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Editor’s Note: Get Me Outta Here!
Wild'n out with PacificSD's Editor-in-Chief, David PerloffThis issue of PacificSD celebrates life outdoors in America’s Finest. From mountain lions in La Mesa to sea lions in La Jolla to hipsters in North Park, this town is crawling with an incredible array of wildlife.
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Old News
PacificSD's Editor in Chief dedicates the issue to his beloved grandmotherMy house was built in 1930, 21 years after Ruth Galloway Young was born. I’ve mentioned Ruth before. She’s been my step-grandmother since my dad married my stepmom in Escondido 33 years ago…when Ruth was just 70 years old.
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Whole Lotta Love
PacificSD's editor in chief gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the magazine's photo shoot with Kendra WilkinsonKendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett invited us into their home for this issue’s cover and fashion photo shoot. And from the moment we carried our equipment across their threshold, the love binding this family was palpable.
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I’m drawing a ___________.
Some _________ from the __________. PacificSD Editor In ________ David Perloff reminisces as 2011 comes to an end.
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A Walk on the Wild Side
A day's pun-ridden schedule in the life of PacificSD's Editor-in-ChiefI love animals…almost as much as I love eating them. And after a month of hearing about them (while I was editing this dining issue of PacificSD), my wife is beyond tired of all the puns.
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Just Be Cause
The story of Trevor and San Diegans keeping a cool head to combat pediatric cancerThe boy doubled over with laughter, then stood up to giggle and point at his father some more. When I looked back at man, he was smiling even harder—now with tears in his eyes.
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Letter from the editor
January 2011 Issue“Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, ‘No, thank you,’ to dessert that night. And for what!” —Erma Bombeck
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Letter from the editor
December 2010 IssueIf the crew at Starbucks hadn’t just changed their apron colors, I might not even have known to do that.
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Letter from the Editor
November 2010 issueGood, good, yes, good. In those four little words lay all the vital information the camp nurse needed to assess my health.
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Letter from the Editor
October 2010 IssueTuesday night, the cans go to the curb. Wednesday morning, a pristine truck rolls up to the house, a hydraulic arm grabs the black bin, and the show’s over.
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Proud to be an American
Publisher Page, July 2010Ten years ago, she moved to San Diego from Brazil. Today, she’s a gringo (actually, a gringa), just like me. On June 23, in an auditorium adjacent to City Hall downtown…
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June Editor’s Note
Vanity nearly killed me. Then it saved my life.It was a long, long time ago—spring 2003, if memory serves—and NBC was conducting a casting call at Margarita Rocks (now Bar West), in Pacific Beach, to find contestants for the upcoming couples series of Fear Factor, one of the network’s hit reality shows. I had arranged the venue’s advertising for the event, so my wife, Simone, and I went to check it out.
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May Editor’s Note:
I get in, I get out-kinda like rehabWhen I showered as a kid, my brother would sneak into the bathroom and flush the toilet just to scald me. I don’t know if the toilet-shower-water-temperature vortex is an East Coast phenomenon or something that just happened at my mom’s house, but I do know that when he showered, I always got him back.
