The 22nd Annual Writing Competition is now open for unpublished writers residing in San Diego County. Copyright or release date must have a 2016 copyright. For complete rules, guidelines and entry form, please visit: http://sandiegobookawards.org/submission-guidelines/ A jury determines the winners and cash awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony. SDBA, PO Box 6487, • Read More »
Tags: authors, books, libraries, literacy, published, San Diego, San Diego Book Awards, unpublished, writing
Why? Is it because they really are reincarnated? Or maybe, we are too and therefore, that sense of familiarity goes both ways. The only difference is—is that His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama hasn’t recognized anyone outside of the monastery as reincarnations of highly evolved human beings. Let alone females. I’m not complaining. Just stating • Read More »
Tags: BBC, Benedictine, Confucius, Dali Lama, mandala, monks, Sacred Arts of Tibet, Tibet
My dearest Teddie: For many, many weeks I have refused to believe you have really left us to muck about down here on earth, amongst the lost and found without your wry, dry humorous commentary and outfits so fabulous, it has inspired all sorts of DIY projects that is now called repurposing. You were ahead • Read More »
Tags: David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Norah Jones, Prince, Teddie Tillett
And the winner is… I have taken this ballot from People magazine and I haven’t always liked Oscar’s choices for Best Picture but then “he” likes melodrama and sometimes, I don’t. As far as the whole Black actors having been dissed, am I missing something or is Chris Rock a black man? And did • Read More »
Tags: Cecil B. DeMille, Chris Rock, Oscars, People, Sylvester Stallone, The Academy Awards, Tom Hardy
This year is filled with monkeys all right—and they are not in the Amazon—they are all actually running for president in the U.S. of A.! The above images are from KingFisher, The Concise Children’s Encyclopedia…I couldn’t find the comb-over but I’m pretty sure the former Secretary of State (remember, Benghazi?) is in there. This month • Read More »
Tags: 2016, Benghazi, Buddhist, Easter, gluten, Jewish, love, monkeys, Year of the monkey
Fairmont Grand Del Mar – Christmas carolers May you be warm, well fed and surrounded by familial love. Peace to all, j
Tags: Chanukah, Christmas, Fairmont Grand Del Mar
Ignore the bad reviews including Forbes. I loved SPECTRE! Yes, another Bond movie, another song (Sam Smith is not memorable for me at all as the singer ;-( another steady girlfriend—wait! What happened to Vesper Lind? Where have you been? She drowned herself as a traitor to 007. However, (yum, yum) 148 minutes with Daniel • Read More »
Tags: Angelika Theatre, Daniel Craig, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Sir Sean Connery, Spectre
Dia de los muertos gives new meaning to ”dancing on graves” as it is a South and Central American tradition of honoring those who have gone on before us with altars comprised of favorite things and foods. Celebrations of dining, dancing and musica is also a part of the tradition. A big celebration which is • Read More »
Tags: altars, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, Impala
Opening night at the San Diego Film Festival this year screened the U.S. premiere of “Septembers of Shiraz” starring Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek, a story about a rich family (Brody plays an Iranian Jewish jeweler whose family and he become persecuted under the Ayotollah’s regime). This film for the record, was not my favorite—ever. • Read More »
Tags: Adrien Brody, Jack Robbins, Kweku Mandela, Leslee Udwin, Salma Hayek, San Diego Film Festival, Septembers of Shiraz, Thomas Morgan
Actor Jason Segel and eleven time Emmy winner, Tonya Mantooth, SDFF’s Director of Programming In case you missed the memo, the San Diego Film Festival is here to stay and rocking the Casbah (or Arclight La Jolla in this case). The V.I.P. monthly screenings include a hosted bar, gourmet appetizers and an independent film screening. • Read More »
Tags: arclight cinema, end of the tour movie, jason segel, jesse eisenberg, San Diego Film Festival, Sundance
