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Wine Snobs
There are times when I loathe snobs and then there are times when I know I am being one. I think it's an offshoot of insecurity: you either feel isolated by your choice, so you try to lord it over others who don't agree (oh, but how could you NOT love pickled goat spleen? All the chefs in New York are using it!), so you come off as a snob. Or, you feel insecure because you honestly LIKE insert-generic-beer-of-choice-here when any one who's any one is only drinking micro brews-now the snob is on the other foot. I think you hit the nail on the head: it's when you try to force others to your point of view that the snob factor comes in. Making people feel stupid for their choice is definitely a snob move.— November 12, 2009 3:13 p.m.
Fromness
I was born in and remain a citizen of an island in the West Indies. When people ask me where I'm from and I respond the very first response is, "oh, you don't look . . ." Because I'm "white." Then, if/when they find out I've lived in SD for most of my life and I'm not an American citizen, the next question is, "why not?" Assumption is that every person is willing to reject (yes, reject, US doesn't allow for duel citizenship with my homeland) my country of origin. In other words: it's complicated. I like having that connection to the place I was born and the place my parents grew up; while there is much about me that is American there is just as much about me that is influenced by my West Indian roots. Hard to let that go. Nice question, Barb.— July 2, 2009 1:49 p.m.
Love Is Not Enough
Sing it, sister!— June 11, 2009 3:27 p.m.
Bang Bang
First, it was Dr. Horrible, now Eddie Izzard. You're freaking me out lady-we like a lot (A LOT) of the same stuff. I love reading your columns (obviously, as I've commented on several)but I'm starting to feel like a star-frakker! "Oh, you like that? So do I!" I say that out of love. ;)— June 4, 2009 3:29 p.m.
Cook Like a Chef — but Fast
It was with great envy and yearning that I read of the opening of Berkeley Bowl West, Berkeley Bowl's bigger sister store. If only we had 1/2 the store that Berkeley Bowl is here in San Diego. Whole Foods is close, but Berkeley Bowl has lots more to offer in produce and, at least the last time I was there, was still cheaper than Whole Foods.— May 28, 2009 1:06 p.m.
Not So Swedish
One of my great-uncles (married to my great-grandfather's sister) is Swedish and he is a HOOT! But then that might have more to do with the fact that he was a merchant marine for most of his life. He does tend to be the quiet one in the group but he has a very sly, and pointed, sense of humor. Not to mention his endearing mangling of common curses: his interpretation of "I'm pissed off!" is "that makes my urine burn." And 9 times out of 10, uncle Axel has a vodka martini with meals, never milk. Absolut Vodka martinis, of course. ; )— May 7, 2009 9:59 a.m.
Junk Talk
It doesn't help that we were saddled with an awful word to describe our nether parts. "Vagina" sounds like a disease. What's the matter with Phil? He's got a bad case of vagina.— April 16, 2009 3:17 p.m.
Happy Tummy
Ugh, if I ever have to hear another vegan describe a bee hive as a "rape wrack" with a straight face again it will be too soon. "Thank you, stranger who knows nothing about me or my life, for helping me make my food choice today!" I believe that's the kind of rhetoric Barbarella is disparaging, stuntdouble.— April 9, 2009 4:14 p.m.
Assembly Accomplished
WOOT!— March 26, 2009 3:01 p.m.
Give and Take
tikicult, a lady never posts her bolognese recipe! ; )— March 17, 2009 4:16 p.m.