Say it ain't so

Could the Turf Club be closing?

Two posts about it, here and here.

—Jon

odd list of stuff to do in san diego

I stumbled onto this list of the 260 best things to do in San Diego. You know it's an unusual list when the Zoo comes in at #9! Okay, some of it is just weird, but lots of it is stuff I've never heard of, but they sure sound fun to do together over the years ahead.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60750-Activities-San_Diego_California.html

Pat's

Pats, originally uploaded by hallywood.

Sophia and the girls stumbled upon Pat's in Northpark a few weeks back, after some locals turned them onto it. They took me there yesterday. A very cool place, with crazy junk, discards and some great finds. Inside you might find a killer piece of old furniture, a Santa hat, a vintage clock or a cool set of books.Think Sanford and Son.

Natalie had the killer find of the day. She has a series of books on her reading list for next year from the charter school we're part of. They had the entire set there, in pristine condition. Retails for $75. She got them, along with a small stuffed animal, for three bucks.

Awesome.

The Silent Comedy

We were producing a video for one of my clients this week, shooting at a studio in Carlsbad. A friend of one of our guys came to do sound for us, Josh Zimmerman (that's him holding the boom mic). It turns out Josh lives in Grant Hill (right next to GH), and is part of a local SD band called The Silent Comedy. I love their genre-busting music. They've played a number of sizable local and western states gigs. They were playing tonight in Lake Forest at the Gypsy Lounge, but we couldn't line-up a sitter, so we missed it. Hope to catch them at a gig in SD soon.

goatee

Came across this today at 26th and B in GH.

Ritual Tavern

Last week I had a beer and a burger at Ritual Tavern in Northpark. It's on 30th, quite a ways up from Golden Hill. Ritual is a great locals joint, with a wide variety of local beers (San Diego has an amazing array of local breweries!) and great, home-made food. They even proudly make their own ketchup and mustard!

We sat at the bar and talked a bit with the barkeep, and a couple of locals having a beer. One of the guys was a Mexican who's had run-in both with police in San Diego, and in Mexico. Sounds dicey, I know, but he was really a cool cat, and his perspective was enlightening.

I'm gonna like this place.

The Garden

There's a blog I've been following by a resident of Golden Hill, that discusses some local goings in the community. For $30 a year, residents get a plot of dirt in the garden to grow their own produce. While this post seems to indicate not all is well, I love the fact that people in the community do stuff like this.

The post is here.