Hard to believe that it’s already been over a year since Matt Hensley transformed Squid Joe’s into Hensley’s Flying Elephant and created one of North County’s best live music venues (and drinking establishments).
On July 22, 2008 Hensley’s will be celebrating their one year anniversary all day with “free food, drink specials, promo girls, and live music.” Promo girls? We might have to check that out.
[Link: Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub & Grill]
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North County Times’ reporter Barbara Henry gets the scoop at Carlsbad’s new terminal. It’s scheduled to open in December and looks like it will be a nice change from those shaky floored mobile homes.
The sleek, modern terminal, with its seashore-themed decorative touches, is expected to shove the airport into the 21st century. Commercial passengers at McClellan-Palomar now depart for planes after spending time in a small, aging portable building near the control tower.
They’re even going to have WI-FI in the terminal. Now, if we could just fly somewhere other than LA or Phoenix.
[Link: North County Times]
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At about 7:10 this evening Carlsbad Fire and CHPs responded to a car fire on the southbound center lane of Interstate 5 at the Chestnut overpass that sent huge clouds of black smoke into the skies over the heart of Carlsbadistan.
An older model Chevrolet Tahoe completely burned out before fire crews could get to the scene. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion during the fire, however, there appeared to be no injuries. Fire retardant flowed across all lanes of the freeway and slowed southbound traffic considerably, but by 7:55 traffic was back up to 57 mph.
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The Crossings at Carlsbad, the City’s $63 million dollar (or so) golf course may “fall short” of it’s projected revenue for the first year according to a Richard Riehl column in the North County Times.
Carlsbad’s Director of Finance Lisa Irvine, told me the course had expected green fees to generate $1.6 million in revenue in the first five months of this year. It fell $300,000 short of that projection. . . . The Canyons Restaurant did much better, bringing in $829,000, 33 percent higher than the $624,000 projected return. But the loss in golf course revenue alone resulted in city plans to subsidize The Crossings at Carlsbad to the tune of $400,000 in 2008 and an additional $900,000 in 2009.
We can totally understand. We’ve eaten breakfast at Canyons Restaurant numerous times and have yet to play a round of golf. Maybe it should be marketed as a $63 million dollar restaurant, with a really nice yard. . .
[Link: North County Times]
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She’s been on the Carlsbad City Council since 1980, almost long enough to remember Mayor Bud Lewis as an elderly man, but Ann Kulchin is running again, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
But she’s not running alone. Four other people have filed the paperwork to appear on the November 4, 2008 ballot. They include:
Seems like it might be a good idea to change things up on the council doesn’t it? Especially when Ms. Kulchin is so anti-skateboarding.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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TGIF Jazz in the Park comes a little closer to home as Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca spice things up with innovative music that “combines Latin and African elements from salso to soukous with an occasional merengue or Afro-Portuguese excursion” at Poinsettia Park on July 18.
This Congo-born artist of Angolan ancestry is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Lemvo is truly multi-cultural and equally at home singing in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.
If you’re deja-vuing, don’t worry. Ricardo played TGIF last year and we wrote nearly the same intro for him. And we’re guessing the show is going to be just even better than it was last year, though we’ve no reason to believe that will be true.
[Link: TGIF Jazz In The Park]
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As much as we hate chain restaurants, there is something about PF Chang’s China Bistro that forces us to drive to Fashion Valley at least once a month for hot and sour soup and vegetarian lettuce wraps.
That’s why we’re shamelessly excited by the fact that the Carlsbad planning commission has approved “a P.F. Chang’s Chinese bistro, a second yet-to-be-determined restaurant and a two-story, 44,400-square-foot complex of upscale shops,” on Paseo del norte next to King’s Fish House across from the Premium Outlet Mall.
Developers had planned to put a hotel on the 7-acre site along Paseo del Norte, but reconsidered because of height and parking limitations, said Peter Aylward, president of the company that owns the land. . . . “Architecturally, I think it’s a good thing for Carlsbad,” Aylward said as he described how the project would look from the east on Paseo del Norte and from the west on Interstate 5.
The project still needs the approval of the City Council, but then, they seem to love taking empty land and filling it with stuff.
[Link: North County Times]
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According to a story that appeared in the the San Diego Union-Tribune four days ago (we apologize for the lag, we don’t know how we missed it), the City of Carlsbad has “sued the California Coastal Commission and the State Park Department to prevent a proposed parking fee” at Tamarack Surf Beach.”
Carlsbad filed its lawsuit Monday in Vista Superior Court and sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the machine from being installed. That order was denied, but the state agreed not to install the machine until after the next court hearing, on Oct. 10.
We’re glad the Tamarack parking fee has been stalled until after summer is over. Thanks to the City for suing everybody.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
[Editors’ note: Click here to view all our coverage of the Tamarack parking fee issue.]
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According to a story in the North County Times:
In a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Mark Packard absent, the Carlsbad’s City Council decided Tuesday to . . . prohibit smoking at the beach, city parks and trails.
Thanks to the City Council for finally getting on the program. The ban could go into effect in 30 days. So smokers: get ready to kiss your butts goodbye.
[Link: North County Times]
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Carlsbad’s Aaron Goldberg, 22, is “making a loud statement at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Murphy Creek,” according to a story in the Denver Post.
The former San Diego State Aztec won the two-day stroke play qualifying for the tournament, shooting a 4-under 67 Tuesday to finish 10-under entering today’s first day of match play. That was one shot better than Rickie Fowler of Murietta, Calif., and three shots in front of Pueblo’s Zach Zaremba.
Next stop for Goldbert, the U.S. Amateur Championships and then Aaron is going pro.
[Link: Denver Post]
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