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TOP OF THE TANK #3--Salads, Job Offers, Bargain Sofas, Beer News and
Nuke closures: What Else do you need from your neighborhood column?
San Onofre Nuke Nuked
Top Story--Here’s a bit of no nukes is good
news from San Diego Metro and North Park News editor Manny Cruz: “Southern
California Edison announced Friday that the troubled San Onofre nuclear power
plant will be shut down because of uncertainty about its future. Anti-nuclear
activists rallied outside the plant Friday morning in celebration of the
plant's closing. The closing comes after a 16-month battle over whether the
twin reactors could be safely returned to service. The plant "has served
this region for over 40 years," Ted Craver, chairman of SCE parent Edison
International said in a statement. "But we have concluded that the
continuing uncertainty about when or if (the plant) might return to service was
not good for our customers, our investors, or the need to plan for our region's
long-term electricity needs.”
No Chickens, Yet.
North Park is fortunate in
having its own neighborhood owned nursery, where local greenthumbs can supply
themselves with all things green, plus garden tips.
It’s called North Park
Nursery and located at 32nd and Thorn. Next door, is Ripe, an organic produce store
(that also has a wonderful deli). Both
outlets have kept me in salads for the past year. From NP Nursery, I pick up seeds and starter
veggies, the latter which I transplant into my garden. I’ve had no success with tomato growing but
my south facing sideyard garden thrives with swiss chard, arugula, mint, onion,
cilantro, parsley, oregano and a few strawberries. It’s easier to pick up tomatoes at Ripe, along
with any other veggies I’m not growing at home. And, thanks to North Park Nursery and Ripe,
I’ve managed to stop overwatering.
Another local nursery,
Green Gardens in Pacific Beach has a video out on growing tomatoes.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/13f1f5fdf75dc8b5
"Tour de North Park.
Bastiaan Bouma is the new Executive
Director for AIA San Diego, a chapter of the American Institute of
Architects. He hails from the Chicago
area, a city that loves its architecture and those who created it. I was very proud to show Bas the bright
lights of North Park last January and again over the weekend.
“I like the neighborhood feel of
North Park,” he said as we sought to find a TV screen, where we could put on
the NHL hockey game during a late lunch (Chicago beat LA in game one of the the
NHL playoffs). The TV we sought ended up
at Piocere Mio at Fern and Grape after checking out Burlingame.
The Italian-American owners had no
problem changing channels from CNN Europe.
Plus, the panini’s were terrific.
Bouma has been exploring all the neighborhoods lately. He wants to be in shape with his history in
time for the national AIA convention arriving in town in 2015.
Craft Beer Kudos.
Thorn
Street, the new North Park brewery at 32nd & Thorn just picked
up an award for excellence at the recent San Diego International Beer
competition. For more craft beer news go
to North Park based www.westcoastersd.com
Bargain Hunter Alert.
Need
a décor quick fix? When a columnist learns something it is news. Sort of.
Anyway, I didn’t know that Father Joe Carroll of Father Joe’s Villages
has a secret. It’s “San Diego’s best
kept secret” according to Fr. Joe’s marketing department. The hero of the homeless has a furniture
warehouse outlet at 3350 E Street (East of Golden Hill). It’s open 10 to 5 daily. So that’s where my replica “Christmas Story”
lamp has gone.
Seeking Chefs.
For those who haven’t been to
Fixtures Living, it’s an appliance store that thinks it is a modern department
store. Customers are pampered and often
a gourmet chef offers free bites while shopping for a new range or BBQ
grill. Fixtures Living has a new
location at UTC shopping center along with other sites in SoCal. As of this week, Fixtures Living is
hiring. Here’s a recent posting from
them: WE WANT CHEFS! We are looking for a handful of lucky chefs to join the
Fixtures Family in our San Diego, Costa Mesa, & Glendale showrooms. Browse
the jobs on LinkedIn and become a part of our Culinary Dream Team:
http://bit.ly/ChefsWanted.
Waiting for the Parklet.
Still no parklet outside of Caffé
Calabria, but it didn’t change the enjoyment one bit of sitting at the sidewalk
café tables and chairs sipping a latte as the sunlight slowly faded.
On the Move.
North Park based City Beat, a
successful weekly newspaper, whose coverage includes the SD region, has made
staff moves recently, according to input from the 11-year-old newspaper. Columnist/writers Anders Wright and Peter
Holslin are leaving CityBeat on good
terms and incoming are:
--Glenn Heath, Jr., a San Diegan,
who’ll be penning film reviews.
--New music editor will be Jeff
Terich and,
--News writer Joshua Emerson Smith
is from the Merced Sun-Star, where he was a metro reporter and co-hosted a
weekly news podcast.
Nepotism Begins at Home.
As
Holden DeMayo, I’m delighted to reporter alter ego Tom Shess has written the
cover story for the June issue of San
Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles. It is
the second cover story in two months for the North Park writer and creative
director at SDHGL. No, there won’t be a
third in a row because Shess is focused on overseeing staff production of 18
history related Back Page columns in
advance of the 100th anniversary of the Panama-California Exposition
in Balboa Park, plus his monthly retail column, Shoptalk.
Bocce-ISM.
This
column has his first Bocce Ball lesson in tow and has grandiose visions of
entering a competitive team next fall in the annual St. Augustine High Bocce
Ball Tourney. And, winning, of
course. The public event is fundraiser
for school scholarships and held on campus.
More news for interested Bocce readers of this column when a tourney
date is set. Or, send me an email and
I’ll alert you.
Holden DeMayo is a former dining reviewer and gossip
columnist for San Francisco Magazine, who now resides in District Three.
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