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October 2012

Features

537 Top Doctors in San Diego 2012

537 Top Doctors in San Diego 2012

San Diego’s best docs in 51 specialties

The Ride of her Life

The Ride of her Life

Inside the long-distance cycling craze

"Give Me My Hormones!"

"Give Me My Hormones!"

Inside the controversial demand

Departments

City Files: San Diego Style: Blue Jean Baby

Get dressed in denim from head to toe

City Files: The Excite-o-Meter

Our mood on the month ahead from delightful to dreadful

City Files: Your Shelf Life

5 books to read

City Files: October Art Events

Local band Pinback's new record, Motzart at the San Diego Symphony, theater premier of Mistakes Were Made, and photography of local seniors

City Files: Steinem Speaks

Feminist Gloria Steinem is coming to town. Not surpringly, she’s got more on her mind than a new book.

City Files: Go South for Sun, Surf, and Surgery

Tijuana rolls out the red carpet for medical tourists, and San Diego could be in a position to reap some of the benefits

City Files: Breaking Up With Boobie

How local reporter Peggy Pico said “buh-bye” to her breast

City Files: King of the Hill

He can’t stand Mission Hills. And he doesn’t care for the beach. Or North Park. Or Barrio Logan. Famed architect Graham Downes has put all of his creative energy—and money—in one basket:...

City Files: Insider's Guide to Leucadia

What’s new in this sleepy beach town

City Files: True Colors Come Out

The San Diego Color Run 5K

City Files: Tackling the Pension Problem

The state of California—and many cities across the nation—follow San Diego’s lead on pension reform

City Files: Trends, News, and Buzz in San Diego

Pour-over coffee, National Vodka Day, fashion, and more

City Files: 50 Years Of Paradise

Vacation Village a.k.a. Paradise Point Resort & Spa

Party Pics: Women Who Move the City 2012

Photos from this year's celebration of dynamic women in the San Diego community

Party Pics: Polynesian Pawradise

San Diego Humane Society, August 25, 2012

Party Pics: TRASH the Gala

The New Children’s Museum, August 18, 2012

Party Pics: Globe Gala in San Diego

Balboa Park’s Alcazar Garden July 28, 2012.

Party Pics: La Jolla Music Society SummerFest

Private home of Jean and Gary Shekhter, August 11, 2012

Party Pics: Best of San Diego Party

Photos from our party of the year held at NTC at Liberty Station on August 17th

Party Pics: Jackson Design and Remodeling

A proud sponsor of San Diego Magazine’s Best of San Diego Party

Travel: Four-Day Food Fest

Celebrate the Baja California Culinary Fest

Travel: Portlandia!

Cuisine, craft beer and new nonstop flights

Travel: Travel News, Gear, Escapes, Discounts, and Hotels

Renting villas, carry-on bags, hot properties, and more

Home: Petite Maison

Transforming a postwar house in La Jolla

Home: In Orbit

Space-age and ultra modern, these new chandeliers are the stars of the room

Home: Style Stinger

The "Scorpion Chair" from Tord Boontje

Dining: Local Bounty

Figs, grocery outlets, cookbooks, and gardening

Dining: Cellar Dweller

The Marina Kitchen at The Marriott Marquis and Marina

Dining: San Diego Drinks & Cocktails

Wines, brewing festivus, and hotel bars

Dining: 10 Hot Plates

New rumors, openings, and coming-soons

Restaurant Reviews: Swelter Me

The new Cusp restaurant is one hot ticket

The Main Dish Spotlight: Main Dish for October

Notes, news, must-taste events, and more

The "A" List: San Diego's Best Events in October

Exciting things come to the city this month!

Last Word: Interview with Bitsie Tulloch

Meet the Grimm actress and SD native

Health: Medical Advice From Our Top Doctors

Health tips from a few of the long-standing top docs in San Diego

Special Section

Holistic Integrative Medicine

Optimal wellness is possible through science, compassion, healthy lifestyle changes, and global healing traditions.

Spotlight on Women: Debra Reed

CEO of San Diego-based, Fortune 500 company, Sempra Energy