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EVENTS: Bring Your Four-Legged Friend on a Scavenger Hunt Through Downtown...
JULY 7, 2009 -- Have you ever seen a dog bobbing for wieners? It’s akin to the human act of bobbing for apples—and it’ll be part of a “What Up, Dog!” dog-friendly scavenger hunt scheduled for July 11...
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SPORTS: Could A San Diego Padres Ticket Be Worth $15,000?
JULY 15, 2009 -- With the All-Star Game over and done, it’s time to trudge through the second half of pro baseball’s 162-game season. The Padres, at 36-52, are last in the National League West, 20...
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EVENTS: A Guide To Late-Night Festivities During The San Diego Film Festival
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 -- For the duration of the week, The San Diego Film Festival has my full reportorial attention. It’s in its eighth year as a downtown event, and will screen more than 85 independent...
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WINE: Jaynes Gastropub Hosts Natural Wine Summit With "Extra Wacky" Offerings
AUGUST 9, 2009 -- Jaynes Gastropub on Adams Avenue hosted a Natural Wine Summit on Sunday. I confess to never having sampled Jaynes food fare—but I’m prepared to go back. Incentive enough is...
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FOOD NEWS: "Top Chef" Malarkey Has Left Oceanaire; Opening New Eatery With...
OCTOBER 22, 2009 -- Popular local culinary figure Brian Malarkey, a former Top Chef: Season 3 reality TV contestant, has left downtown’s Oceanaire Seafood Room. It will soon be announced that Malarkey...
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PARTY PIX: Dtown's Day Off at The Hyatt's Kin Lounge
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 -- Dowtowners took a day off--Ferris Bueller-style--and spent the last Friday afternoon in August away from the office, and in the pool at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The hotel's...
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EVENTS: Mira Sorvino, James Van Der Beek Take Top Awards At The San Diego...
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 -- San Diego Film Festival, Day 4. Last year’s festival attracted 14,000 people over five days. According to SDFF programming director Karl Kozak, this year’s numbers are up about...
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FOOD NEWS: "Top Chef" Brian Malarkey Says He Will Return To Oceanaire After...
JULY 31, 2009 -- Brian Malarkey says that following an upcoming six-week leave of absence as chef of popular downtown restaurant Oceanaire, he will return to the job. It was reported on...
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“Hotel Indigo” in Downtown San Diego is Keeping Its Commitment to The...
Hotel Indigo in the Gaslamp District in Downtown San Diego is keeping its promise to the environment by being a green building and has developed practices into the design, construction and operation of...
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CONTEST: POST A COMMENT, WIN A DVD OF "30 ROCK: SEASON 3."
Enter to win a DVD of 30 ROCK: Season 3 by posting a comment about the show. Contest ends Friday, October 2 at 5 p.m. PST. Tina Fey stars as Liz Lemon, show runner of the fictional variety series TGS...
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MOVIES: "The Hangover" is Top Dog To Will Ferrell's "Land of the Lost."
JUNE 8, 2009 -- I went to a weekend matinee at Horton Plaza to be amused by Will Ferrell in “Land of the Lost.” In the theater’s concession line, the guy in front of me ordered two hot dogs. Funny,...
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MIXER: July 15 Party Starts at Confidential, Ends at La Puerta; Somebody Wins...
JULY 6, 2009 -- Two of the Gaslamp Quarter’s consumer-friendliest happy hours happen early in the week. On Monday nights, it’s half off nearly-everything—including food and top-shelf liquor—at La...
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EVENTS: Downtowners Can Take A Day Off…Just Like Ferris Bueller
AUGUST 17, 2009 -- There’s the classic scene in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” when the enigmatic lead character takes over a downtown Chicago parade. Before he channels Wayne Newton singing “Danke Shoen”...
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GOOD SPORTS: A Padres Fan's Lament
JULY 7, 2009 -- Professional baseball is fun and games for the fans but not the participants. In the big leagues if you don't hit or pitch well, you get benched, sent down to the minors, traded to...
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POLITICS: San Diego Seeing Influx of Journalists Becoming Politicians
AUGUST 7, 2009 -- Next time you read a byline in a local newspaper or magazine, or watch an anchor on a nightly TV newscast, take note: those people may soon be your public servants. Over the past few...
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RETAIL: Clothes, Shoes, TVs—A Tandem Bike—On Sale Cheap at Cool City Digz...
JULY 29, 2009 -- City Digz is kinda like “Ross meets Buffalo Exchange” explains store manager Adriana Perelson. The East Village thrift shop (1550 Market Street) has been open since March. It’s worth...
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Many Paths to A Destination: Find Your Unique Path to LuLuLemon
Pick your favorite studio or gym from from the following list and highlight the fastest route to the new downtown LuLuLemon showroom. Print the map with your very personal path highlighted and deliver...
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TRAFFIC: Red-Light Cameras are a Fiscal Crutch, not a Safety Measure
JUNE 1, 2009 -- San Diego has tried to get it right with red-light traffic cameras in the past, to ill-effect. Now they’re back, and at three new intersections and the 30-day warning period is over....
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FOOD NEWS: Sun Café, made “Almost Famous” by Cameron Crowe, is now Funky...
July 3, 2009 -- In director Cameron Crowe’s 2000 movie “Almost Famous,” the San Diego native shot one scene of dialogue in downtown’s Sun Café. The greasy spoon was located at 421 Market Street. It...
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Food NEWS: The Uptown Pizza Throw Down, Organic Beef Burgers and Other...
Here’s what’s happening in restaurant news all over town… Lefty’s vs. Bronx. When lip-smacking delicious Phil’s BBQ moved to Sports Arena Boulevard, it left a void in Mission Hills. But who-da thunk...
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FITNESS: This Bootcamp Is A Good Urban Workout--But No Day At The Beach
OCTOBER 19, 2009 -- On Sunday mornings, lululemon athletica welcomes downtowners to its storefront (G Street, between Seventh and Eighth streets) for a free workout that leaves your gluts taut and...
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19th Annual Taste of Gaslamp
The Gaslamp Quarter Association is pleased to host the nineteenth annual Taste of Gaslamp, San Diego’s original urban culinary walking tour, on Saturday, June 9th and Sunday, June 10th, 2012 from...
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FITness Column: Go Ahead and JUMP!
JULY 11, 2009 -- You can jump to conclusions, jump to the rhythm, jump on it, jump ahead in line, jump on someone’s back, jump for joy, you can even jump for my love (well, not mine, but the Pointer...
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FITNESS: Lululemon Has Your Yoga Togs; Partners With FIT For Classes
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 -- Lululemon has opened a downtown storefront to sell men’s and women’s fitness clothing. The hope is that demand will support the launch of a full showroom serving 92101. The...
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