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Splash Back
The History of Women on WavesSurfers today have it easy compared to Faye Baird Fraser (reputed to be San Diego’s first female surfer), who in the 1920s was known to catch a wave on her 85-pound redwood plank.
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Go, Fish!
Meet a bartender who's making a splash in the GaslampThere are many fish in the sea, but only one who tends bar at Float, Hard Rock’s pool-level bar and outdoor concert venue. Brian Holland Fish, 26, has been in the bar industry since age 15.
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Who Nose?
How non-surgical nose jobs are changing the face of RhinoplastyBy Christianna Ablahad (Published in the April 2010 issue) If your schnoz has a hideous hump or a barely discernable bridge, or you’ve already gone under the knife only to come out with a pinched beak (think the entire Michael Jackson family or Lil’ Kim) or an asymmetric one (think Teri Hatcher or Tori Spelling), you [...]
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Endless Summer
It's getting (and staying) hot in hereRed and blue don’t just make a flag, they also make green. And if colors can do it, so can we. Just in time for the 40th annual Earth Day on April 22, here are some simple things San Diegans are doing to help save the planet from global warming.
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Whet Paint
Satisfying San Diego's appetite for art, and starving artists' appetite for foodFrom the bottom of our arts, THANK YOU! to the more than 100 local artists who submitted their work to PacificSD’s first annual Whet Paint art contest.
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Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Unless you want the Padres to loseSoon after I landed at KGB-FM in March 1987, the radio station’s promotions department arranged with the San Diego Padres to give away 20 pairs of tickets for each Wednesday night home game at Jack Murphy Stadium (now Qualcomm).
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Here We Grow
Urban farming takes root in San DiegoGrowing your own vegetables no longer requires a backyard. If you have a patio or a balcony and a big appetite for fresh produce, you might try your hand at urban farming, a trend that’s getting green thumbs up from city slickers and condo-dwellers countywide.
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See Food
What we eat, in a whole new lightTo the food artist, a bowl of olives or a split lobster tail provides the same aesthetic fodder as what a watercolorist might derive from a clique of nude sunbathers lounging on the banks of a deep blue lake
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Designs of the Times
Spring fashion blossoms in San DiegoSan Diego fashion designer Brooke Catherine Nevins creates California chic dresses, skirts and blouses—by hand.
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Buenos Dias
Wake up with one of San Diego's favorite spanish-language television anchorsSusana Rivera Torres has a secret fan. He is unknown to anyone in her vast Univision (KBNT San Diego, Channel 17) television audience, but his dedication runs above and beyond the call of duty.
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In Living Color
Daters from different worlds, drawn togetherIn the four years it took him to paint 12,000 square-feet of chapel ceiling, Michelangelo spent a lot of time on his back. Here at PacificSD, we work the same way (not so much on our backs, but painstakingly and for nearly four years) to create blind-date art.
