San Diego’s Stingaree District: Saloons, vice, and the rise of the Gaslamp Quarter
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, San Diego’s downtown waterfront, roughly the blocks south of Market Street between 1st and 5th avenues, was known as the Stingaree District, the city’s most infamous concentration of saloons, gambling halls, opium dens, and brothels. What’s in a name? The n
El Museo de Arte de San Diego florece: Un reconocimiento a la creatividad
Este es uno de los arreglos florales que serán exhibidos el viernes 24 de abril en el Museo de Arte de San Diego. (Foto: Alejandro Maciel/Tiempos de San Diego) El Museo de Arte de San Diego se transforma estos días en un santuario donde el color y la fragancia rinden tributo al ingenio humano. En el
At Little Italy ArtWalk, nature serves as muse for featured painters
At a recent art show, Karla Preciado watched from across her booth as a woman walked straight through the crowd to her paintings, put her hand to her heart and gasped, tears in her eyes. “She said, ‘Oh my God, I feel your paintings,'” Preciado shared. “I think that is the biggest compliment I have e
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