San Diego’s ostrich farms: A feathered past — and a living legacy
A local Ostrich Farm c. 1888. (Photo courtesy of San Diego History Center) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Southern Californians celebrating Thanksgiving didn’t just carve turkeys — some might have watched ostriches strut across ranches and gardens instead. While fashion favored plumes, tourists
Movie Review: ‘Nouvelle Vague’ salutes the classic French filmmakers
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague is the latest semi-current cinematic fanfiction, theatrical YouTube tribute-esque love letter to the process of filmmaking. Don’t get me wrong, coming from me, this is a compliment. These qualities are exactly why I enjoyed Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in H
Cityscape: Iconic San Diego architect Irving Gill’s Depression-era creativity
A drawing of Irving Gill’s design for the Oceanside fire and police station. (Courtesy UC Santa Barbara) Common wisdom has it that Irving Gill, San Diego’s most important architect, designed his most important buildings in the early 1900s, in San Diego and Los Angeles. But an exhibit on view at the
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