Restaurant Week is coming to town! Restaurants fill up fast when this bi-annual San Diego favorite comes up on the calendar. With so many participating locations, it’s still possible to find a seat at an old favorite or a new hot ticket.
You might get lucky and have a short wait for a table at the 3rd Corner in Ocean Beach (”OB” to us locals…) on a Friday night. With reservations not taken, you take your chances. The good news is…you will not be disappointed however the fates greet you at the door.
The specials were described and we were turned loose on the tantalizing wine cellar. With the deft guidance of our Sommelier Tom, we laid claim to a deliciously complex Italian Barbera. The pairing of wine and food was brilliant. Pastry Crust Wrapped Tuna Special, the “Pork Chop”, a house favorite…(Mmm, getting hungry here) Oh, and don’t tell our mothers, but we would’ve taken seconds on the side of lentils.
As the last city on the San Diego coast to enact a Local Coastal Program to fit into to the greater plan of development and preservation maintained by the California Coastal Commission, years of dispute in Solana Beach regarding seawalls and beach preservation might be coming to an agreement. But at what cost?
We are not ones to pass up a good deed. When we received a personal VIP invite last year to help out a good cause, we were there. The occasion? The “1st Annual Eye Candy Hair & Fashion Show”, a charity event to benefit The Invisible Children.
The Invisible Children, a non-profit charity for peace in Uganda was the purpose of the night. A powerful video showed the plight of masses of displaced children forced to wander far away from their villages each night to avoid capture by rebel factions. We were moved to learn that students in our own schools were helping these children by raising money and awareness…
Adorned in evening couture (think Sex In The City randomness) and the perfect strappy sandals, we set off into the night…
We arrived early to mingle, and so took advantage of the finger food, still at its peak. 4 stars for the Spring Rolls from Pacifica Del Mar… (5 stars if they hadn’t left sprouts in our teeth…)
Everyone gathered in the open urban courtyard above trendy Salon Radius. DJ Mr. Biggs kept us entertained with some respectable beats while we nursed ring pops and snow cones. Fortunately, the show started before our sugar rush left us flat, and the night moved quickly. Fashions by Jeanomix, Jedidiah, L.A. Fairchild, Pink Lagoon, and Sundancer were deliciously edgy. Hair and makeup by Salon Radius stylists lit up the night. Salon co-owners David Linde and Abbie Kaplan used professional models as well as select clientele, and the latter (and their children) stole the show!
A sweet night out for the best of causes. Help bring the Invisible Children out of the shadows, give so that they can live. We CAN make a change, one deed at a time.
In a few weeks Encinitas residents will have another opportunity, or duty, to vote on an additional tourist tax. In the name of preserving our beaches, Proposition K will demand a 2% tax on short term rentals that were previously excluded from a similar tax on visitor’s hotel and bed & breakfast rooms. Will this help in funding a solution to this vexing problem of replenishing sand loss?
“So many beaches…
so little time…”
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