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Date archive for September, 2010

  • Getting the Chills
    Made with sugar or spice, these Halloween drinks make everything nice

    Forget those eyeball martinis and black witchy-poo brews of yesteryear. Local mixologists have replaced them this Halloween season with a newfangled breed of themed cocktails…

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  • Young and Restless
    A blossoming San Diego artist has a style beyond her years

    When Celeste Byers visited the Playboy Mansion earlier this year, Hef and company were hoping to convince the striking 21-year-old to pose in their magazine.

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  • Dead Man Talking
    A local radio host's broadcast career rises from the grave

    If you’ve listened to San Diego morning radio in the past 25 years (or read this magazine in the past four), you probably know that Cookie “Chainsaw” Randolph, who co-starred on KGB-FM’s Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw Show (aka The DSC), recently lost his job.

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  • Pretty in Pink
    From parties to pooch walks, San Diegans make a difference in women's health

    It started out as a few altruistic health organizations teaming up to combat and prevent a terrible disease.

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  • Going Coastal
    Having conquered inland San Diego, two big-name chefs storm the beaches of North County

    By using bold, down-home flavors in the comfort food he serves in North Park, Chef Matt Gordon, the mind behind Urban Solace and the menus at True North Tavern and West Coast Tavern…

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  • Scare Tactics
    All over the county, the freaks are coming out at night

    Just because you don’t live in Amityville doesn’t mean you can’t find a good scare in your hometown. From crazed rodeo clowns in Del Mar to real ghosts in Old Town, here are five great ways to get your scream on in America’s Finest City.

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  • Joint Effort
    A La Jolla pilates instructor unveils a new approach to injury prevention

    Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries can be debilitating, even career-ending for some athletes. Superstars like Tiger Woods, Philip Rivers and Cincinnati Bengals…

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  • Seeing Stars
    The SD Film Festival transforms San Diego into the reel world

    When Robin Laatz-Kozak moved to San Diego in 2000, she had no idea what she was going to do next.

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  • Light It Up
    Destined for broadway, a Charlie Chaplin musical debuts in La Jolla

    Staging a musical-theater production about a long-dead, tortured movie genius with a penchant for meltdowns and womanizing would be maddening.

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  • Blazing a Trailer
    Two local artisans breathe new life into the concept of mobile homes

    There’s no shortage of visual stimulation at Glashaus. The Barrio Logan design and art warehouse is the creative home of some of San Diego’s most prolific artists and designers.

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  • Eyes on the Prize
    San Diego painter Gail Roberts turns the ordinary into the extraordinary

    Now in it’s fourth year, the San Diego Art Prize has proven to be a reliable indicator of the local artists people will be talking about tomorrow.

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