.
Even though Longworth
could retire if he wanted, he said
he decided to stay in the business because, simply put, this is
what he does. “I’ve been at it in
some capacity for forty years,”
he said.
Longworth does have some
help, he said, though finding
qualified technical employees has
been difficult. He calls his technician Jordan Pier, “extraordinary”
and “a true dynamo.” Between
the two, they work long hours.
“Sometimes I just feel wear y,”
Longworth said.
When it does get to be a bit
much as the owner of a business
in a high-traffic and high-demand area, Longworth turns to
artistic interests to refresh his
perspective. He said he plays the
piano, particularly enjoying rock
and jazz.
“If my life had taken a slightly
different turn, I might have
wound up as a cabaret pianist,”
he said.
His artistic bent has gone
another direction, as well. After
he closes the shop in the evenings, he said he often goes for
long walks, which nurtures his
mind and feeds his appreciation
of words. Longworth is active
in the San Diego and Southern
California poetr y scenes.
“I’ve acquired many precious
friendships,” he said.
For more information on Classic Audio Repair, visit repairaudio.com or call 619-282-9101.u
units. CHW anticipates amenities
including extensive bike storage,
electric-car charging stations
and dedicated parking spaces for
car2go vehicles – a city wide car
sharing program – will eliminate
the need for some residents to
own vehicles.
CHW is a 30-year-old nonprofit recognized nationally as a
leader in developing sustainable,
affordable housing. The organization is San Diego County’s only
non-profit realty service provider.
In a June 8 letter to the editor,
CHW Senior Vice President Anne
Wilson said there was a need for
more developments like Kalos,
citing a San Diego Foundation
survey that found affordable
housing the “second-most
pressing concern” for County
residents.
“Affordable housing also
complements other state priorities, like education,” Wilson
wrote. “Students whose families
move constantly require more
attention, [and] distract teachers
and classmates alike.”
For families, CHW will offer
an after-school program at Kalos
that “supports and recognizes
the academic efforts and achievements” of students, providing
tutoring, homework assistance
and computer instruction, a press
release stated. Additionally, they
will also offer programs to adults
to aid in career advancement.
In order to be considered,
interested individuals can contact
CHW at kalosapts.com, kalos@
chworks.net or 619-858-3544.u
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Letters
Open your mind, Mayor
Sanders, on Balboa Park
Sad to see Whistle Stop
Train Shop closing
Jerry Sanders must have hired
a PR firm to instruct him what
words to use to describe opposition to his and Irwin Jacobs’ plan
for Balboa Park [see “SOHO officially files suit against City,” Vol.
4, Issue 17].
Describing what the plan is
doing as “improvements” and
“further beautifying” the park are
some of the key words he’s obviously been instructed to use to
describe his plan.
While the opposition is
described as a “narrow-minded
special interest group” that is
“holding … hostage,” “delaying”
and “trying to kill” the project.
Maybe the mayor needs to
open HIS mind. One man’s “improvements” can be another man’s
eyesore.
—Carol McD, via sduptownnews.com
It saddens me to see this
business go [see “Whistle Stop
Train Shop comes to a halt,”
Vol. 4, Issue 17]. Scott Rhodes
is a real gentleman and total
professional.
With only days left before
the closing of his almost empty
shop, I saw him handle a ver y
tr ying patron with grace and
compassion, then take time to
help a befuddled mother with
her little boy’s malfunctioning
toy locomotive.
Scott will be working halfTuesdays at Reed’s Hobby Shop
in La Mesa.
Whether you’re a beginner
or an old-timer, I urge you to
drop by during his shift to enjoy
his knowledgeable and friendly
customer ser vice.
— Joe Callahan, via sduptownnews.com
Concerns over lack of pride
I bought a home in Hillcrest
about three years ago. My husband
and I live out of state, and for the
past three years have been coming
to Hillcrest monthly. Our plan is to
move here this fall, when we retire.
Unfortunately I have not been
happy with what I see as deteriorating conditions here. For example,
I have never seen as much dog
excrement in the neighborhood as
I did this past week. When I first
moved here I was amazed, given
the number of dogs, how clean the
streets were. Well, maybe I was
wearing rose-colored glasses at the
time, but this is no longer the case.
If I had out-of-towners visiting me,
I would have been embarrassed to
walk them around the neighborhood. It was horrible.
Which leads me to the shopkeepers. In other similar places,
shopkeepers take pride in their
stores and restaurants, and are diligent in keeping the sidewalks clean.
Not here. I walked the gauntlet of
street garbage. …
I believe there are solutions
and I am willing to be a part of the
solution when I move down here full
time. I love so much about Hillcrest:
the diversity, the restaurants [and]
the choice of shopping venues in
walking distance. I would like our
Pride events to celebrate not just
the rich diversity of peoples and
cultures, but also to celebrate pride
in the city of Hillcrest.
—Ann Rubin, via email
Lawrence art exhibit a hit
I have been to this exhibit
and seen Steve’s artwork at Park
BLVD Artworks Gallery in University Heights [see “Philanthropy and art,” Vol. 4 Issue 17]. It is
amazing stuff. I love the colors
and textures of all his paintings.
If you have not gotten a chance to
go see it you should check it out!
—Dustin, via
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Editorial
Dora’s Story: on why
California needs AB 2392
By Helen Cox, Interpreting for
California
Imagine it’s one of the happiest days of your life: you’re a new
mother and your child, born the
night before, is lying peacefully in
your arms while you’re asleep in
your hospital bed. All of a sudden, your baby begins to choke;
you don’t know why but she can’t
breathe and her whole body begins to go stiff in your arms.
You cry out, “Help, help, my
baby can’t breathe,” but no one
comes to your aide. You run
through the halls of the hospital,
barely clothed, in the hopes that
you can find someone to save your
baby. After what seems like an
eternity, you finally find a nurse,
but there’s a problem: she can’t
understand you; none of the available providers in the hospital can.
This is Dora Beatrice LopezAguilar’s birth story. Aguilar is
a 34-year-old documented immigrant, by way of Mexico, whose
family lives and works in San
Diego. The day this happened at
Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San
Diego, she was recovering from
the birth of her third child.
“I was extremely scared
because no one was coming to
help me,” Aguilar said. “My doctor
told me to go to this hospital, that
it would be fine, but I didn’t know
that no one there would be able to
help me because of the language
barrier. If the cleaning lady had
not stopped by my room when she
heard me screaming for help and
then gone to get a nurse, I don’t
know what would have happened
to my baby.”
Aguilar’s hospital experience
is a terrifying tale for any new
mother, but the reality is that it’s
not an unusual one. More than six
and a half million legal residents in
the state of California, or one out of
every five residents, speaks English “less than very well” according
to the 2010 U.S. Census. Right
now there are 2.5 million people in
our state healthcare program who
aren’t able to communicate with
their doctors, and half of the people
coming in under the Affordable
Care Act won’t be able to either.
This week, the legislature is
passing a bill to create an interpreters program to make sure
that people can communicate
with their doctors, and Gov. Jerry
Brown is refusing to sign the bill,
leaving millions of federal dollars
on the table that could be used to
get the state ready for the implementation of the Affordable Care
Act. The governor needs to sign
this bill during the next 30 days
in order for the state to be ready
to meet the needs of the Medi-Cal
expansion population in 2014.
It’s a do or die time for getting
the state ready to communicate
with patients who speak English
less than well, and getting them
enrolled and avoiding malpractice, liability and unnecessary
costs that come from failed
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JACK-IN-THE-BOX DEVELOPMENT
DENIED BY PLANNING COMMISSION
Announced by North Park
Main Street, the San Diego Planning Commission voted 5-0-1 on
Aug. 23 to deny a planned development permit for the Jack-in-thebox chain located at 2959 Upas
St. in North Park. The proposed
development would have allowed
existing owners to demolish the
existing space to construct a
new, 2,178-square-foot restaurant,
among other deviations. Originally
approved by the City’s Development Services Department, the
Planning Commission joined other
organizations in voicing opposition
“The community groups and business owners opposed the project
based on deviations inconsistent
with the North Park community
plan, safety concerns and other
impacts that would have meant a
setback in the community’s goal
of creating a pedestrian-friendly
urban village,” the North Park
Main Street press release stated.
The North Park Planning Committee thanked North Park residents
and business owners who testified
at the Planning Commission meeting.
NORTH PARK COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION SEEKS
BOARDMEMBER SECRETARY
The North Park Community
Association (NPCA) currently has
a board opening for an interested
community member. The NPCA
is an all-volunteer organization
serving to bring together the
diverse residents, property owners and businesses of North Park.
The open position will also fill the
board’s secretary position. There
are currently 11 members on
the board. The NPCA meets the
fourth Wednesday of each month
from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Lafayette
Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd. Interested candidates should contact
board President Nikki Berdy at
[email protected]. For
more information on the organization, visit northparksd.org/.
VOLUNTEERS TO INSTALL CIGARETTE
RECEPTICALS IN NORTH PARK
In collaboration between I
Love A Clean San Diego and the
San Diego chapter of the Surfrider
Foundation, a total of 18 ash-can
receptacles will be installed in
various Uptown locations along
University Avenue. In preparation for the distribution, the two
nonprofits conducted “litter scans”
throughout the North Park and La
Mesa business districts, finding a
total of 1,370 cigarette butts on the
ground in the proposed locations.
Of those, 700 were in North Park
and the groups estimate the installation will prevent close to 100,000
cigarette butts from reaching the
ocean in the first year alone. The
installation is part of the I Love
A Clean San Diego Cigarette Litter Prevention Program and the
Surfrider Foundation’s Hold Onto
Your Butt Campaign. The complete installation will occur Tuesday, Sept. 4. North Park locations
include West Coast Tavern at 2895
University Ave., URBN Coal Fired
Pizza at 3085 University Ave., and
U-31 at 3122 University Ave.
GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT
DRAFT POSTED FOR REVIEW
The San Diego General Plan
Housing Element draft has been
posted on the City’s website for
public review and comment.
Serving as a policy guide to address housing needs in the City,
the Housing Element is one of
10 elements in the City’s General
Plan. It is being provided separate release due to “the need for
frequent updates and to facilitate
compliance with State reporting
requirements,” said Brian Schoenfisch, Housing Element project
manager. Public are being asked
to visit the site, review the draft
and submit comments to Schoenfisch at bschoenfisch@sandiego.
gov. The review period ends Oct.
5 at 5 p.m. Additionally, a joint
workshop with the Planning
Commission and the Land Use &
Housing Committee to discuss
the update is scheduled for Sept.
27 at 9 a.m. in Council Chambers,
202 C St. View the draft document
at sandiego.gov/planning/heu/
workingdocs.shtml/.
ATKINS BILL HELPS SENIORS STAY
OUT OF NURSING HOMES
Announced Aug. 29, AB 2206
by Assemblymember Toni Atkins
was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown for
his signature that would ensure
seniors with chronic illnesses,
who are eligible for Medi-Cal or
Medicaid, will be offered enrollment in the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
PACE programs are managed-care
options that provide integrated
care to those eligible for nursinghome placement, stated a press
release. “My bill will ensure that
frail seniors are aware of this
managed-care program that could
make the difference between living at home with their families and
hospitalization,” Atkins said in the
release. “In addition to preserving
the independence and dignity of
seniors, the PACE program is also
a more cost-effective alternative
to nursing-home care.” There are
currently five PACE programs in
California, including San Diego
County.
COUNTY CRIME RATES UP IN FIRST
HALF 2012; REMAIN SECOND
LOWEST IN PAST DECADE
Crime rates in San Diego
County have risen in the first half
of 2012, compared to the same
period last year, stated a report
released by San Diego Association of Governments Aug. 29. The
report also showed both violent
crime and property crime rates
remain the second lowest in the
past ten years. “We have enjoyed
historic loses in crime rates over
the past decade, so it’s not entirely
surprising that the numbers are
now going up,” said SANDAG
Director of Criminal Justice
Research Cynthia Burke said is a
press release. “It’s too early to tell
if the uptick is temporary or if it’s
the beginning of a trend.” Find-
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ings include a total of 5,808 violent
crimes were reported between
January and June 2012, averaging approximately 32 per day.
During the same period in 2011,
the County averaged 29 reported
per day. Additionally, the number
of aggravated assaults increased
nine percent. The complete report
can be found at sandag.org/cj/.
ASSEMBLY URGES POSTAL SERVICE
TO HONOR HARVEY MILK
The California State Assembly
adopted a resolution carried by
Assemblymember Toni Atkins requesting the United States Postal
Service to honor slain civil-rights
leader Harvey Milk with a postage
stamp. Called HR 41, the resolution recognizes Milk’s accomplishments as a leader of the lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
community. “A postage stamp
draws attention to important
people who may not be familiar
to all Americans,” Atkins said in a
press release. “Harvey Milk, who
gave his life because he led the
way for equality, is an ideal choice
for this honor.” The campaign to
honor Milk has been led by several community groups, including
the Harvey Milk Foundation, the
International Court de San Diego
Council and the GLBT Historic
Task Force of San Diego County.
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY LOSES
MENTOR Marvin HamlisCh
Music legend Marvin Hamlisch,
who served as principal pops conductor for San Diego Symphony’s
Summer Pops for the last seven seasons, passed away Aug. 6 after a brief
illness. Stephen Kougias, Symphony
director of public relations, released
the following statement: “It is with
deep sadness that we reflect on the
passing of … Marvin Hamlisch, who
had been with the Symphony since
2006. He most recently performed at
the Star Spangled Pops to open San
Diego Symphony’s summer series
in late June of this year. In addition
to his role as principal pops conductor, Marvin was a great friend to the
Symphony and the consummate
professional, always willing to meet
with members of the community
and to reach out to our patrons,
musicians and students throughout
San Diego County.” Kougias also
said Hamlisch started his career in
music as a six-year-old child prodigy
at Juilliard, and had won every major
award since, including three Oscars,
four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony
and three Golden Globes. “Marvin touched our lives with humor,
compassion and his extraordinary
talent,” Kougias said. “Through
his perseverance and optimistic
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PARENTING/NEWS
Every neighborhood needs a grumpy old man
Andy Hinds
SDUN Columnist
A few months ago, my family
and I were at a playground that featured some rough, car-like structures. The kids were pretending to
drive them, and having the kinds
of conversations they associated
with operating motor vehicles. One
of my 3-year-old twin girls, behind
the wheel of a blue jalopy made
of steel bars, hollered over to her
sister sitting in a similar contraption: “Hey buddy! Slow down!”
My wife started laughing and
pointing at me, saying something about how the kid was just
like her old man.
I acted like I didn’t know
what she was talking about, but
secretly I was proud.
Ever since our kids got to the
age where they need to go on at
least one automobile excursion
per day – lest they drive their
main childcare provider (me)
nuts – I’ve become acutely aware
of the scofflaws who cruise the
streets of our neighborhood with
no regard for the big signs that
say “Speed Limit 25.”
Our house happens to be on
one of the main North-South
arteries of North Park. The road
is wide and straight, and even
though it’s clearly residential and
the speed limit is well posted, it
seems to encourage lead feet. I
must admit that, before I became
a dad, I probably put the hammer
down between stop signs myself
when I was running late. But now
I monitor not only my own speed,
but also that of every motorist
who rolls down my street.
At least once a day, I load my
kids into our minivan, which we
park on the curb in front of the
house; at least once a day, I have
to unload them. This requires
standing on the street as traffic whizzes by, futzing around
with wiggly children and their
NASCAR-style, five-point safety
harnesses, and then transferring them safely to the curb. It’s
really the most dangerous part of
the journey. So when I see some
yahoo blasting down the street at
40 miles per hour, I do what any
concerned dad would: I make
myself into a human traffic cone.
Usually, when I stand in the
middle of the lane and mad-dog
the driver of the oncoming car,
flashing twos and fives with my
fingers, they slows down to a
crawl, if only to avoid scratching
their paint with my bone fragments. But sometimes they’ll skirt
around me and continue hurtling
through the neighborhood. That’s
when I yell.
Reactions from speeding motorists to my vigilante traffic direction
have been as varied as the cars they
drive. But aside from the predictability of receiving a one-fingered
salute – which I have successfully
avoided explaining to my kids – I
haven’t been able to make a correlation between type of car and
type of response. For instance,
a cocky-looking young man in a
Porsche nodded in embarrassed
acknowledgement of his crime
when I chastised him, whereas a
50-something woman who looked
like she was speeding to make it to
her Bikram yoga class flipped me
off while hurling obscenities out the
tiny window of her Smart Car.
There were discouraging
times during my campaign for
safety and justice, when I thought
I would have to up the ante to
have any affect. I thought about
making a full-sized speed-limit
sign that I could place next to the
van while I loaded and unloaded
the girls. I even considered keeping lifelike baby dolls handy and
throwing them in front of the
windshields of the most egregious
offenders as they passed by.
But lately, it seems like the
last two years of being that guy
may be paying off. I haven’t had
to yell at any drivers for months
now, and I swear that cars are
slowing down as soon as they see
me stepping into the street from a
block away. It’s been weeks since
I’ve received the finger, and I can’t
even recall the last time someone almost ran over my toes or
mouthed obscenities at me.
So it would seem that there’s
no need to plunder our city coffers to install speed bumps, median strips or those signs that tell
you how fast you’re going. To deal
with the problem of speeders in
our residential neighborhoods, we
just need to organize an Uptown
Grumpy-Old-Man Patrol to wave
our canes at anyone doing more
than 29 miles per hour.
We could probably cut down
on kids playing on people’s lawns,
too, while we were at it.
—Andy Hinds is a stay-athome dad, blogger, freelance
writer, carpenter and sometimesadjunct writing professor. He is
known on the internet as Beta
Dad, but you might know him as
that guy in North Park whose kids
ride in a dog-drawn wagon. Read
his personal blog at butterbeanandcobra.blogspot.com. Reach him at
[email protected] or @betadad
on Twitter.u
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LIGHTS
involved in seeing the project reach
completion, marked the end of their
hard work by breaking a bottle of
champagne on the base of one of the
lights at the Aug. 18 event.
Sanders called the 10-year
process a collaboration, saying many
organizations – from TMAD to San
Diego Gas & Electric – contributed to
its completion.
“This project, while initiated by
the community, has been the result
of a combined effort of community
members, the City of San Diego Underground Program and various City
departments,” she said. “The project
is a prime example of how communities can work with local government
to indentify and execute significant
public improvement efforts that enhance the community and reinforce
its identity.”
Before working with the City’s
Underground Program, Sanders
and the rest of the TMAD board said
they anticipated paying for over three
miles of trenching in the neighborhood, which their budget would only
allow them to install approximately
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BRIEFS
spirit, he taught us all that the show
must go on. We offer our deepest
sympathy to his wife, Terre, and his
extended family. Marvin Hamlisch
will be deeply missed by all of us at
the San Diego Symphony.”
LAST CHANCE TO SEE TITANIC
EXHIBIT in balboa park
The Titanic is about to set sail
again to a new location after a sixmonth visit. Called “Titanic: The
Artifact Exhibition,” the Natural
History Museum in Balboa Park has
been offering visitors an intimate look
at arguably the world’s most famous
ocean vessel, since Feb. 10. The
exhibit, which will remain on public
display through Sept. 9, takes visitors through Titanic’s construction,
launch, maiden voyage, life on the
ship, and imminent tragedy. A timedentry exhibit, each visitor is issued
a boarding pass replicating those
issued on that fateful voyage. Guests
are then invited to take on the life of
one of its passengers throughout the
exhibit. Through dramatic reconstruction, more than 200 artifacts
from the original ship, and the sharing of personal histories of those on
board when tragedy struck, visitors
are provided a true understanding of
the Titanic. All tickets include concurrent exhibitions and movies shown
in the 3D theater. Non-member adult
tickets are $27, members $18, and
student, military and youth are $21.
LOCAL WOMAN CHARGED FOR
IMPERSONATING DOCTOR
A woman who has been diagnosing others with Lyme disease and injecting them with chemical solvents
has been arrested and charged with
multiple felonies, including grand
theft and treating patients without
a medical license. Kathleen Ann
Helms, 57, was arraigned on 11 total
felony counts, to which she pleaded
10 to 15 lights a year. At this rate, the
organization said, the project would
have taken over 20 years to complete.
“With concrete plans in hand,
TMAD was able to approach the City
and take advantage of the Utilities
Undergrounding Program,” the
board said in a separate press release.
“By synchronizing with this program,
TMAD was able to complete the task
in one large project.” Partnering with
the city helped to include refurbishing
over 150 existing candlestick lights
as well.
Scheduled to attend the christening were County Supervisor Ron
Roberts, District Three Councilmember Todd Gloria and District Seven
Councilmember Marti Emerald.
Currently resting in District Three,
Talmadge will be redistricted to the
newly formed District Nine, which
Emerald was elected to represent.
City redistricting takes affect in
December, upon inauguration.
“The new lights not only improve
public safety but [also] reflect the
historic character of Talmadge,”
Gloria said. “I love the investment in
infrastructure reflected in the lights,
and I am extremely proud of the
Talmadge neighbors who made this
project a reality.”u
not guilty. She remains in custody on
$250,000 bail. “By posing as an M.D.,
misdiagnosing people and then
charging thousands of dollars for
what amounted to a fake and dangerous cure, this defendant showed callous disregard for her victims,” said
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in
a press release. “Our consumer unit
works to hold individuals who pose
as physicians accountable for their
actions and the harm done to their
victims.” The District Attorney’s
office is concerned there could be
many more victims and urges anyone with any information to contact
them at 619-531-3507.
CongressMember SUSAN DAVIS
URGES STUDENT VOTING by easing
National restrictions
Congressmember Susan Davis
announced Aug. 10 she had joined
187 of her colleagues in sending
a letter to college and university
presidents, encourage them to take
a more active role in educating
students in the federal electoral
process, stated a press release. The
letter describes how students have
historically faced barriers in the
election process that have discouraged participation or prevented
them from voting at all. Some challenges include restrictive residency
and identification requirements,
inconveniently located polling
places and inadequate distribution
of voting equipment, among others.
“The future of America will be left in
the hands of these young men and
woman,” Davis said in the release.
“It is critical that they have the
information and access to take part
in our democratic process. Colleges
pride themselves in providing a
broad knowledge to students to improve their lives, and civic education
should certainly be a part of that.”
Davis urged the school presidents
to work with local election officials
to look into ways to turn campuses
into voter registration sites and polling places.u
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Good times and good causes
Organized by North Park nonprofit, San Diego Music Awards honor artists
Candye Kane receives her Courage in Music award at this year’s ceremony. (Photo by Manny Lopez)
Manny Lopez
SDUN Reporter
The San Diego Music
Awards were handed out Aug.
12 in front of a sold-out crowd at
Humphreys by The Bay on Shelter Island. More than 1,300 fans,
performers, media and industr y
professionals gathered under
the stars to celebrate one of San
Diego’s biggest music nights of
the year.
Now in its 22nd year, the
three-hour annual event featured
over 200 local acts competing
in 27 different categories, along
with live performances by P.O.D.,
Unwritten Law, Dead Feather
Moon, Euphoria Brass Band,
Hills Like Elephants, Hyena,
Mattson 2, The Howls and Candye Kane.
Grammy-award winners
Switchfoot, who did not attend
the show, won the evening’s
top honor for Artist of the Year.
Fresh off of a performance at
Lollapalooza 2012, Delta Spirit,
who also did not attend, took the
trophies for Album of the Year
and Song of the Year. Getting
the nod for Best New Artist was
Hills like Elephants, whose debut
album “The Endless Charade”
was released in February.
A special Courage in Music
award was given to Blues singer,
musician, playwright, activist and
former adult star Kane, who has
been battling pancreatic cancer
since 2007. Kane, whose gritty
lyrics convey humor, strength
and optimism, returned home to
San Diego from a 26-city tour for
the event.
“We’re all courageous for
standing up when it really
matters,” Kane said during her
acceptance speech. “We have a
responsibility as writers to be
honest, write about what we know
and work to inspire others.”
Known as one of the finest
jazz pianists over the past 50
years, Mike Wofford received
the Lifetime Achievement
Award, which was presented by
his friend and legendar y saxophonist, Daniel Jackson. Before
handing him the award, Jackson
said that Wofford has always
maintained the jazz tradition and
never let technology interfere
with the music.
Wofford and Kane later
teamed up with bassist and Best
Jazz artist nominee Rob Thorsen
to perform “I’m Not Getting
Older” off Kane’s 1999 release
titled “Whole Lotta Love.”
Proceeds from the event
benefitted the Taylor Guitars
for Schools program run by the
San Diego Music Foundation, a
North Park nonprofit that also
organizes the music awards. Its
founder Kevin Hellman said the
program has distributed guitars
to over 35,000 students in public
elementary schools throughout
San Diego County since 1998.
Jazz trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, a recipient of the Best Jazz
artist award three times since
1995, along with Jazz Album of
the Year in 2009, said that it is
always an honor to be nominated
for the SDMAs, but that beyond
trophies and accolades, the event
is a once-yearly opportunity for
him to reconnect with long-time
friends he might other wise
never see.
Broadcast journalist Perette
Godwin, who has been involved
with the awards show as a
presenter for the past five years,
said the event is an opportunity
to recognize the people that make
music in San Diego.
“It’s a very close knit community,” Godwin said. “Whether
they’re in their seats or in the
back, everyone’s here having a
good time, raising money for a
good cause and catching up with
old friends.”
Hellman described the award
ceremony as part award show
and part music industry meet up.
“If you’ve ever been to the
SDMA’s you would know that
most of the people are hanging out in the back talking with
friends that they haven’t seen in
a long time, because everyone’s
busy doing shows and touring,” Hellman said. “This is the
one time a year that all of these
people in the music industry are
all in one place together. It’s a big
fun hangout.”u
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The Laundry Room: cleaner clothes and the comforts of home
By Sara Gilman
SDUN Reporter
The Laundr y Room in University Heights has re-opened
its doors with new owners and
a fresh upgrade, complete with
comfortable amenities and
energy-efficient machines that
dispense purified water. This
full-ser vice, fluff and fold operation with on-the-spot-ironing is
located at 1955 El Cajon Blvd.
“Laundromats are here to
stay,” said Chuck Post, manager
and laundr y consultant. “There
are a lot of unique features
about this store, and we teach
the customers how to effectively use them.”
Self-service laundry facilities have come a long way since
their inception, yet only a limited
amount of owners adapt to environmental changes and make
the necessary improvements.
The new owners of The Laundry
Room, Paige and Mark McEwen,
said they were on board for a full
renovation from the very beginning.
The eight-month project saw
the couple take the shell of the
old location and completely restore the space with new floors,
exposed beams, high ceilings
and multi-colored wood panels.
“We wanted the design
aspects to be stylish and urban,”
said Paige McEwen. “We added
splashes of color to create a place
that people wanted to be in.”
Clayton Parker, a local artist,
was recently hired to paint a
San Diego-themed mural on the
entire back wall, emphasizing
the surrounding neighborhoods.
“We appreciate and like the
neighborhood, and want to add
something nice to the community,” Mark McEwen said. Parker
will start the mural, which will
take approximately two weeks to
complete, in early September.
In addition to the atmosphere, the owners also
provide free, wireless internet
ser vice, multiple flat-screen
televisions, abundant seating
and arcade
games
while
customers
The Laundry room is located at 1955 El Cajon Blvd. in North Park. (Photo by Anulak Singphiphat)
wait for their clothes to clean.
During operating hours, an
attendant is available to help
customers, selling laundr y
supplies and facilitating the
spot-ironing ser vices.
“Most Laundromats have
a sterile feel,” Mark McEwen
said. “Our goal was to make
it feel as comfortable as you
would be at home.”
An important upgrade made
to The Laundr y Room occurred
in the machines themselves. All
the washers and dr yers were
replaced with energy efficient,
heavy-duty front-load washers
and massive 45-pound dr yers.
Additionally, a unique feature
installed – the only one of its
kind in the area – is a sanitizer
apparatus that kills bacteria,
purifies the water and disinfects
the washers. The machine,
called the San-0-tyzer by
Hamilton Engineering, creates
ozone-saturated bubbles via a
generator and purifies the water
before it is distributed to all the
washing machines. By destroying bacteria and eliminating
dirt particles, dr ying time for
clothes is reduced.
“Customers have been telling us that they notice their
clothes actually smell better and
[do so] for a longer amount of
time,” Post said.
To further connect with the
community, The Laundr y Room
will be donating all their dr yer
proceeds on Sept. 29 to the 23rd
annual AIDS Walk & Run, held
in Balboa Park.
The Laundr y Room is fully
attended seven days a week from
6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. For more
information call 619-795-9588.u
The interior of The Laundry Room, after renovations (Photo by Anulak Singphiphat)
DINING
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restaurant re v iew
Culinary treasures from an Italian grandmother
Isola Pizza Bar
1526 India St. (Little Italy)
619-255-4230
walk-ins only
White pizza with taleggio cheese
Shrimp served in white wine
(Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.)
Massimo Tenino originally
wanted to become a dentist, but
decided that he’d rather excite
our choppers than fix them. In
doing so, he opened Isola Pizza
Bar in Little Italy, which pays
tribute to the recipes of his late
grandmother, Isola, who created
pizzas better than Paula Deen
bangs out cheesy grits.
After immigrating to the United
States from Italy, the aspiring
restaurateur first established an
Italian kitchen in Arizona, which
he still maintains. At Isola, the
main event is pizza topped with
fresh ingredients that are delivered
to the restaurant daily, even on
Sundays. The pies then undergo
rapid cooking in a wood-fire oven
imported from Naples, taking less
than three minutes to cook before
hitting your table.
While we can safely assume
that Grandma Isola used a deft
hand at making lasagna and ravioli,
pasta is completely missing from
the menu in an effort to keep the
concept simple. Preludes include
things like charred octopus, assorted salumi and a deliciously
rustic salad of roasted vegetables
served with goat cheese, a fat head
of baked garlic and emulsified
anchovy oil on the side. Fear not, it
isn’t fishy.
A starter of cannelloni beans
mashed with garlic, herbs and red
chilies tasted plainer than expected, with only bursts of sea salt
springing forth. The shrimp alla
diavola that followed, however, was
exceptional as all eight of the crustaceans soaked in a bath of white
wine, capers and bits of tomatoes
that bestowed a crimson color to
the drinkable liquid. Served atop
a couple of juice-soaking polenta
cakes, the garlic and chili flakes in
this case were given a platform.
Oak logs stacked within a wall
unit are used for fueling the oven
and add a countrified aesthetic
to an otherwise clean, industrial
design. Marble, steel and modern
light fixtures flow throughout, leading to a quaint back patio festooned
in green plastic vines. Stretching across a middle wall of the
restaurant is a giant photograph of
Sophia Loren that seamlessly incorporates doors to the restrooms.
Isola’s pizza making adheres
to Neapolitan standards, which
means that double-zero flour is
used for constructing the dough.
The designation refers to a maximum powdery grind, resulting in
an airier crust that easily snaps
apart from a twitch of the finger.
There are more than a dozen
pizza choices, ranging from white
anchovies with tomato, olives and
oregano to one topped with pork
cheeks and fennel pollen.
Visiting as a twosome, we
ordered a pie with red sauce and
another without. The sauceless pizza featured taleggio
cheese, my favorite Italian curd
that loses its stinky odor upon
melting. Paper-thin red potatoes
covered the top, along with small
measures of mozzarella, shiitake
Prices: Appetizers and salads,
$6.75 to $15; pizzas, $10 to $16
Red sauce and sausage pizza
mushrooms and fresh rosemar y.
As far as “white” pizzas go, we
gave it an A-plus rating.
The salciccia pizza features
bright-red sauce that carried the
essence of sweet, vine-ripe tomatoes. Red onions, mushrooms
and mozzarella came into play
along with homemade sausage
that was rich in fennel, although
a tad too salty. But a good flavor
balance was achieved among
the fresh organics, some of
which we witnessed being delivered to the kitchen beforehand
by a pur veyor.
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Other topping combos hailing from nonna Isola’s recipe
box include white anchovies with
olives, garlic and oregano; broccoli raab with sausage and ricotta;
and a luxuriant union of pancetta,
mozzarella and shaved Parmesan
finished off with truffle oil and a
farm egg.
Isola’s wine list is a playground
for fans of Italian varieties that
include lambrusco, soave, sangiovese and nebbiolo. My companion
chose a bright chardonnay from
Italy’s Abruzzi province, which I
seldom see represented in other
San Diego establishments. As
predicted, its gentle acidity paired
ideally to our shrimp appetizer and
taleggio pizza.
Tiramisu and gelatos are
made in-house, although for
something different we concluded with homemade chocolate
pudding speckled judiciously with
sea salt and layered with caramel
sauce and heavy cream. In the
absence of pasta, we guiltlessly
washed down the silky carbs with
sturdy cappuccino while adding
Isola to our ever-growing list of
favorite Italian restaurants.u
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Wine bar gives top billing to family vintners
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G e t H a p py !
Drinks:
Owner Rita Pirkl selected red and white
wine from a smart supply, showcasing
family-owned wineries. The offerings change
frequently while steering clear of bulk
productions and proverbial labels.
Food:
The creamy hummus sported a decent kick
from tahini, although a dry spice blend
called “dukkah” struck a livelier pairing
to our red wine as we dabbed into it with
bread and olive oil.
D r. I n k
Rita Pirkl remembers fondly
sipping from a bottle of sauterne
that her high school boyfriend
stole from his father.
“It was the most amazing thing
that I ever put into my mouth,” she
said, crediting the moment to a
subsequent career in wine selling
that culminated in the launching of
Village Vino wine bar this summer.
Pirkl has swirled her way
through the Wine Executive
Program at University of California, Davis, plus numerous wine
regions in dozens of countries.
More recently, she ser ved as
vice president of sales and marketing for the family-owned Peju
Province Winer y in Napa Valley.
At Village Vino, she shares
her zeal for small-production
wines that often evade the radar
of big distributors and retailers.
For $6 a glass, the featured red
during this particular happy
hour was a malbec blend from
Argentina called Amalaya,
which doesn’t originate from
the famous Mendoza Valley but
rather from the lesser-known,
high-elevation region of Salta.
The area’s unique soil produces
top-quality, densely colored
RATINGS:
Value:
Two featured wines are priced at $6 per
glass, saving you about $3 on average. xaccompanied by bread and olive oil each sell
for an easy $3.
Service:
Pirkl provides keen wine knowledge to customers, using her 20-plus years in the wine
industry to tackle our preferences.
Duration:
You have only two hours and four weekdays
to explore these deliciously obscure wines
at $6 per glass. But there are plenty of
labels sold by the half glass during regular
hours to keep you on a budgeted voyage.
Rita Pirkl pours an Argentinean malbec at her new Village Vino wine bar. (Photo by Dr. Ink)
grapes that delivered supple
body to the Amalaya, though
with an open and fruity finish.
The day’s white selection,
also $6, was Picpoul de Pinet
from France, a relatively obscure
varietal known for its dr y, vivacious notes and pear-like aroma.
Though tempted by a regularpriced Taureau red blend from
Jax Winer y in Napa ($14 per
glass), we continued staining our
lips purple with that wine’s big
raspberr y notes while adding
weight to our final bill.
The carefully compiled inventory at Village Vino is like a smorgasbord for wine lovers who eschew
common commercial labels,
enticing you to journey beyond the
two $6 picks that can change daily
or weekly. Pirkl’s master list flaunts
35 options by the glass or half
glass, plus 100 bottles of humble
origins that can be corked onsite
or purchased to go.
Bargain noshes feature homemade hummus and a secret spice
blend called “dukkah” that is accompanied by olive oil and bread.
With cumin and coriander seeds
easily detected in the sandy
admixture, it complimented our
wines like that of a grilled steak.
The appetizers are priced at $3 a
piece during happy hour. Salads,
cheeses, charcuterie, flatbreads
and desserts are also in the offing, but not discounted.
Located on a corner lot in
the heart of Kensington, the
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Volume 4, Issue 18 • Aug. 31–Sept. 13, 2012 • San Diego Uptown News
(l to r ) Nick Kennedy and Gemma Grey start in ion’s ‘The Mystery Plays.’
(Courtesy ion theatre)
ion’s season opener thrills
Two suspenseful productions in ‘The Mystery Plays’ are perfectly directed and acted
By Charlene Baldridge
SDUN Theater Critic
Everyone loves a well-told
thriller or two, especially if there
are laughs to relieve the suspense
and horror.
Opening ion theatre company’s
seventh season, “The Mystery
Plays” is so delicious that the witness wishes the two tales therein
would never end. But end they
do, so dark and darkly funny, and
so perfectly directed and acted
that the real world the viewer
must reenter seems comforting,
yet bizarrely unreal. You’ll want
to return again and again to ion,
savoring the inter-related stories
and the amazing dream team
ensemble comprising Sherri Allen, Benjamin Cole, Gemma Grey,
Nick Kennedy, John Polak and
Ethan Tapley.
Written by award-winning
playwright, comic book and
television writer Roberto AguirreSacasa – who is currently working
on “American Psycho the Musical” with Duncan Sheik – “The
Mystery Plays” borrows from the
medieval mystery tradition and
from the works of master storytellers Alfred Hitchcock, Franz
Kafka and H.P. Lovecraft. Throw
in influences from James Lapine
and Stephen Sondheim as well.
In the first play, titled “The
Filmmaker’s Mystery,” a young
screenwriter named Joe (Tapley)
is seated on a train, traveling from
New Haven to Newport News for
a family holiday. Nathan (Cole)
joins Joe and, in the process of
coming onto him, reveals certain
things about himself, including
that he’s a neurologist with an
avid interest in an ancient Greek
physician who dissected brains
looking for the soul.
Joe leaves the train at Wilmington. He knows not why. The
train pulls out sans Joe and burns
after leaving, incinerating every
soul aboard. Visited repeatedly by
Nathan’s ghost, Joe is subject of a
police investigation. He sets out to
explore Nathan’s life and the possible reasons for his own survival.
In the second play, “Ghost
Children,” Joe’s attorney, Abby
(Grey), catches a plane from the
East Coast to her home in Oregon, where she is called to testify
before the parole board in behalf
of her brother (the multifaceted
Kennedy), who brutally slew their
abusive parents and innocent
younger sister 16 years before.
With scenes then and now
intercut, this tough play explores
Abby’s reluctance to forgive her
brother. How could she? Would
you? But it is much more compli-
cated than that. Adding a bit of
levity as the parole board’s limo
driver is Cole, whose character, a
Medford bumpkin, is polar opposite to the sophisticated Nathan.
It’s extraordinary, in the
course of one evening, to see this
ensemble stretch to play numerous, complex roles without benefit
of wigs or costume changes. With
his commanding voice and authoritative diction, Polak proves
invaluable as narrator, police
investigator, mysterious man and
general purveyor of possible horror and suspense.
Grey plays Abby brilliantly, allowing us to glimpse the woman’s
wounds, self-recrimination and reluctance. Both Cole and Tapley are
young actors to watch. And Allen
and Kennedy are simply magnificent in all their quicksilver roles.
Aguirre-Sacasa knows when
tension needs relief through
humor. Director Glenn Paris
deftly integrates these places in
the script. The playwright also
provides poetry and leitmotifs
that metaphorically link the two
one-act plays, which are disparate
in tone and type of horror. Both
are supported by Brian Redfern’s
fluid scenic design, James Dirks’
sound, Karin Filijan’s lighting,
Valerie Henderson’s costumes and
Claudio Raygoza’s projections.u
“The Myster y Plays”
Where: BLKBOX at ion theatre,
3704 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest
When: Through Sept. 15;
Thurs. and Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat.
at 4 & 8 p.m.
Info: 619-600-5020
Web: iontheatre.com
(top to bottom) John Polak as the Mystery Man and Ethan Tapley
(Courtesy ion theatre)
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NEWS
From page 1
HBA
to promote clean energy innovation, develop renewable energy
sources and create “green-collar,”
or environmental, jobs.
Gloria and Ana Carvalho, an environmental specialist from the City,
presented Snooze with an award
for their sustainable practices,
recognizing the steps the restaurant
owners and employees have taken
to be a green business. Carvalho,
who oversees the City’s recycling
and composting programs, said San
Diego has one of the best recycling
programs in the nation.
Calling Snooze a “role-model”
businesses, Gloria said, “We have
this placard that they can place in
their window to acknowledge that
they are leaders in sustainability.”
He then called on other business
owners at the meeting to follow
the restaurant’s lead.
Snooze Manager Nick Papantonakis said he was thankful for
the award, and called the restaurant business one of the “most
wasteful” industries in which to
work. “It was very important to
Congressmember Susan Davis at the HBA meeting (Photo by SDUN)
the owners … to make sustainability a priority,” he said. “That’s
a huge focus for us.”
Of the many ways Snooze
works toward healthier environmental practices, Papantonakis
pointed out one in particular: their
relationship with the San Diego
company New Leaf Biofuel.
New Leaf Biofuel is a commercial-grade biodiesel produc-
tion company that recycles used
vegetable oil – from Snooze’s
fryers, for example – into a cleanburning, renewable fuel source
for diesel engines. Jennifer Case,
founder and CEO, spoke at the
HBA meeting.
“Companies like Snooze and
other restaurants in the area are
really helping us to divert landfill
waste and … to cleanout our sew-
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ers,” Case said. “Most importantly,
they’re reducing the greenhouse
gas emissions that come from
petroleum diesel.”
Currently, New Leaf works
with San Diego and Chula Vista,
providing biofuel for some of
both cities’ diesel vehicles. Case
announced a new partnership
with the San Diego school system,
which will convert approximately
500 buses to biodiesel fuel by the
2014 school year.
“Sustainability really means
to not use up a certain resource,”
Case said, “so it’s always going to
be renewed. That’s what vegetable oil is.”
Members in attendance were
asked to provide a list of sustainable
practices they find important. Of
the responses, HBA Sponsorship
and Concessions Manager Cassandra Ramhap said 60 percent of the
feedback was related to plastic-bag
use, with some offering suggestions
on reducing their use. Suggestions
included banning plastic bags and
charging customers to use them,
among others, she said.
Gloria complimented the HBA
on their work, saying the organization’s 90-year history was an excel-
lent example for other business
districts in San Diego.
“We’re only as good as the
neighborhood organizations that
are in our communities. The
[HBA] … has been a wonderful
partner, really creating the kind of
change and improvements that we
want in Council District Three,”
he said.
“As I go across the entire city
of San Diego, other communities
look to Hillcrest because they
know that there is amazing stuff
going on here.”
Nicholls ended the meeting by
announcing the HBA was in the
process of working out a program
to implement sustainable practices
into their weekly Farmers Market.
Papantonakis, who Nicholls said is
interested in running for the HBA
board in October, also showed
interest in seeing a more sustainable market.
“When we work with our small
business association, like the
HBA, [and] with our small businesses like Snooze,” Gloria said,
“we can make demonstrable improvements in our neighborhood,
that is also actually improving the
environment.”u
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vendors offering a
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fruit, produce, gifts,
arts and crafts, and
flowers. Many of the
local farmers participating in the market
grow their produce
organically or with no
pesticides. The market also hosts a large
variety of prepared
food and hot food
items with an emphasis on international
cuisine. Additionally,
each week, there are
a large number of
arts and crafts vendors participating, as
well as weekly entertainment performed.
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It’s a Music Thing
From dozens of concerts to seminars and guest speakers,
this two-day conference is a local music-lover’s dream
By Logan Broyles
SDUN Reporter
The San Diego Music Thing is
an annual two-day music conference
and festival, held this year on Sept.
14 and 15 at the Lafayette Hotel in
North Park. With the aim to enrich
the local music community through
discussion panels and guest speakers, the festival also features dozens
of live performances by local and
national bands.
The festival is organized by the
San Diego Music Foundation, a
North Park nonprofit founded in
1991 to make music performance
accessible to children of need
throughout San Diego County. The
Foundation also facilitates the annual
San Diego Music Awards.
“The [Music Thing] conference
is a great opportunity for musicians
and others in the music community
to learn more about the industry
on a national level, not just what
happens here in San Diego,” said
Kevin Hellman, president of the
San Diego Music Foundation.
“The Lafayette Hotel is a historic
property and is located in a great
spot for this event, since many of
our evening music festival venues
are also in north Park.”
During the day, there will be
guest speakers, a trade show,
happy-hour parties, listening stations, pop-up live performances
and interactive roundtable discussions with renowned panelists and
speakers from throughout the
music industry.
Special guests include rapper and
founding member of Public Enemy,
Chuck D. There will also be instructional workshops for students of the
music business, covering topics like
“How to Pitch Your Band,” “The
Business of Touring” and “Lawyers,
Guns and Money.”
During the evening, over 150
bands will perform at 14 venues
around town, including Bar Pink,
Soda Bar, Eleven, The Casbah, U31,
The Whistle Stop and the Tin Can
Ale House.
Performing bands include Dead
Feather Moon, Family Wagon,
Ghetto Blaster, Gregory Page,
Jamuel Saxon, Low Volts, Erika Davies, Pinback, Retox, Sculpins, The
Heavy Guilt, The Howls and The
New Kinetics.
Playing the Music Thing for the
first time as a group is Hills Like Elephants, fresh off winning the award
for Best New Artist at this year’s San
Diego Music Awards.
“As a local artist, it’s always nice
to be involved in any sort local festivities, especially when they’re incorporating touring acts from out of town
as well,” said Sean Davenport, lead
singer of Hills Like Elephants.
Saying they planned on making
their performance a “big night,”
Davenport was coy about what the
band had planned. “There will be
lots of energy, lots of sweat, lots of
whiskey and a couple of surprises.
We may bring some new accessories
and toys for effectual purposes,” he
said. “It will be epic.”
Davenport is not the only local
musician that is excited to be a part
of the festival.
“Watching the event grow over
the last few years and bring in bigger
and better bands definitely makes
it a cool thing to be a part of,” said
John Cooper, guitarist and lead
singer of the Howls. The Howls will
be playing a set at Bar Pink on Sept.
15.
“Tim Mays of Casbah fame
asked us to play and pretty much every show we’ve done that he’s been
involved with has been amazing.”
Playing a set at U31 on the first
night of the festival, Sept. 14, is local
band The Heavy Guilt.
“Our band is thoroughly invested
in the local music scene and this
event is a great opportunity to get
to play with our friends and to catch
a little knowledge about the music
industry,” said
Alfred Howard of
the Heavy Guilt.
“Also, The San
Diego Music
Foundation is
doing great things
to expose the
youth to music
and that’s something we can get
behind.”
In its fifth year,
the San Diego
Music Thing was
created as a way
to allow fans and
industry insiders
to come together
and share their
passion for the local music scene.
Originally called North X North
Park, Hellman said the idea for the
festival came from the Foundation’s
board of directors who wanted an
annual conference where “musicians
The Low Volts (Courtesy San Diego Music
Foundation)
and others” could attend, learning
from professionals who would attend
from across the nation.
Highlighting several of the panel
topics, Hellman
said the festival
was also a good
way to incorporate
“local, regional
and national acts”
into several North
Park establishments. “For one
price, you can get
into every venue
to see quite a few
bands,” he said.
“People should
get out and see
something they
have never heard
before.”
Single-day and
two-day access
passes can be purchased online or
at the event. The Lafayette Hotel is
located at 2223 El Cajon Blvd., and
for the full list of venues, music performances and seminar schedules
visit sandiegomusicthing.com.u
The Heavy Guilt (Courtesy The Heavy Guilt)
“The conference
is a great opportunity
for … the music community to learn more
about the industry on
a national level, not
just what happens
here in San Diego.”
Hills Like Elephants (Courtesy Requiemme Management and Music)
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We didn’t start the fire
Fresh off a SDMA award, The Burning of Rome previews their new album
By Logan Broyles
SDUN Reporter
It can be hard to tie The
Burning of Rome down into a
specific genre. Their music has
been described as a mash up of
indie rock, punk and electronic,
with some dark Goth influences.
The band is also known for a
fashion sense that is straight out
of the mind of Hollywood director Tim Burton, as well as their
animated onstage performances,
one of which included bringing
a severed pig’s head onto the
stage as homage to “The Lord of
the Flies.”
“We’re often theatrical in
our live per formances, however we’re cautious about not
having it become a gimmick
that takes over the music,” said
Adam Traub, lead singer and
keyboardist.
Traub, who started The
Burning of Rome as a solo
project eight years ago, said one
of their concerts could include
ever ything from “maternity mannequins” and large Styrofoam
skulls to crowd surfing, costume
and fake blood.
“Growing up I was a punk
that loved show tunes and pop
music,” he said. “As my pallet
expanded, I started to experiment with sounds of my own,
and began writing quirky songs
and recording them to a fourtrack tape recorder.”
The other band members
joined Traub five years ago
“through overlapping groups
of friends and musicians in San
Diego,” he said. The current
group consists of Joe Aguilar on
guitar and vocals, Aimee Jacobs
on keyboards and vocals, Lee
Williams on drums and Colin
Kohl on bass guitar.
Their debut album with
Surfdog Records, titled “With
Us,” is set for release Sept. 18.
The record’s first single, “Ballad
of an Onion Sprout,” has already
begun garnering praise from the
local music industr y.
“Our new album is the result
of a year’s worth of meticulous
experimentation and mindnumbing labor spent in various
recording studios across the city
of Los Angeles,” Traub said. “It
took us that long to figure out a
way to string together a genrejumble of experimental pop
music with psychedelic rock,
orchestral music, and an abundance of synthesized noises,
squeaks and squelches.”
Calling the work a “reinvention process” for the band,
Traub said they were forced to
focus and define their sound,
and while they have not strayed
too far from their original sound,
listeners will be hearing something new.
“Fans can still expect to hear
grace notes of our classic stuff
embedded throughout the atmosphere of the new record, but
be prepared for another stage in
the evolution of our sound,” he
said. “This album will be different than anything they’ve heard
from us thus far.”
The Burning of Rome won
the award for Best Alternative at this year’s San Diego
Music Awards, held Aug. 12,
and Traub said he appreciated knowing the award came
directly from fans.
“It’s rewarding to know
that the categor y we were in
was determined strictly by
votes from the public. The fact
that there are that many San
Diegans who thought enough
of The Burning of Rome to cast
their votes for us is endearing,”
he said. “I don’t know what this
award means for The Burning
of Rome in the long run, but for
the time being it is nice to know
that San Diego has our back.”
If San Diego support is of
concern to the group, they seem
to have plenty of it around town.
To help promote the band, Yiga
Miyashiro, the head brew master at Pizza Port in Ocean Beach,
created a “Burning of Rome”
pale ale for them, with the first
batch released in Februar y and
the second in July.
Traub and the band will be
playing at Eleven on Sept. 15,
as part of the San Diego Music
Thing festival. Eleven is located
at 5319 El Cajon Blvd. For more
information visit elevensandiego.
com or call 619-450-4292.u
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returns to San Diego
in reimagined staging
Performer Jason Forbach says classic is new again; tour uses opportunities to give back
ing stage. The production also
incorporates images of ar t –
photos of paintings created by
Victor Hugo, the author of the
Broadway San Diego conbook on which the original play
tinues their 2012 season with
was based – projected on stage
the classic “Les Misérables,”
to help dramatize the stor y.
which opened Tuesday, Aug.
“Ever ything is gritty and
28 for a six-show run, ending
ver y real, ver y raw. The emoSunday, Sept. 2. The tour, celtion is ver y high,” Forbach
ebrating the 25th anniversar y
said. “Its much more thematic
of the Cameron Mackintosh
and epic in scope than that
production, began in 2010 and
minimalist turn
represents a
table [staging].
new direction in
I don’t think
regards to the
anyone has a
staging, one that
second to miss
actor Jason Forthe old stage.”
bach said was a
Forbach
big hit.
plays Enjor“We’re showlas, the leader
ing [audiences]
of a group of
something
students and
completely
revolutionaries
new,” he said.
in early 1800s
Forbach, who is
Paris, and good
one of a handful
of players that
Jason Forbach (Courtesy Jason Forbach) friend to Marius, one of the
were a par t of
stor y’s main characters. The
the original touring company,
actor’s previous credits include
said they did not know what to
“The Phantom of the Opera,”
expect when they began stag“The Music Teacher” and “As
ing the production.
You Like It,” among others.
“We were all shocked at the
In addition to his stage
reception we’ve had. It’s like an
work, Forbach has also recordaudience at a rock concert,” he
ed two albums: “A New Leadsaid. “I think it is just a testament
ing Man” and “Remember to
to this show. People love this
Dream,” which is a holiday EP
show and they love this music.”
featuring his of ficial foray into
That admiration is one
song writing. “Remember to
reason Broadway San Diego inDream” was used as a platform
cluded it in their season, which
for a holiday concer t in Minmost recently featured “La
neapolis, Minn. last December,
Cage aux Folles,” and follows
“Les Misérables” with “Jekyll & which Forbach helped organize
as a fundraiser for Broadway
Hyde” in early October.
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The
“Productions such as these
concer t featured Forbach and
add vitality to the art commumembers of the touring “Les
nity in San Diego by offering
exhilarating, fulfilling, top-notch Misérables” cast along with the
Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.
musicals to those who other“I just wanted the opporwise would not be able to expetunity for the company to get
rience a Broadway production,”
together and get into the spirit
said Carl Thompson, director of
of the holidays,” Forbach said,
marketing and business develadding that he appreciated the
opment. “We take great pride in
oppor tunity to work with the
contributing to the arts comGay Men’s Chorus, meet their
munity, cultural enhancement
board members and explore
and economic development of
the area.
San Diego by bringing people
“I think ever yone in the thetogether to experience the thrill
atrical community feels passionof live theatre.”
ately about supporting AIDS orPar t of the 25th anniversar y
production’s re-conception sees ganizations and finding a cure,”
Forbach said. All proceeds from
the removal of the iconic rotatBy Anthony King
SDUN Editor
the evening went to Broadway
Cares, which then distributes
the money to AIDS and HIV
organizations nationally.
“I had complied letters of
appreciation from all of these
different groups saying how
Broadway Cares helped their
organization stay afloat and
thrive,” Forbach said. “We
had people read those
letters throughout
the evening. It was a
pretty poignant night.”
The touring company has
given back in other ways in its
two-year run, most recently
with another benefit concer t
held their
last week in San
Francisco, just
before the show
came to San
Diego.
“I
think any
time we can
bring attention to these
causes, in a way that we can
through enter taining and
music,” Forbach said, “it’s the
least we can do.”
Forbach said he is looking
for ward to being in San Diego,
even for the short amount
of time. Performances run
through Sept. 2: Friday at 7:30
p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7:30
p.m.; and Sunday at 1 and 6 p.m.
All performances are at the San
Diego Civic Theatre, located at
1100 Third Ave. For ticket information visit broadwaysd.com or
call 619-564-3001. u
The 25th annual production of ‘Les Miserables’ returns with a six-show run. (Courtesy Broadway San Diego)
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7 p.m., children are invited to
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Mission Hills Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. every
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Thursday, Sept. 6
University Heights Community Association: 6:30 – 8
p.m., Community Association
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Balboa Park Committee: 6
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fun time with books and possibly
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children (6-12)
Saturday, Sept. 8
Ray at Night Ar t Walk: 6
– 9:30 p.m., Ray Street between
University Avenue and Nor th
Park Way, free
Historical Society Car
Show: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., third
annual Nor th Park Historical
Society-sponsored show open
to all makes and models with
first-, second- and third-place
prizes, Balboa Tennis Club
at Morley Field, free to attend, nor thparkhistor y.org or
619-294-8990 to register your
vehicle
Florida Canyon work party: 9 a.m., Friends of Florida
Canyon restoration and cleanup
of the California Native Plant
Demonstration Garden II with
Parks & Recreation Depar tment Native Plant Specialist
Alan Bennett, tools provided,
2201 Morley Field Dr. (just
south of the Alabama and Upas
streets intersection), free
8:30 p.m., screening “To Catch
a Thief,” 4040 Goldfinch St.,
tickets star t at $14
Golden Hill Farmers
Market: 8 a.m. – noon ever y
Saturday, B St. between 27th
and 28th Streets, free
Old Town Farmers Market: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. ever y
Saturday, Harney Street, free
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)
Sunday, Sept. 9
Tequila Trail in Old Town:
2:30 – 6 p.m., kick off of the 2012
Spirits of Mexico Festival, trail
around Old Town restaurants to
sample selections of agave spirits
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paired with food with Bill Walton, opening ceremony at 2:30,
trail walk 3 – 6 p.m., ceremony
takes place at Twiggs and Sand
Diego avenues, $35
8:30 p.m., screening “Breakfast
at Tiffany’s,” 4040 Goldfinch St.,
Hillcrest Farmers Market:
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. ever y Sunday,
Hillcrest DMV, 3960 Normal St.,
free
Organ Concert: 2 p.m.,
music by organist Carol Williams, Spreckels Organ Pavilion,
Balboa Bark, free
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
children (6-12)
Monday, Sept. 10
North Park MAD meeting:
6 – 8 p.m., North Park Maintenance Assessment District, North
Park Adult Activity Center, 2719
Howard Ave., free
Uptown Parking District
meeting: 5- 6 p.m., regular
monthly meeting, Balboa Park
Club, Santa Fe Room, 2150 Pan
American Rd., free
Tuesday, Sept. 11
Positive parenting: 6 p.m.,
presentation by the Fleet and
Family Suppor t Center with
the goal for families to learn
positive parenting techniques,
Nor th Park Branch Librar y,
3795 31st St., free
Pajama stor y time: 6:30 –
7 p.m., children are invited to
come dressed in their pajamas,
Mission Hills Branch Librar y,
925 W. Washington St., free
Serra Serenade: 5:30 –
7:30 p.m., dinner and concer t
with Camarada, a flute and guitar duo, organized by the San
Diego Histor y Center and held
at the Junípero Serra Museum,
2727 Presidio Dr. in Presidio
Park, $25 members and $30
general, reser vations required
at 619-232-6203
Hillcrest Town Council:
6:30 – 8 p.m., Joyce Beers Community Center, 3900 Vermont
St.
Organ Concer t: 12:30 p.m.,
Tuesdays, shor t organ concer t
with cof fee, tea and refreshments with concer t series on
Eolian-Skinner organ, St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, Fifth Avenue
and Nutmeg Street in Bankers
Hill, free
Residents Free Tuesdays
in Balboa Park: hours var y
by museum, par ticipating
museums include Museum of
Photographic Ar ts, San Diego Histor y Center, Veterans’
Museum and Memorial Center.
Free for San Diego Residents
with ID, active militar y and
dependents
Wednesday, Sept. 12
LEGO play time: 5 – 6
p.m., children are invited to get
creative with LEGOs, Mission
Hills Branch Librar y, 925 W.
Washington St., free
San Diego Histor y 101:
10 – 11:30 a.m., par t one in a
three-par t course hosted by the
San Diego Histor y Center discusses indigenous populations,
the Mission Period, development of Old Town through the
establishment of “City Park” in
1868, par t two is Sept. 19 and
par t three is Sept. 26, Histor y
Center at the Casa de balboa,
Balboa Park, $8 members and
$10 general, reser vations required at 619-232-6203
Mission Hills Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. ever y
Wednesday, 4050 Falcon St.,
free
Main Street board meeting: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Nor th
Park Main Street board of
directors meeting, NPMS of fice
at 3076 University Ave., free
NP Planning Committee
subgroup: 6 – 7:30 p.m., Public Facilities, Transpor tation,
Parks and Public Ar t subcommittee meeting of the Nor th
Park Planning Committee,
Nor th Park Recreation Center/
Adult Center, 2719 Howard
Ave., 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
Thursday, Sept. 13
Tall Tales Contest: 7 p.m.,
hosted by Liber ty Toastmasters
Club, tall tales are three- to
five-minute speeches about
highly improbably and often
humorous, St. Paul’s Community Care Center, 328 Maple St.,
free
8:30 p.m., screening “Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade,”
4040 Goldfinch St., tickets star t
at $14
Nor th Park Farmers Market: 3 – 7 p.m. ever y Thursday,
parking lot behind CVS at 32nd
St. and University Ave., free u
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From page 1
ART
ones out of [Los Angeles] and
realize the art scene here is just as
good, if not better.”
Event exhibitors, she said, will
come from a wide range of backgrounds. They include independent
artists as well as those represented
by highly established galleries.
“We have amazing talent here,
and my goal is to raise the self
esteem of the San Diego art scene as
a whole,” Berchtold said.
Art San Diego 2012, she said, will
not disappoint.
“Balboa Park allows us to give
the event a fresh palate,” Berchtold
said. “We’ve broken the show up
into districts and each will have its
own community center, its own feel
and its own color code. Two are dedicated to contemporary art, one to
mid-century modern art and another
will be for solo, spotlight artists.”
Councilmember Todd Gloria,
whose district includes Balboa Park,
said he could not be more excited
about the expansion of an event that
features so much talent.
“If you ask 10 people, ‘What is
art?’, you’ll likely get 10 different
answers,” Gloria said. “With its
contemporary and mid-century
focus, Art San Diego is a great addition to our local arts and culture
scene. [It] will expose more people
to a variety of artists, methods and
disciplines, which will hopefully
lead them to explore our local arts
community further.”
Gloria said he is also pleased to
see the event migrate from downtown into one of the best-known
areas within District Three.
“Art San Diego should be a great
fit for Balboa Park,” he said. “The
Park is already known as the cultural
hub of our City, and the event looks
like it will bring a kind of art and a
kind of festival that we don’t always
have there.”
More than 500 artists as well
as over 60 leading galleries will be
showcased throughout the threeday event. Attendees can expect
to see mediums spanning from
contemporary furniture design to
video-based works, and everything in between.
“The fair size is intimate and our
programming offers a great diversity
of art viewing, talks, films, culinary
events, and music and dance performances,” Berchtold said.
Additionally, this year features a
special exhibition on Chinese artists,
with an exhibition called “Vision:
China.” The Cultural Media Group
of China is presenting the exhibit,
which represents one of several
international aspects to the fair. Exhibitors from Argentina and Mexico
news
Art San Diego
will also be present.
will be held at the
“We are honored
Balboa Park Activto have the pleasure
ity Center, located
to attend Art San
at 2145 Park Blvd.
Diego,” said Liu
The event begins
Chengxuan, CulThursday, Sep. 6
tural Media Group
with a VIP receprepresentative, in
tion. The fair will
a press release.
run from noon to 7
“We will showcase
p.m. on Sept. 7 and
traditional Chinese
8, and from noon to
painting and arts,
5 p.m. on Sept. 9.
made by Chinese
Ann Berchtold
(Courtesy Art San Diego)
A three-day pass is
great masters. Our
$15 online and $20 at
wish is for Chinese and
the door. For more information or
American artists to have in-depth
to purchase advance tickets visit
and extensive communication and
artsandiego-fair.com.u
cooperation.”
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A sample of work from the ‘Vision: China’ exhibit (Courtesy Art San Diego)
Art San Diego Exhibitors
CONTEMPORARY AR T | Tasende Galler y | Luis De
Jesus Los Angeles | Walter Maciel Galler y | Leslie Sacks Fine
Ar t | Leslie Sacks Contemporar y |Car ter & Citizen | White
Box Contemporar y | McNabb Mar tin Contemporar y Ar t Galler y | Katherine Cone Galler y | Acuarell Ar te Contemporáneo
| Consorcio de Ar te | James Surls Studio | LethBridge Galler y | Scott White Contemporar y Ar t | RB Stevenson Galler y
| Quint Contemporar y Ar t | Susan Street Fine Ar t Galler y |
Nico Gemmell Galler y | Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporar y
Ar t | Ar tspace Warehouse | Ar t by Maloney: Steve Maloney |
Ar t by Maloney: Yvonne Maloney | Michael Hollis Fine Ar t |
CJ Ar t Galler y | Galler y Ar tLink | Salazar Contemporar y Ar t
| LZ Fine Ar t Galeria | San Diego Ar t Prize | Ar tist League |
Adriana Budich Contemporar y Ar t | Beyond the Border Galler y | Vision China: Cultural Media Group of China | UCSD
Visual Ar ts Depar tment | Museum of Contemporar y Ar t San
Diego | Point Loma Nazarene University’s Depar tment of Ar t
& Design | LAUNCHPAD: Miguel Fernández
CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE DESIGN | Enrique
Guerrero: Mangle | Micheal Leaf Design Studio | SDSU Furniture Design Program | Woodbur y School of Architecture |
Dominique Houriet | Cur tis Micklish | Marcus Papay
MID-CENTURY & MODERN AR T | Folk Ar t Ships
| K. Nathan Galler y | Objects USA | Mingei International
Museum | Grace Lane | Boomerang for Modern | San Diego
Museum of Ar t | Mixture: Modern Furniture | Rodo Padilla
Ar t | Palette Contemporar y Ar t | Meyer Fine Ar t
SOLO AR TISTS | Pelayo Paintings | Dani Dodge | Kir by
Kendrick | Marie Najera | Wade Harb | Lexington Garrick |
Rober t Turner | B Meisel | Ingrid Croce |Andrew Lutz | Gerrit Greve
The ‘Vision: China’ exhibit is presented in part by the Cultural Media Group of
China. (Courtesy Art San Diego)
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TRAVEL/FITNESS
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Seven habits that
skinny people live by
and autoimmune disease.
Real food is food that grows
and dies, and is whole, unprocessed and unrefined. It is local,
seasonal, pasture-raised and
organic. Skinny people know
real food keeps them running
optimally so they can exercise,
eat less and feel better.
(l to r) A Royal Gorge locomotive; purchasing tickets; the train next to Arkansas River (Photos by Ron Stern)
Global Gumshoe
Ron Stern
For a bit of romance on the
rails, see the Royal Gorge in
Colorado the old fashioned
way with a unique train excursion. Train travel, like air
travel, was once an elegant affair. People weren’t in a hurr y,
ser vice was king and half the
fun was getting there. Today,
one can still experience the
grand old days of travel by rail
aboard the Royal Gorge Route
Railroad.
With several itineraries and
routes from which to choose,
you can see some magnificent
countr y in leisurely style
while enjoying a sumptuous
lunch or dinner. My wife and
I recently took the three-hour
gourmet dinner trip that runs
from Cañon City, Colo. to the
town of Parkdale and back.
The three-course dinner
on our excursion included
prime rib, salad and desser t.
For an additional $25, you can
choose from several selections
of locally produced wines.
We chose to sit in the Vista
Dome, which has the advantage of af fording beautiful
views through their oversized
windows.
The train features three
vintage diesel locomotives
from the 1950s, as well as
kitchen and dining cars. There
is also an open-air platform
that of fers unobstructed views
of some of the most scenic
countr y in Colorado, including
the Arkansas River, canyon
walls, meadows and the aweinspiring Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge. The famous
hanging ridge, considered
an engineering feat for the
19th centur y, currently holds
the distinction of the world’s
second highest suspension
bridge.
Each year, the train makes
560 trips carr ying more than
1,000 passengers along its
rails and the Royal Gorge
Route has been named one
of America’s top eight train
excursions by Trains Magazine. In addition to the dining
options, there is a murder
myster y train as well as the
Santa Express, where the kids
can enjoy hot cocoa, holiday
stories and a visit from Santa
Clause.
For more information and
pricing, visit royalgorgeroute.
com.
—Ron Stern can be contacted at travelwriter01@comcast.
net or by visiting ronsterntravel.
com and globalgumshoe.com.u
Brian White
1
They at a some-what boring diet.
The novelty of new foods all
the time will make the average
person want to eat more. If you
eat things you are familiar with,
you will feel fuller faster. I’m not
suggesting eating the same exact
thing all the time, but if you have
a problem meal, tr y finding a
healthy meal and stick to that for
a while to help you curb cravings
and eat less. Skinny people find
a few meals that work for them
and stick to them.
2
They eat Breakfast.
Make sure to eat a full breakfast that has fiber and protein
for maximum satiety and energy
to get through the morning.
A great choice is two to three
whole eggs, an apple and some
sautéed vegetables. Skinny
people never skip breakfast.
3
Travelers on the open-air and the murder-mystery cars in the canyon (Photos by Ron Stern)
F itness
They eat real food.
Food processing has,
without a doubt, had the most
detrimental effect on our health
and weight in the last hundred
years. Processed food destroys
our health and new research has
shown it can cause inflammation
4
They sleep eight-plus
hours ever y single night.
Not getting enough sleep
on a regular basis can single
handedly derail any weight-loss
attempt. Research has proven
that how much you sleep and
the quality of that sleep will
orchestrate a symphony of
hormonal activity that is tied to
cravings and appetite. Skinny
people also know that they are
more likely to crave sugar or
alcohol when they are tired, so
rather than have to battle at the
end of a long day, they know to
just go to bed.
5
They exercise ever y day,
with no concern on how long
they spend at the gym.
One of the greatest lessons
skinny people can teach ever yone is that you don’t have
to spend an hour or two at the
gym. No one has that kind of
time. But, the great news is an
absolutely tremendous workout
can be had in 30 minutes or
less. There are many variables
to manipulate in an exercise
routine, but the one that will
help you burn more body fat is
intensity. Skinny people work
hard enough to be out of their
comfort zones, so they can get
in and out of the gym quickly,
and keep burning calories long
after they have left the gym.
6
They really eat vegetables:
all the time.
Most people know they
should eat more fruits and
vegetables. Unfortunately, most
people really up their intake of
fruits when they are tr ying to
“eat better” but the real fat loss
power is in vegetables. They
are low calorie, nutrient powerhouses with less sugar than
juicy fruits. Skinny people blend
them into shakes, eat them raw
and usually have a large portion
at ever y meal.
7
They hang out with other
like-minded people.
Let’s face it, ever yone has
friends that give them looks
when they tr y to make healthier
food choices, or who tr y to talk
them into drinks for happy hour
when they should be going to
the gym. You have to find ways
to limit your contact with them.
Skinny people know in order to
be successful, they need the support of friends who are attempting the same goals or, at least,
are supportive of the battle.
—Brian White is a personal
trainer, gaining his cer tification in 1997. Author of “Secrets
From a Personal Trainer,” White
is also the co-owner of Diverge
Personal Training Gym, located
at 3919 Four th Ave. in Hillcrest.
Contact him at 619-255-5571,
[email protected] or
youshouldbedoingit.com.u
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SPOTLIGHTS
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(619) 298-0821
3333 Fifth Ave., Suite 100, 92103
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Oral Health
Are you aware that your oral health
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hygiene, and perhaps you will be, too,
after learning that failing to take good care
of your teeth and gums can contribute to a
number of medical conditions.
Your mouth is a breeding ground
for bacteria, and if it gets into your
bloodstream, it can lead to serious
issues like cardiovascular disease (heart
disease, clogged arteries and stroke) and
endocarditis (an infection of the heart’s
inner lining). A recent article from Dr.
Oz listed taking care of your teeth #2
on his list of ways to keep your heart
healthy. Oral health has also been linked
to pregnancy complications, Sjogren’s
syndrome (affecting the immune system),
and even oral cancer.
Your parents were right; you must
practice good oral hygiene…and now you
have even more reasons to do so. Taking
care of your teeth and gums can lessen
your risk of being affected by one of the
medical conditions noted above…and a
great smile is a welcome side effect!
We recommend you see your dentist
regularly (typically twice a year), brush
at least twice a day and floss daily, and
replace your toothbrush every three to
four months.
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Jazzercise College Area | (619) 2449290
The Health Benefits of Dance: Besides
burning calories and building muscle,
dancing engages creativity and opens
new learning channels within the brain.
Through dance, an individual builds
strong emotional, cognitive, physical and
social assets.
More calories are often burned
through social dancing than are burned in
a gym. Surprised? The reason is because
dancing is fun, so you’re more likely to
stick with it. Jazzercise Founder and CEO
Judi Sheppard Missett says that dancing
with a group of likeminded people can
give you a mental, as well as physical,
boost.
Shake Your Thing: Aerobic dance is
one of the best activities to increase selfconfidence and satisfaction. Those who
attend dance class improve self-esteem,
self-image, reduce stress, gain a sense
of well being, and feel connected to a
community.
Shimmy Your Memory: A study in
the New England Journal of Medicine
found that frequent dancing reduces
the likelihood of dementia, and builds
memory. If you change your routine,
you’ll up the ante because rapid-fire, splitdecisions brought on by unfamiliarity
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Let’s Dance! All at once, dancing
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Endorphin Holiday: About 20
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Participants experience a burst of positive
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Disco Inferno: Psychology Today
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Judi Sheppard Missett, who turned
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instructors teaching more than 32,000
classes weekly in 32 countries.
The workout program, which
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Benefits include increased cardiovascular
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as an overall “feel good” factor. Additional
Jazzercise programs include Junior
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nearest Jazzercise fitness center by visiting
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(619) 794-0014
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he Adams Avenue Business
Association was founded
in 1982 and incorporated
in 1985 as a California Mutual
Benefit Nonprofit organization
to band together and assist the
business owners along Adams
Avenue. Our association is guided
by our dedicated volunteer Board
of Directors and Committees.
Members of the Board are elected
for two-year terms from the
general membership while the
committees are open to any of
our member merchants. Our
memebrs are all the businesses
located along Adams Avenue from
Hamilton St. on the west to Vista
Street on the east. Within the two
mile stretch of Adams Avenue,
we have over 600 business
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