North Park Music Scene 5.10
While “Stick” might not be the best name for an instrument, one look at Tom Greisgraber’s chosen music maker and it’s clearly an apt choice. An odd looking 10-string instrument, somewhere between a sitar and a guitar, its possibility for melody lines is virtually endless. Greisgraber, who performs at Acoustic Music San Diego on May [...]
Dining Tid Bits
North Park restaurants again are offering special deals for their dining customers as well as their standard fare. Sample these dining spots: Bar Pink Everyone’s favorite place to hang out. Stop by and listen to some of the best local musicians around. For a complete schedule, visit barpink.com/index.html. You’ll want to wet your whistle with [...]
Redwing — an old gem with an atmosphere all its own
Juicy burgers and ‘the coldest beer in North Park,’ boasts proprietor Sarah Critchlow Story and Photos By Jenna Frazier Tucked humbly between a barbershop and an accountant’s office just north of Lincoln on 30th, one of North Park’s oldest gems beckons with the same retro neon sign that has crowned its entry for two decades. [...]
Honor Our Veterans – vote yes on Prop C
By Councilman Todd Gloria Thousands of our neighbors, family members and friends are serving our country in uniform on battlefields and peacekeeping missions around the world. As you head to the polls on June 8, you will have an opportunity to honor their service as they return home. Proposition C will update the city of [...]
Festival of the Arts to Liven North Park in grand fashion
Neighborhood will buzz with a variety of events for adults and children Visitors to the 14th annual North Park Festival of the Arts on May 16 will find plenty of activities to occupy their time during the all-day event — bicycle valets, a craft beer block where beer, wine and locally prepared food can be [...]
Dining choices blossom for sophisticated palates
New North Park-area restaurants entice shameless gourmands By Donna Marganella Chef/owner Fred Piehl is already right at home in the cozy efficiency of his new restaurant, The Smoking Goat. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, and a San Diego restaurant veteran, Piehl offers “a rustic modern menu that’s French and Italian inspired with an [...]
Lafayette Hotel to get $4 million rehab
Bringing the 64-year-old Lafayette Hotel into the modern age but preserving its historical past is the goal of a $4 million renovation program being undertaken by owner JCG Development with financial help from the city of San Diego Redevelopment Agency. The renovation plans were unveiled at a formal presentation on April 15 featuring Jay Wentz, [...]
St. Augustine to build new gym and performing arts center
Timetable depends on financing By Manny Cruz St. Augustine High School is planning the construction of an interconnected gymnasium and performing arts center and a reconfiguration of its athletic fields at the 7.5-acre campus — all contingent on the Catholic school’s ability to finance the improvements, now pegged at between $25 million to $30 million. [...]
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First Lady Michelle Obama visited the New Roots Community Farm in City Heights on April 15 to push her Let’s Move! campaign against childhood obesity and to announce The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative and its partnership with her program. She was joined by Robert K. Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment. [...]
Golden Hill Community Garden
— a place to plant homegrown produce and nourish lasting friendships By Manny Lopez The Golden Hill Community Garden in Balboa Park is at the heart of today’s farm-to-table movement providing urban gardeners homegrown produce plus a connection to the environment and their neighbors. Juxtaposed alongside a view of the downtown San Diego landscape, the [...]
