CHEESY (GOOD) BEER BRUNCH & FREE BURGER FEST

2 FOODIE EVENTS—San Diego’s creative restaurant and craft beer community knows how to fuel the passion of appreciative locals when it comes to fun foodie events. Sunday and Monday are no exceptions.

Here’s what we mean as we spotlight two separate events.

SUNDAY BEER AND BRUNCH—Beginning tomorrow morning at 11 am, downtown’s craft beer palace, The Tipsy Crow is offering a Beer for Brunch cask tapping. A $10 ticket gets you unlimited cheese sandwiches and beer from the first keg tapped.

The Tipsy Crow is located in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter, 770 Fifth Ave. Check with the establishment ahead of time as this event might be sold out: 619-338-9300. More info: www.tipsycrow.com

MONDAY BURGER GIVEAWAY--Cherished 50's-Style Diner Thanks San Diegans for 25 Incredible Years of Service with Blowout Burger Giveaway. PLUS, Elvis and Marilyn will be in the house!

Here’s the deal:

WHA?: For its 25th anniversary, Corvette Diner will be saying thank you by serving 1,987 free burgers! This day only Corvette Diner is offering every single burger option on the Corvette Diner menu, free of charge with fries, from the kooky Rory Burger (peanut butter, bacon, lettuce & tomato) to the classic Brenda Burger (bacon, swiss, lettuce, tomato, mayo & pickles) and all burgers in between.

ELVIS WHO? Always the life of the party, Corvette Diner will be jam packing the day with sensational entertainment including a live DJ, magician, balloon artist and appearances by authentic Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe impersonators throughout the day. No reservations will be taken, seating is first come first serve all day until 1,987 free burgers have been consumed!

WHENZIT?:

Monday, March 5th,, 2012

11:30 am-9 pm, All Day or Until They Sell Out!!!

WANNA GO:
Corvette Diner, Liberty Station

2965 Historic Decatur Road 

San Diego, CA 92106

(619) 542-1476

WHO TO THANK: Corvette Diner husband and wife team David and Lesley Cohn of the Cohn Restaurant Group. The team first opened the original location of Corvette Diner in Hillcrest back in 1987.

MORE INFO: 619-542-1476 or visit www.dinecrg.com for hours of operation or for further information.

ARCHIVE / LLOYD RUSSELL, AN ARCHITECT WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT RENTERS

Editor’s note: The article below was written for this blog by Sofie Kinnefors as an intern project assigned by San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine. A companion feature about Lloyd Russell's award winning Centre City Lofts was written by Creative Director Thomas Shess and it appeared in the February 2012 edition of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles

GUEST BLOG/By Sofie Kinnefors--Lloyd Russell is a busy guy. Apart from teaching architecture with his mentor and fellow architect, Ted Smith at Woodbury College, Russell is working on several other building projects ranging from San Diego to Portland. He’s also working on adding awards to his office shelves.

The most recent added trophy is for a creative apartment project in Hillcrest.
Recently, the year-old Centre Street Lofts, near Robinson and Centre Streets captured an Orchid for architectural excellence at the 35th annual incarnation of the Orchids & Onions Awards.

“It is rare for multifamily projects to get awards, because when they look nice they are often unfairly compared to condos and custom homes that have larger budgets,” said Russell in his acceptance speech.

What impressed judges was the fact Russell built it at below market rate, yet the 25-units rent for much more than the market average. The popular architect (he also won an Orchid in 2010 for The Station Restaurant in South Park) has a winning formula.

He is the architect; the property owner; builder plus his team at Lloyd Russell, AIA, are tenant managers. By being all things, Russell’s mid-city lofts didn’t incur exorbitant additional costs.

The idea of making the 25 units rental apartment building was Russell’s. The architect has a strong belief that tenants are individuals and he wanted his apartments to reflect that. All 25 units have a different footprint. Russell also built them small (The largest is 1,200-square-feet) and made them appear even bigger by using outdoor space into the mix.

As a result, the smallest unit has an outdoor space that’s as large as its interior space. Tall ceilings, large windows, open floor plans and private balconies or patios create a far more spacious illusion than expected for apartments of this size. “This should be the norm for affordable housing in San Diego, not the exception to the rule,” said Russell.

Note: Architect Russell makes an important statement by proving rental units can be extremely beautiful and inexpensive. His lofts ended up being less expensive per square foot vs. public housing now being built. Public housing leadership everywhere might take note.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY AND COURTESY OF DAVID HARRISON: www.harrisonphoto.com/

Images:

Top: Finally an architect, who gives a damn about renters. This amazing architect is a master in style, whether it is residential or commercial. He’s been piling up accolades in San Diego for his fine work. This image is a studio and the only unit in the 25-unit Centre Street Lofts project that doesn’t have outdoor space.

Middle: Penthouse unit at about 1,200 square-feet with ample outdoor space.

Lower: Russell, as architect and developer and now unit manager is able to keep costs down. If I were looking to invest in housing units, Lloyd Russell would be my first call.

UPDATES:

#1: To view more images of this project click www.lloyd-russell.com/

#2: Lloyd Russell was featured over the Mar. 2 weekend in the Los Angeles Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/02/centre-street-lofts-san-diego.html

#3: On this blog read another story about Lloyd Russell's lofts via Tom Shess's article in SD Home/Garden. Click the top adv. box on right side of THIS blog home page.

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