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Date archive for October, 2009

  • Air Time
    The blind date reaches new heights

    Kristin and Steve have at least one thing in common: they’re both going to jump out of a plane for today’s highflying blind date adventure. Here at Team PacificSD, we’re hoping for a safe landing for two reasons. First, we love our readers. Second, our insurance policy is really set up to cover injuries resulting from office supplies, not from exiting planes mid-flight.

  • Can We Be Frank?
    Voyeur's Frankie Frank has bartending in his blood

    By Ron Donoho Photo by Dave Good (Published in the October 2009 issue) Jonathan Frances Frank works quickly. That’s the expected pace behind the bar in a high-energy night club like the Gaslamp’s new Voyeur. “It’s all about speed,” says Frank. “There are some bars around that are great with ‘craft cocktails’—like El Dorado and Syrah—but you don’t expect to wait five minutes [...]

  • Into the Fire
    Meet the "We" in we interrupt this broadcast

    It’s October 2003. Lena’ Lewis is standing atop a San Diego hill doing a live shot for the KUSI Morning News. As the camera rolls, television viewers see a police officer interrupt Lewis mid-sentence.

  • Lahaina
    Just My Ticket