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October 2009

Features

Best Face Forward: Part I

Best Face Forward: Part I

Every day, San Diego’s humanitarian physicians embody the transformative power of medicine—the power to heal both body and soul. From performing reconstructive surgery on disfigured children...

Best Face Forward: Part II

Best Face Forward: Part II

Drs. Wendell Smoot and Steven Cohen rebuild futures for underprivileged kids with physical deformities

Star Witness To A San Diego Century Ellen Revelle

Star Witness To A San Diego Century Ellen Revelle

Remembered for her roles as professor’s wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, First Lady of Scripps Institution, gadfly, editor, philanthropist and friend (1910-2009)

Top Gun: 40 Years of Higher Learning

Top Gun: 40 Years of Higher Learning

The Navy Fighter Weapons School known as Top Gun took off after a humble start at NAS Miramar, training the nation’s fighter pilots into ever higher levels of excellence. As Top Gun celebrates...

Top Doctors 2009 - The List

Top Doctors 2009 - The List

The Doctors are in. Presenting our annual list of the region's outstanding physicians (as voted by their peers), in partnership with the San Diego County Medical Society.

2009 Best of San Diego Party Video

2009 Best of San Diego Party Video

San Diego Magazine brings you the Best of San Diego each year! Watch the video from our second annual Best of San Diego Party.

Departments

From Our Readers: Letters

City Files: Front Pages

Buzz: San Diego Magazine's Best of San Diego Party

The 2009 Best of San Diego® Party was a huge success, with over 2000 attendees and 90 of San Diego’s best restaurants, wineries, breweries, and businesses. Guests enjoyed a variety of live...

Party Pics: Speaking Up

Laura and Ethan Boyer chaired Voices for Children’s annual Starry, Starry Night gala, which netted more than $500,000 for programs benefiting local foster children. The gala was held at the La...

Party Pics: Big Brothers Big Sisters Gourmet Dinner

T. Boone and Madeleine Pickens were honored as persons of the year by Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County and LPL Financial at San Diego's premier fall charity gala.

Party Pics: Battle of the Chefs

The Fifth Annual Chef Showdown was held at NTC Promenade in Point Loma. San Diego's culinary giants battled centerstage before a hungry crowd that enjoyed food prepared by local area restaurants....

Party Pics: Bubbly Time

Ocean Discovery Institute, formerly Aquatic Adventures, raised $150,000 for youth programs that encourage nature and ocean exploration at its 10th annual “Bubble Up!” gala at the Birch...

Party Pics: Beyond Borders Benefit

Voices of Women presented Beyond Borders at Athens Market Restaurant. Chula Vista's Cheryl Cox was the keynote speaker. Marisa Ugarte and the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition were recognized for...

Party Pics: Canvas to Catwalk

The Timken Museum of Art and Fashion Careers College presented “Art of Fashion,” a fund-raiser at which local design students showcase costumes inspired by paintings from the Timken collection.

Party Pics: Puppy Love

Dr. Judith Munoz was honored at the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA’s 23rd annual Fur Ball, a black-tie, pooch-friendly affair at the Humane Society’s San Diego Campus for Animal Care.

Party Pics: A Classic

La Jolla Music Society presented SummerFest Gala 2009, “A Midsummer Night,” at the Robert Paine Scripps Forum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Party Pics: Bombay Bound

Las Patronas transported guests to exotic India for the 63rd annual Jewel Ball, “Silk and Spice,” at La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club.

Party Pics: Around the Globe

Guests of the 2009 Globe Gala, chaired by Sandra Redman and Debra Turner, were treated to the world premiere of the Old Globe Theatre’s The First Wives Club. The performance was followed by...

Party Pics: Child's Play

Patrons of the New Children’s Museum Superheroes Ball dressed as their favorite comic-book hero and raised money for the museum’s fall installation, “Animal Art,” and other programs.

Restaurant Reviews: Flexing His Mussels

Restaurant Reviews: Cucina Urbana

Calendar

Stage: A Shot at Broadway

Tom Blair's I on San Diego: The Nose for News

Business: Recession Retreat or Repeat?

Crossword: October 2009 Crossword Puzzle

San Diego Magazine Crossword Puzzle

Special Section

Top Medical Professionals

In the following pages, you will find the profiles of leading San Diego doctors and dentists who look forward to serving you. The personalized information will help you to choose the doctor who...