July 2011

By Erin Chambers Smith

Santa Barbara is a gastronomic heaven, boasting abundant farmers markets, local craft beers, and an urban wine trail, in addition to a stellar wine county, and chefs who are rethinking the typical...

By Dawn Triemstra

By Erin Meanley

By Ann Jarmusch

By Rachel Zenn Sachs

The US Air Guitar Championships are coming to the Casbah July 15. What does it take to compete? Read on for advice from the pros.

By Rachel Zenn Sachs

Angela Carone’s 3 must-reads for July

By Angela Carone

Help the planet, help yourself. Here’s one veggie menu for every Monday this month.

By Tanya Huang

By Scott Lewis

Attendees of the Annual Patrons of the Prado Gala in Balboa Park

Attendees of the Surfrider Foundation 11th Annual Art Gala at the Del Mar Powerhouse.

San Diego Sport Innovators networking event and party.

100 golfers and tennis players raised funds to support the Resident Assistance Fund at Seacrest Village Retirement Communities.

A rousing match of wrists at the Pearl Hotel.

A Culinary Event for Literacy

A night of the arts at the San Diego Museum of Art

Treat your guests to a nostalgic crab boil with a modern twist.

By Aleah and Nick Valley of Valley & Co.

By Erin Chambers Smith

By Erin Chambers Smith

By Candice Woo

By Candice Woo

Three Chicago-based chefs are staking claims in the San Diego dining scene

By Candice Woo

Restaurant débuts, menu changes, and trend tracking

By Candice Woo

If the dough is good enough for Thomas Keller, it’s good enough for this critic

By Candice Woo

Viva Pops, Venissimo Cheese, and Tuna Melts.

By Candice Woo

By Caron Golden

By Erin Meanley

By Christina Orlovsky Page

One of the world’s top jockeys, and the former star of Animal Planet’s JOCKEYS, races for the first time at Del Mar this season.

By Erin Meanley

The gospel singer-turned-stage actor stars in The Who’s TOMMY, his third musical at the San Diego Repertory Theatre

By Erin Meanley

By Ann Wycoff

By Ann Wycoff

Celeste Hilling, the local businesswoman behind Skin Authority, is giving the cosmetics industry a makeover

By Celeste Hilling

By Ann Wycoff

As a work-at-home professional, there are times when two words best describe the day: “too quiet.” Flexible coworking spaces around town provide an alternative to commuting to the couch and...

By Christine Pasalo

USD Economist and media personality Alan Gin gives us the report.

By Alan Gin

3 locals prove there is life after being laid off

By Erin Meanley

His name commands over $1 billion in video game sales and he still rides a skateboard around the Vista offices. Could Tony Hawk, the company, be the best place to work in San Diego? The author of...

By Ann Wycoff

Straight from the SDCERS (San Diego City Employees Retirement System) published pension calculator, a breakdown of a simple pension* for a police officer in the city of San Diego hired before...

Local pros earn more than just a paycheck  

By Erin Meanley

Next-generation surfers keep it in the family

By Rebecca Tolin

Some of San Diego’s top high school grads* contemplate their bright futures (*We can’t say “valedictorian,” but you can think it.)

By Paul M. Bowers

A person’s facial features can reveal the career he or she was born to do as each feature has a corresponding psychological meaning—so says the 2,000-year-old system of face reading. We asked...

By Barbara Roberts