San Diego Talks http://www.sandiegotalks.com Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Himalayan Cuisine http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=163 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=163#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:40:04 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=163

Are all the really good San Diego restaurants hiding in non-descript strip malls? The aptly named Himalyan Cuisine, hiding behind a Dollar Only discount store at 7918 El Cajon Blvd. in La Mesa, features Nepalese, Tibetan, and Indian…

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Easy to miss Maxim Chinese restaurant, at 4616 El Cajon Blvd. in City Heights, if you’re not specifically looking for it. This stretch of El Cajon Blvd, between College and I-15, seems to feature a different ethnic flavor every couple…

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Ranas (“frogs”) is tucked in next to a smog check station in  a ramshackle strip mall at 9683 Campo Road in Casa de Oro, just north of the Kenwood exit to Highway 94. Owned and operated by Oscar Acosta and his…

]]> http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?feed=rss2&p=152 0 Gipper’s Ghost Grips Grossmont http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=150 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=150#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 23:39:16 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=150

After right wing dweeb and head of the California Republican party, Ron Nehring, proposed that the new Alpine High School be named after Ronald Reagan, a minor tempest arose in the East County bedroom community. Local hayseeds, many of…

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 Word is that Arizona tourists are so pissed at our city council’s vote denouncing Arizona’s new immigration law that they’re boycotting San Diego as a tourist destination this summer, and the local Convention and Visitors Bureau is quaking in its…

]]> http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?feed=rss2&p=147 0 Nightmare in Dehesa Valley http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=145 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=145#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:33:04 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=145 For years, I couldn’t drive through Dehesa Valley without thinking of poor Danielle Van Damm and the psychopath that dumped her body out there. And I’m not suggesting that this is the same caliber tragedy, but this poor guy…

]]> http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?feed=rss2&p=145 3 Coffee, Tea, or Me? http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=138 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=138#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:41:35 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=138 I was a featured speaker, along with Congressman Bob Filner,  at a “Coffee Party” event held Sunday in North Park. In the event that you are unaware, The Coffee Party  is a liberal response to “The Tea Party”, of…

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Hey, lately there’s been a lot of public histrionics about “hate speech”, and all the hate that’s going on out there amongst the ignorant bigots in the tea party movement, and in the media, and just in general. And…

]]> http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?feed=rss2&p=132 3 Reader’s Poll: San Diego’s Favorite Mexican Restaurants http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=127 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=127#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:56:56 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=127 As compiled from my Facebook survey: (with reader’s comments)

Fidel’s (Carlsbad): 3003 Carlsbad Blvd, 760-729-0903 ( Fidel’s indeed- yes, same family owns the Csbd and Solana Beach restaurants. The chili rellenos at both are amazing. In Encinitas: Rico’s, Juanita’s, and well-kept-secret…

]]> http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?feed=rss2&p=127 4 Noise Pollution http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=124 http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=124#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:37:03 +0000 admin http://www.sandiegotalks.com/?p=124 Today, Saturday, running a few errands around the county (strawberries up on Manchester/805, tequila from Trader Joe’s, a quick Costco run (try the goat-cheese-and-fig spread!)), I had the chance to listen to a little up-tighty, whitey, righty radio, courtesy of…

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