by The Editors on March 19, 2008
You’d think we would have known this, however, while scanning the results from the recent ASP Roxy Pro Gold Coast surf event at Snapper Rocks in Australia we completely missed Carlsbadistan’s best female surfer because Julia Christian changed her name when she married her long-time boyfriend Magoo del la Rosa Toro.
She is now Julia de la Rosa Toro and she is surfing under the Peruvian flag. Her quarter final appearance at Snapper Rocks suggests that she’s surfing better than ever as well.
This probably explains why we haven’t seen her in the water lately.
[Link: OC Register and Roxy Gold Coast]
by The Editors on March 19, 2008
From MotocycleUSA.com:
Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., earned his fifth win in San Felipe in Class 1-2/1600 in a VW-powered Mirage. Class 1-2/1600 had the largest field in the race with 28 starters.
Adam finished 15th overall among the cars and trucks in the 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 with an average speed of 46.46 MPH. Sounds a little like Pfankuch dominates his class.
[Link: Motorcycleusa.com and SpeedTV]
by The Editors on March 19, 2008
We thought St. Patricks day would be a nice time to kick off a new feature on Carlsbadistan. We’re calling it the Bar Blotter. Each report will feature all the police activities at Carlsbadistan bars. Here’s how it went the evening of March 17-18, 2008, according to the Carlsbad Police Department.
08:21 PM Dini’s: Location cited for being “overcrowded.”
10:27 PM Coyote Bar: Some parties needed separating.
10:36 PM Alley Bar: Noted, but nothing reported.
10:43 PM Alley Bar: Noted, but nothing reported.
11:09 PM Boars Crossing: Man cited for dropping his cigarette ashes on the ground in violation of California Penal Code 23111
11:19 PM Peabody’s: Subjects were fighting inside Peabody’s. Parties were separated now, but suspect still on the scene.
And that’s it. Looks like it was another good night in Carlsbadistan.
by The Editors on March 19, 2008
Maybe we’re the only one’s who haven’t done this yet, but Google Maps now has “street view” images of Carlsbad Blvd. all the way through Carlsbadistan. A simple click, click, click and you’re down the coast from Off Shore To Vigilucci’s. Looking at all these images kind of makes us wish we’d been on on the sea wall when the camera car rolled by. Better check the photos, maybe you were.
[Link: Google Maps]
by The Editors on March 18, 2008
From the North County Times:
Jodian Squire has touched a lot of lives, and now teachers and parents at the Carlsbad Country Day School are turning out to touch hers.
After trying for months to find out why she was feeling pain in her chest, Squire, 35, was diagnosed in October with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, said school director Melissa Reed.
Teachers are holding a silent auction to raise money to help cover the Squire family’s $30,000 medical bills. For more info on how you can help, call (760) 804-0550.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on March 17, 2008
It’s cool of places like Hensley’s Flying Elephant to help people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day even if they can’t do it up on Monday. Hensley’s is throwing down the same party two days in a row so no one misses out, and other celebrate for 48. Today, beginning at 2 PM it’s The Bad Blokes (Traditional Irish “foot stomping” tunes are blended with covers from popular Irish rock groups like The Pogues, Waterboys, Young Dubliners and Gaelic Storm) and then from 5 to 10 PM it’s Skelpin.
[Link: Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub & Grill]
by The Editors on March 16, 2008
As Marty said while posted up on Coast Highway just north of Cafe Elysa: “Sometimes you just have to take things into your own hands.”
by The Editors on March 16, 2008
Those looking to roll into St. Patrick’s Day smoothly have already posted up on the patio at Dini’s on Coast Highway. For people who enjoy watching the sun set with a good drink in their hand, Dini’s is always the place. Just be careful, their cocktails are so well-crafted that they can (and occasionally do) sneak up on you. Which can be trouble, especially when you’re peddling your Electra cruiser home.
[Link: Dini’s Bistro]
by The Editors on March 16, 2008
Robert Hoehn, the co-owner of Carlsbad’s Hoehn Motors, has reportedly donated $25,000 to help support an initiative that would “ban same-sex marriage” in the state of California, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. But he’s not alone in getting behind this issue. San Diego developer Doug Manchester, Mission Valley developer Terry Caster, and La Jolla businessman Roger Benson have also donated a total of more than $300,000.
Damn, buying your way into right-wing California power politics is getting expensive.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on March 15, 2008
Ten years ago more than $57 million was spent restoring Batiquitos Lagoon, but now some are saying that “the natural beauty is hiding an ecological time bomb” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“If you drive I-5 and look out over the east basin, you’ll see mud flats that historically haven’t been mud flats,” said Keith Merkel, principal ecologist for Merkel & Associates. . . . “That will have to be dredged and removed,” said Merkel, who monitors the lagoon for the California Department of Fish and Game, which manages Batiquitos.
When reading stories like this we’re always reminded of what one of writer Edward Abbey’s characters might have said: There’s nothing you can do to that lagoon that’s going to mitigate the freeway that runs right through the middle of it.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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