August 2007

Viridan at La Costa Greens Grand Opening

by The Editors on August 18, 2007

Lcg LogoThe La Costa Greens created by Morrow Development will be hosting it’s “first-phase pricing and model” grand opening real estate feeding frenzy (they hope) on August 25th. If you’re looking for a home that features:

. . . artful designs reminiscent of California’s legendary coastal resort communities, the homes of La Costa Greens reflect time-honored Santa Barbara Mission, Mediterranean, Monterey Ranch and Tuscan styles. . . Blending the tranquility of a fabled romantic past with the liveliness of contemporary coastal California at its finest.

Then this is probably an event you won’t want to miss. Ah, track home heaven.

[Link: La Costa Greens]

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Carlsbadistan’s New Gold Coast

by The Editors on August 17, 2007

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It’s not called the “land of Gold” for nothing. Terramar’s oceanfront street Tierra Del Oro is experiencing a large construction build out. In fact, of the streets 12 beach-front houses, two have been torn down (one has been rebuilt), another is scheduled for demolition, and a lot that has been empty for years is finally getting built out.

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State of the City Luncheon Rocked

by The Editors on August 17, 2007

CbadlogoAccording to the North County Times nearly 500 people attended Mayor Lewis’ State of the City video presentation at the Four Season Aviara Resort on Thursday August 16.

With a hard-driving soundtrack and many quick camera transitions, this year’s 28-minute video offered many shots of the city’s much celebrated golf course, which opened earlier this month. Located on a 400-acre, hilly site along Palomar Airport Road, the course is known for its elegant clubhouse structure and its costly construction price tag. It took more than a dozen years to get to opening day, and city officials estimate the project cost more than $60 million.

Those who missed the live presentation can catch the video in a public showing Monday evening August 20 at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ruby Schulman Auditorium of just watching on on Time Warner Cable’s channel 19 Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 PM where it will run until mid-November.

[Link: North County Times]

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Carlsbad Police Set Up DUI Trap

by The Editors on August 17, 2007

The Carlsbad Police Department is setting up a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint on Palomar Airport Rd east of El Camino Real today. So, if you’re planning on dining at restaurant row and your license isn’t exactly up-to-date you might want to figure out an alternative route home. Then again, if driving drunk is one of your problems, we’re guessing you’re not the kind of person who plans ahead, which is great. Drive right into the check-point and get arrested. We don’t need you on the streets.

[Link: North County Times]

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TGIF Jazz August 17: Bill Magee Blues Band

by The Editors on August 16, 2007

P9230133A-ThumbAfter a short two-gig stop in the heart of Carlsbadistan TGIF Jazz in the Park is wading back into the suburbs and the cool, breezy beauty of Calavera Hills Park at 2997 Glasgow Drive with the hard-driving blues craftsmanship of the Bill Magee Blues Band. A review on Bill’s website sums it up pretty well.

For those few of you who haven’t had a Bill Magee experience, don’t hesitate to get out there and see this band! This group delivers some of the finest blues you’ll ever hear and it was enough to get music fans of all ages dancing and air guitaring.

We’ve also heard rumors that back in the day Bill (known as Willie then) used to play with a guitarist named Jimmy James. . . Purple Haze indeed. The show starts at 6 PM. Bring a picnic dinner and your dancin’ shoes.

[Link: Carlsbadca.gov]

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The Cheap Leis At The Flying Elephant

by The Editors on August 16, 2007

Hfep LogoTonight enjoy the mellow warm sounds of the Hawaiian Islands in an authentic Irish pub as Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub and Grill (where Tamarack meets The 5) presents The Cheap Leis featuring former pro skater Adrian Demain, San Diego music and action sports industry icon O (the power pop genius behind the bands Olivelawn, Fluf, and Reeve Oliver), and a couple other hitters you may recognize.

There is no reason to miss this show. If you haven’t seen the Cheap Leis, watch this clip and you’ll get a little idea of what will be going down tonight. And, if you’re lucky you’ll get to hear their cover of The Misfits “I Turned Into A Martian” sung as “I Turned Into a Tahitian.”

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Leo Carrillo Friday Night Film Festival

by The Editors on August 16, 2007

PhantomoperadvdThe Leo Carrillo Ranch Friday Night Film Festival kicks off a five week run at the Leo Carrillo Ranch History Park this Friday August 17 with a showing of the 1943 classic Phantom of the Opera. In this film, Leo Carrillo plays Signor Ferretti.

Grab your low back chair, warm clothes, a flashlight, and blanket and enjoy some nostalgic entertainment outside under the evening stars. Movie starts promptly at sunset, with a showing of the Cisco Kid before the main feature.

Admission is free and hot dogs, chips, popcorn, cotton candy, and sodas can be purchased at the Barn Theater. The next four Fridays will feature the following films: Mister Antonio, Guilty Generation, If You Could Only Cook, and I Promise to Pay.

We’ll see you at the ranch. Beware the peacocks.

[Link: City of Carlsbad]

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Carlsbad’s Green Furniture Guys

by The Editors on August 16, 2007

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Mark Gruman
and Tim Loveday have no problem calling themselves “gurus.” They formed their Carlsbad-based sustainable furniture rep firm, Channel Logic, this year “to advance the presence of sustainability in the marketplace by becoming the premiere source for sustainable home furnishings and raw materials products.” Their blog Sustainable Furniture Gurus hopes to act as a conduit to facilitate sustainable furniture discussions.

We’re climbing mountains of paperwork to find answers on global trade issues, product sources, and questions on sustainable standards. It will take years before the global market goes from brown to green to truly sustainable.

It’s not easy being green. We all could use a little help, right?

[Link: Sustainable Furniture Gurus]

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Planning Commission OKs Boys & Girls Clubhouse

by The Editors on August 16, 2007

23 01 088 15 07The Carlsbad Boys & Girls Club has received a “conditional approval” for the $7 million, 18,600-square-foot clubhouse they hope to build in Carlsbad’s Bressi Ranch development.

Saying the project’s architecture was “stunning” and the building was “well deserved” for the nonprofit youth organization that’s put up with a temporary clubhouse in La Costa for 25 years, the commission voted 6-0 to grant the project a conditional use permit. Commissioner Bill Dominguez was absent.

The organization hopes to have the clubhouse open in 2009.

[Link: North County Times]

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HBO Closes Out on John From Cincinnati

by The Editors on August 15, 2007

Ep5 Cass John 252Being fans of both Kem Nunn and Deadwood creator David Milch we awaited their new show John From Cincinnati with anticipation because it featured a beach town (like Carlsbad) and surfers (like us, sort of).

The HBO series centered around a troubled family of formerly famous surfers from Imperial Beach (some claim it was loosely based on San Clemente’s Fletcher family) who encounter a strange, seemly autistic man named John, who claims to be from Cincinnati. John has come to get the family “back in the game.”

When the show arrived Sunday nights on HBO we were intrigued. Rarely does a beach community, (or surfers in general) appear in the mainstream media with serious representation. As the weeks wound down to last Sunday’s finale, however, the show drifted so far in to the metaphysical realm of surf as metaphor for spirituality and marketing as religion that even the show’s writers seemed to get lost.

They won’t be lost any longer. HBO has announced that it is canceling John From Cincinnati. The ratings never picked up, and the fact was, the show was complex and confusing. “A spokeswoman for HBO declined to comment on the reasons for “John” ‘s cancellation.”

[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]

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