Go See Gallery Opens at a Glimpse
Painter and ceramicist featured in inaugural exhibition Air Meets Earth, a visual art exhibition featuring San Diego artists Kate Ashton and B.F. Gillen, are featured in the inaugural Go See Gallery shows in the Glimpse shop at 3813 Ray St. The works by Ashton and Gillen will be on display at Glimpse through Oct. 12. [...]
Halloween Tricks & Treats
A sampling of fun and scary events There’s nothing like a stroll through a cemetery on Halloween weekend. That’s what Mission Hills historians Allen Hazard and Janet O’Dea have scared up on Saturday, Oct. 29, when they lead tours through Calvary Cemetery in Pioneer Memorial Park. Folks who sign up will get a glimpse of [...]
Planting Seeds – Growing Hope
Plant With Purpose assists rural poor around the world By Ashley Garman Haiti, 1998: “What are you going to do for us?” the woman asked the Plant With Purpose staff. She listed all of the relief organizations that had brought her village supplies over the years but never stuck around. What could their organization possibly [...]
Remembering Palisade Gardens
North Park’s landmark roller skating rink was a community treasure By Karon Covington As reported on the North Park Historical Society Website (northparkhistory.org) For 40 years, the large flashy neon sign on the Palisade Gardens stopped traffic at the corner of University and Utah when people spotted it for the first time. The roller skating [...]
Roller Skating Can Be So Much Fun
But it’s also a risky financial venture By Hayley Sherwood From 1945 to 1985, North Park had its own skating rink called Palisade Gardens. Located at Utah and University, the site is now a condo and retail project. Somehow the Gardens just couldn’t make it as a business, which seems odd, since those years were [...]
San Diego Music Thing Comes of Age
By Bart Mendoza It’s no secret that the business of music has always been a tough one. These days it’s harder than ever for a band to get noticed, let alone make a living at its craft. Thankfully, there is San Diego Music Thing, a music conference and festival taking place at the Lafayette Hotel [...]
Business Feature
North Park’s New Business Champion Angela Landsberg leads North Park Main Street Angela Landsberg By Manny Cruz Angela Landsberg has an old love affair with the North Park community and a new job that will surely test it. A 20-year resident, Landsberg, 42, has been hired as the new executive director of North Park Main [...]
Golden Hill Farmers Market yields a bounty for shoppers and local farmers
By Ashley Garman If farmers markets are treasure chests and fresh fruit and vegetables are gems, then the best place for them is a neighborhood with treasure in its name — Golden Hill. San Diego’s newest farmer’s market opened in the first week of April. Brian Beevers, owner of four other markets in San Diego, [...]
A perfect storm for San Diego’s real estate market
By Zach Todaro Since 2008, the spectre of distressed properties has dominated the marketplace in San Diego County. Toxic loans, unsubstantiated leverage and irresponsible business practices were all equally responsible for derailing the red hot Southern California real estate market. As of April 2011, this market has suffered through three years of foreclosures and short [...]
Letter to the editor McKinley PTC Gives Thanks
Dear Editor, The McKinley Elementary Parent Teacher Club would like to recognize the over 60 local businesses that have supported the 2010-11 fundraisers that keep the music, ceramics and language programs available to McKinley students. Fundraising has included the annual Jog-a-Thon, the wildly fun street fair SoNo Park Holiday Fest and the Student Variety Show [...]
