Mosaic Artist
Lisa Russell’s artwork captures the rays of the sun Mosaic artist Lisa Russell, a Chicago native, can spin tales about her adventures as a personal trainer and nutrition specialist for the military, her career teaching mountain climbing, wind-sail boarding and ice climbing and her treks into the deepest canyon in Europe. But today, the diminutive [...]
North Park musician gets Grammy nod
By Manny Lopez For pianist and composer Geoffrey Keezer, a multi-Grammy nominee from North Park, playing music isn’t just a career, it’s a soul path and how he lives in the world. Recently, Keezer garnered a Grammy nod for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for “Don’t Explain,” a project by Los Angeles singer Denise [...]
Meet Beryl Forman — Ms. Boulevard
Marketing director is unabashed promoter of El Cajon Boulevard retailers By Ruby Cougler A creative dresser, with a head full of asymmetrical curls and a confident laugh, Beryl Forman just seems like the person to call when you want to find out if anything cool is happening this weekend. The 28-year-old marketing manager for The [...]
Herman Hamilton holds court at namesake Hamilton’s Tavern
Once barred from the premises, the 83-year-old black Marine veteran digs the crowds and the place named in his honor By Donna Marganella Herman Hamilton sits quietly on his front steps just across the driveway that separates his home from Hamilton’s Tavern on 30th Street in South Park. He’s got a clear view of the [...]
The sweet (and successful) life of Afton Miller, neighborhood real estate pro
By Donna Marganella “I came to San Diego on a gamble,” says Afton Miller. That was back in 1984 and the gamble has obviously paid off. A veritable institution in central San Diego real estate circles, Miller is now at the center of the Afton Group, a team of real estate professionals long on experience [...]
Culture Shock Dance Troupe Founder is a North Park bunch of energy
By Jennifer Kester Come upon Angie Bunch as she walks around North Park, and you’re less likely to think the blond, pixieish 50-year-old is a major hip-hop force than a diligent working mom running between stops in a busy schedule. But Bunch is a hip-hop pioneer, founding Culture Shock Dance Troupes, one of the few [...]
Profile: Dennis Morgigno
Digging for news and features no other media has time for By Donna Marganella “We look for the city within the city,” says Dennis Morgigno, station manager at Channel 4 San Diego. He’s describing “San Diego Insider,” the award-winning local news magazine show he created in 1998 and still hosts. “Our goal is to try [...]
