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Mexi-Size It: Tijuana's Changing Food Landscapenew
The food landscape is quickly changing down south. While some people might not venture beyond the lowly street-taco stands, past the loud clank of the steel revolving doors at the pedestrian point of entry, a sea of unique culinary treasures awaits.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
04-15-2010 |
Travel
Tags: Tijuana
A Goofy Valentine Yarn About How I Met My Wifenew
It was February 1999. I had just written a Sordid rant condemning a cluster of City Council-proposed anti-stripper laws that prompted a dozen or so local dancers to e-mail me in gratitude. It was an exciting chapter in my life.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
02-17-2010 |
Culture
Comedian Todd Barry: Twitter Contributed Information to This Reportnew
Like Will Ferrell, Kevin Nealon and Bob Newhart, Todd Barry is cursed with being naturally funny. Everything he says, whether reading a cereal box or telling a "knock knock" joke, just sounds funny. He has recently been named a "hot twitterer."
San Diego CityBeat |
David Day |
12-16-2009 |
Comedy
How Jockey Agents Finesse Relationships Among Riders, Trainers and Horsesnew
At its most basic, an agent's job is to convince trainers that they want their best horses ridden by the agent's jockeys. An agent wants to put his riders on a mount in every race of every day and, if at all possible, on the favorite for each race. That means keeping on good terms with every trainer and every owner.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-02-2009 |
Sports
Hitting Rock Bottom Isn't So Bad When Jesus Cushions Your Fallnew
It was there, in the hospital, a few hours after that violent intubation—lying broken and twisted among the rocks and glass at the bottom of my bottomed-out existence—where I encountered Jesus Christ.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-01-2009 |
Culture
Fables by Barrie Is All About Classnew
True to its name, Fables by Barrie tells a story—one of commitment to local production and craftsmanship, as well as the importance of making an impression. Barrie Kaufman's outfits are colorful and bold and speak to a love of the classics.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jordan Karnes |
03-18-2009 |
Fashion
You Don't Have to Be an Imaginary Porn Star to Enjoy a Good Carmenerenew
The Carmenere is a fruit. And a darn fine one it is, too, by golly.
San Diego CityBeat |
Martin Jones Westlin |
03-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Folks Hoping to Start a Community Garden in San Diego Are Closer to Farmnew
Two years since the International Rescue Committee set out to start the New Roots Community Farm in San Diego's City Heights, the first physical sign of progress came into view: a chain link fence.
San Diego CityBeat |
Rebecca Tolin |
02-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Why Does it Take $46K to Start a Community Garden in San Diego?new
The nonprofit International Rescue Committee never thought it would spend $46,000 to get permits for an organic garden on the stretch of unused, city-owned land. They figured that the city surely would want folks to farm the land, in the name of food security.
San Diego CityBeat |
Rebecca Tolin |
01-14-2009 |
Gardening
To Shmeat or Not to Shmeat: Carcass Consumption vs. Dr. Frankenmeatnew
PETA argues that fake meat has the potential to eliminate the raising of animals for human consumption, while allowing those with a taste for tissue to continue enjoying their favorite meaty delicacies. Sounds like a win/win, but there are obstacles to replacing meat with shmeat, not least of which is widespread distaste at the very thought of a Frankenfurter or test-tube steak.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
12-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to the Twitospherenew
You've heard it mentioned by mainstream media. Maybe you even signed up for an account. What the hell is this Twitter thing all about?
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
11-05-2008 |
Tech
Tales from Craigslistnew
Wherein I celebrate Halloween by messin' with people on the internet's most popular classifieds site.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
10-29-2008 |
Culture
What's Wrong with White Wine?new
I'm one of the very few I know who's highly partial to white wines, and I've always taken a share of grief for it.
San Diego CityBeat |
Martin Jones Westlin |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, white wine
Face the Economic Tough Times by Cooking Up Some 1930s-Style Foodnew
In May, one of the nation's largest cooking sites, AllRecipes.com, reported that traffic to recipe pages using low-cost ingredients nearly doubled in the first three months of the year and that searches for low-cost foods increased as much 107 percent. In June, I wrote about the recession-led increase in sales of Spam luncheon globs. And all that was before the economic downturn had turned into an economic smackdown.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food, recipes, cooking, eating, economic issues, Spam, Great Depression, AllRecipes.com, penny pinching
Artists and Others are Using YouTube for More Than Just Home Videosnew
The biggest video-sharing website isn't just for lame home videos or amateur soft-core porn anymore: San Diego artists are using it as a new medium for what they're calling "X-stream Dadaism."
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
08-20-2008 |
Art
