by The Editors on November 27, 2009
When Carlsbadistan resident Heather Hultgren (pictured right with her family) realized that her parents couldn’t be around every night to read bedtime stories to their grandson, she decided she could fix that problem and launch a web business at the same time according to a Dave Good story on SanDiego.com.
Using technology that Hultgren says wasn’t available two years ago, a CherishedVoices.com subscriber is able to dial a toll free number and record a personal message, tell a story, or read from one of the books in the Cherished Voices library. . . “You have up to an hour to talk,” she asks. “You can share whatever is in your heart.” . . Hultgren then edits the recording into the finished narrative.
Hultgren then puts the recording on a CD and ships it with the book that was read directly to the child for $49.95. Which is much cheaper than a cross-country flight.
[Link: CherishedVoices via SanDiego.com]
by The Editors on November 27, 2009
Family and friends of Carlsbad High School graduate Kenneth Andrew Gram, 22, will gather tonight (November 27, 2009) at Moonlight Beach, in Encinitas for an “informal celebration and vigil for peace” from 7 – 10 PM.
Gram was visiting friends in Annapolis, Maryland last week when his body was discovered by police on a sidewalk at 2:20 AM Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with multiple stab wounds to his neck and upper back, according to a story in the Baltimore Sun.
The North County Times reports that Gram was walking alone at the time of the attack.
At about 2 a.m. on Nov. 18, one day before he was supposed to come home, Kenneth got into a argument with his girlfriend and decided to walk by himself to a nearby diner, his father said. . . . Police found Kenneth’s body shortly afterwards about two blocks from a housing project . . . He still carried his cell phone and his money. John Lee, the Annapolis detective handling the case, said the investigation is ongoing.
Gram’s sister Danielle is the co-founder of the Carlsbad-based Kids for Peace.
[Links: Baltimore Sun and North County Times]
by The Editors on November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Carlsbadistan.com. We hope your day is filled with family, food, friends, and thoughts of appreciation that we all live in the most beautiful city on God’s green earth.
by The Editors on November 26, 2009
That’s the question San Francisco Bay Guardian writer Rebecca Bowe asks in one of the best stories we’ve read about Poseidon Resources plans for their desalination plant on the Aqua Hedionda Lagoon.
“Aside from doing nothing about conservation and continuing to require huge amounts of energy for transmission, these plants also have no real community benefit, minimal job creation, and, most importantly, a questionable success and effectiveness,” members of Service Employees International Union Local 721 wrote in a letter to the Metropolitan Water District, Southern California’s water wholesaler. “We believe we can conserve more water by installing waterless urinals across L.A. County than we would obtain from the proposed desalination plant.”
Those who think they know what this desalination plant is all about should click the link to read the rest of this story.
[Link: San Francisco Bay Guardian]
by The Editors on November 26, 2009
Lois Zetter, 70, a former Hollywood talent manager died in Carlsbad November 17, 2009. Zetter, who co-founded the LeMond/Zetter Management in Los Angeles represented actors like John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, Mickey Rourke, Mark Harmon, and others according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.
Zetter began in show business as an actress, singer and comedian in New York, with roles in stage productions of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” As a second career, she became an art expert and dealer. . . Survivors include her husband, Walt Unterseher, and a brother, Bruce Zetter. Donations in her honor can be made to Fraternity House, a care facility for men and women with AIDS, in Vista, Calif., or to the Lois Zetter Theatre Arts Scholarship Fund at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.
Most recently she operated The Zetter Collection a Carlsbad-based art business specializing in “outsider art.” Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
[Link: The Hollywood Reporter]
by The Editors on November 26, 2009
As if The Crossings Lossings At Carlsbad golf course hasn’t already cost the people of Carlsbadistan enough, KemperSports Management, the private company the city pays to run the golf course says they aren’t “hitting budget projections this year and will need and extra $150,000 to cover,” according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times.
That’s in addition to the original subsidy of $1.79 million that the city contributed at the start of the year, the financial report states. . . Next year’s operations at The Crossings at Carlsbad course also will require a substantial city subsidy. In the golf course’s 2010 budget, which the City Council will be asked to approve Tuesday, operators are asking for a $1.76 million city subsidy. . . Mayor Bud Lewis said Wednesday he hadn’t seen the financial figures yet, but was “sorry to hear” that the course needed more money this year. He said he would probably vote to grant the budget requests.
Of course he would. No pool. No skateboard park. But sure, keep spending millions of dollars every year on a golf course that continues to lose money. Epic! This whole issue is getting so absurd that it’s almost impossible to speak politely about it.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 25, 2009
The New Village Arts Theatre is presenting essayist David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries December 10-23, 2009. The hilarious one-man show stars San Diego actor Daren Scott and is based on an Sedaris’ essay about the time he spent working as a Christmas Elf in Santaland at Macy’s department store.
The New York Times called the play, “A delightfully thorny account of working as a Yuletide elf at Macy’s. Priceless observations, both outrageous and subtle. Destined to hold a place in the annals of American humor writing.”
Tickets are only $20 and available online or by calling the box office at (760-433.3245).
[Link: New Village Arts Theatre]
by The Editors on November 25, 2009
The warm November days in Carlsbadistan often mean that come holiday time, those inland relatives are quick to make the trek to the beach. If hosting isn’t your thing, do what we’re doing this year and go out. No cooking. No cleaning. No problems.
While you can always head on over to Don’s Country Kitchen, Tip Top Meats, or The Claim Jumper for an old fashioned Turkey dinner, take a look at the list of restaurants offering a special Thanksgiving Day menu (Thursday, November 26, 2009) if you’d like to step it up a notch and let someone else do the cooking.
Giving thanks with family and friends this year just got a whole lot easier. Follow the jump for all the details:
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by The Editors on November 25, 2009
Few things are sadder than former TV stars forced to sell-out their private lives by staring in reality TV shows. That said, it’s nice that Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott (stars of the reality TV show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood) care enough about getting free admission to Carlsbadistan’s Legoland California theme park that are willing to actually do some work, i.e. plugging in the annual Legoland Christmas tree.
The couple and their children, Liam and Stella, will be joined by one of the hottest children’s entertainment groups, The Jumpitz® for a special holiday performance with an appearance by Santa himself! . . . After the 30-foot-tall LEGO tree is lit, fireworks light up the sky and snow showers Park guests from above kicking off LEGOLAND California’s month-long Holly Jolly Holidays presented by Western Dental.
The holiday extravaganza begins at 5:30 PM Monday night, November 30, 2009. Us? We’ll probably just catch the fireworks from the lower parking lot of the Carlsbad Sheraton.
[Link: Legoland]
by The Editors on November 25, 2009
In conjunction with Carlsbadistan’s Thursdays On The Coast the Ivanffy-Uhler Gallery is presenting an opening night reception for their latest show Here and Elsewhere on Friday, November 27, 2009 at 5:30pm.
The opening comprises over 30 landscape paintings by local and regional artists (including Toni Williams “Near Idyllwild” shown at right) and includes an appearance by singer-songwriter Gabrielle Brisson, at the piano, performing her original works.
The show runs through December 28, 2009. Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend.
The Ivanffy-Uhler Gallery, 565 Grand Ave, Carlsbad
When Carlsbadistan resident Heather Hultgren (pictured right with her family) realized that her parents couldn’t be around every night to read bedtime stories to their grandson, she decided she could fix that problem and launch a web business at the same time according to a Dave Good story on SanDiego.com.
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