Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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What happened next was unimaginable. But. It was the bottom of the ninth, two men on base, and the best batter was in the box. Heading into the final year of his presidency, President Trump was ahead in every poll. Although they still had some blue strongholds like California, Oregon, Washington, New York; it seemed every place else was Trump country. He was going to win the reelection. And he was still building the wall. They couldn’t attack his record because s... Full story
Apparently, Trump didn’t get the slam. Because unafraid of threats, he climbed on Air Force One, flew across the Pacific, and met with North Korea’s leader Kim Jung Un. The threats to bomb California stopped. In the last year of his presidency, none of their bogus accusations stuck to DJT. Worse still, after three years of his government, Americans started believing they were endowed with inalienable rights to govern themselves. Clearly, he would win reelection and this time,... Full story
There is no time like the present to book tickets for any of these great shows. Broadway San Diego will present "Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse" in concert Oct. 22 and 23, at 3651 Fourth Ave. For tickets, call 619-564-3000 or visit www.broadwaysd.com. California Center for the Arts brings "Jersey Boys" Sept 13-Oct. 6 at 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Preview prices for Sept. 13 and 14. For tickets, call 760-839-4149 or visit www.artcenter.org. The Cygnet Theatre in...
Over the coming weeks, I invite readers to withhold comments until the end of this series. Hear me out. Open your mind to consider my summary of the past four years. Is it fact or fiction? This hypothesis is strictly mine. Only time will prove me very wrong or right. Just don’t send me hate mail. If you believe me wacko, crazed, or top lofty, get your revenge by using my columns to line the bottom of your bird’s cage. There seems to be two groups of Americans. My group wor... Full story
Now appearing at The Welk Resort Theatre – the engaging magic of Anthony Hernandez. A longtime favorite, Anthony is back for a limited run after a stint at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles and club dates in Palm Desert. Audiences are always amazed by his dazzling prestidigitation as he conjures doves from nowhere and even a bunny from thin air. Wait, you ain't seen nothing until he delivers a beautiful Pomeranian right before your eyes! While the darling animals are coddled, h...
About 10 weeks have passed since my home garden was planted. Happily, this year’s bounty fulfills the promise every gardener dreams about. You may recall, this year we chose to forego tussling with hungry gophers, deciding to use tubs and a horse trough for the tomatoes and avoid ground-level planter boxes. It was one of our better decisions. Not really a gardener, I’m what could be called a planter, the garden management is primarily left to my husband. VJ has the green thu... Full story
Kids of all ages won't want to miss "Peter Pan" on July 30 to Aug. 4 downtown at Broadway San Diego in the Civic Center. It's followed by "Spiderman" on the 22nd of October. For tickets, call 619-564-3000 or visit www.broadwaysd.com. Meanwhile, the California Center for the Arts has a full calendar of events and on the main stage until July 21 is "Every Brilliant Thing." Check out https://artcenter.org for details. Located nearby at 340 N. Escondido Blvd., 760-839-4149, in Esc...
In light of the recent attempted assassination of President Trump, I’m reminded of a vow I made on Nov. 3, 2020. I promised myself I’d stop talking about politics. I vowed not to watch the news. I vowed not to comment on the outcome of the election or the political atmosphere across this once-great Country. As a citizen with only the power of a single vote, for the first time in my life, I felt powerless. I have ‘taken this crap’ for the past 3 years, 7 months and x-numbe... Full story
I keep thinking of Kipling’s poem “If” and have come to admire it more each year. Because in my lifetime I’ve witnessed some things that are amazing and others that are downright immoral. And every time I think I’ve seen it all, something proves me wrong. It seems corruption has become the new normal. I’ve lived through tragedies like the death of my son, watched the execution of JFK followed by his brother Robert, and then Martin Luther King, Jr. I’ve watched in horror whi... Full story
There wasn't a dry eye in the room as Rex and Connie Gordon renewed their wedding vows on Father's Day Sunday as Pastor Jerome Marroquin of SonRise Christian Fellowship Church officiated. Surrounded by their three daughters, grandchildren and friends, the Gordon's platinum anniversary was filled with happy tales when Rex watched Connie stroll across the quad at San Jose State College and into his heart. It was love at first sight for him. He retells it something like this....
When I think about planting a garden today, I’m thinking about a few pots of herbs for the kitchen along with an Early Girl tomato plant or two. It’s a modest effort compared to my youth when growing up on a Kansas farm. Just the thought of planting a few veggies takes me back to the one-acre garden my mother planted every year. At 12, I was too self-centered to realize the work she put in to feed our family of three. She planted rows and rows of tomatoes, sweet corn, pot... Full story
Santa Fe is a treasure trove of history preserved within the old Adobe walls of a 250-year-old UNESCO city. At first glance, it’s easy to see the beauty of the well-maintained plaza, surrounded by exquisite art galleries and museums, a visitor can be swayed by the quaintness of Navajo vendors selling their goods on blankets strewn on the sidewalk in front of the Palace of the Governors. It’s so very, very picturesque. This is the vision City fathers and the Chamber of Com... Full story
Grab your calendars and save a seat for the best shows coming to town. “Mrs. Doubtfire” hits downtown June 4-9 at Broadway San Diego followed by “Peter Pan.” Check out the season for a chance to get tickets to “Wicked” when the girls fly back in, 3651 Fourth Ave, San Diego, 619-564-3000 or www.broadwaysd.com. California Center for the Arts at 340 N. Escondido Blvd. in Escondido has something going on almost every night. Weekends are packed. For more information, call 760-83...
It snowed again this morning! Even so by 10:00 AM, the sun was out and that's when we took a brisk walk back to the Museum of Art after being told yesterday by security guard Mike Saiz that all government-run museums are closed on Mondays. With limited time in town, we could only explore around the plaza in the heart of downtown. Santa Fe maintains its charm because of their strict building code which mandates that all structures be made in the Adobe style. Which no doubt is...
Easter Sunday, we took a Muni-bus ride to explore the city. I don't recall when we started doing this, if it was Chicago or Paris, but a senior pass is a bargain in any currency. We bounced down Galisteo Street over the Santa Fe River past the Rail Yard Arts District, the train depot, and all of the way down to the end of the line circling back to the downtown plaza. It took just over an hour to see the rest of the city at the senior bargain price of $1.00 each. Back in the...
Dave Malloy set his musical career in motion by turning great literature into operettas. Stories like Moby Dick, the epic poem Beowulf and, now playing at The Cygnet Theater in Old Town, his 2012 award winning Off-Broadway play "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812." A larger-than-life vignette extracted from the middle of Tolstoy's dynamic work "War and Peace" Malloy has set Part 8 to music. To enjoy the full magnitude of this musical, rereading these 70-pages (chapters...
A few weeks ago, PBS aired a 60-minute program about the Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The program was so intriguing, it lured me to the oldest state capital in the country. We started our adventure in Oceanside by boarding Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner to Fullerton. After waiting a bit for the delayed train, we met our attendant on the platform outside car number 432 of the Southwest Chief. The attendant helped us store the suitcases and herded us up the narrow sta... Full story
If you wish to be in on the joke, watch Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 "The 39 Steps" first. Then see the new play at New Village Arts in Carlsbad. If you don't watch it, you may fall into the same chasm I did wondering what the blazes was A.J. Knox up to? And why? All was revealed after I watched Hitchcock's film noir on YouTube this morning. That's when I got it! The play is absolutely brilliant. It went from, "oh, golly, will I be banned from another playhouse for telling the trut...
First of all, I am a lazy person. And let me assure you, retirement hasn’t made me any less lazy. As it turns out, I have actually developed it into a skill set. And it seems, I am very good at it! This doing nothing. Which has given me way too much time to watch TV. Which leads me to the second most glaring truth. Why does every person from news anchors to game show contestants sport Dudley-Do-Right-Dazzling-Hollywood-White smiles? It seems sparkly-white choppers are the n... Full story
Willy Nelson will play at the Rady Shell in Jacobs Park. Wow! Read on because here is something for everybody. Broadway San Diego will hit the season running with "Disney's Aladdin" April 3 – 9, followed in June by "Mrs. Doubtfire" opening on the 4th, with "Peter Pan" flying in July 30. The theater is at 3651 Fourth Ave. For tickets, call 619-564-3000 or visit www.broadwaysd.com. California Center for the Arts has something going on several times a week including ballet. Y...
Retirement has caused me to lose focus. Now it seems my thoughts ramble throughout the day. Here is what usually happens. I’ll head out to add nectar to the hummingbird feeder and the next thing ya know, before I even get to the task at hand, I’m reminding myself when I come back in the house to send a birthday card to my girlfriend. But. Quite often by the time I walk back into my office after retracing my steps to find my cup of coffee, I have forgotten what I was sup... Full story
Much to my delight, the March edition of a famous lady’s fashion magazine arrived recently. Although, just like in times past, the anticipation proved greater than the issue to my disappointment. My question is who wears this pricey stuff? For instance, this particular issue discusses the increased cost of luxury goods like the iconic Chanel quilted-flap- bag with shoulder chain. It has doubled in price since this presidency selling now for $10,000 per. Not that it was in m... Full story
The results are in. I mailed 20 Christmas cards last December and got six back. Even so, I was about to give up when my Las Vegas niece sent me my only Happy New Year’s greeting. The picture of her family is on one side and a hand-written personal message on the other. Score points for Kristi. Two days later, I got a Christmas card returned by the postal service as undeliverable because I failed to put the unit number next to the street name. I just resent that. Another 66 c... Full story
It’s Valentine’s Day! Again, this year, I am amongst the lucky ones. I have a sweetheart. That was not always the case. No one knows better than I because for more than 25 years I dated lots and lots and lots of guys until finally at 59 I decided it was time to remarry. That’s when on that fine day I looked squarely in the mirror and had a one-on-one conversation with myself. With my experience in sales, I knew if I wanted a different result, I had to change what I was doing... Full story
It has finally happened. Alas, it’s time to pay the Piper and just live with the consequence of my actions. After 30 years in sales, my legs and feet are racked with pain. In my defense, Sales is all about having a leg up (no pun intended) on the consumer. It starts with first impressions. What I call the “10-second rule.” It’s simple. Everyone is judged by the people we meet. And when selling a product, one needs to have an advantage, real or imagined, to write-t... Full story
