Who’s Who in Clairemont: 2020
It’s 2020! How did this happen so fast? Before you know it, it will be 2100.
Thanks to the following readers who sent e-mails to “Squaremont" during 2019. In a tradition dating back to 2016, you have been selected...
Why rename Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary School?
The Clairemont Town Council recently forwarded a message about plans for a 2020 ground breaking to modernize the Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary School site. There is also a movement to rename the school:
The site governance...
Eclipse of the Sun
“Suppose you are a woman, happily married, that you have a 21-months-old daughter, and that you know something valuable to the state in a murder trial; but that to reveal what you know will...
Kitty’s Zoo
In March 2016, while my wife and I were dining at Troy’s Family Restaurant in the Clairemont Square, an attractive and charismatic African-American woman was enthusiastically telling owner Pete Likomitros that she had just...
What happened to Good Citizenship?
With the start of a new school year, I reflect on my own early education.
My first day as a first grader at William Tecumseh Sherman Primary School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin remains an indelible memory. It...
“The House the Whole Town’s Talking About”
Longtime Clairemont resident Jack Carpenter is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. This honor was bestowed for "outstanding contributions to the profession.” Jack contacted me in June 2018 about Mid-Century Modern architecture and...
@sportsfansewing
People have joked that my office is the food court at the Morena Boulevard Costco. I have certainly enjoyed meeting many interesting people under the red and white Kirkland umbrellas.
Last month, I was approached...
The Butcher N Cheese: Home on the Range
It took 22 years for McDonald’s to turn a profit with vegan burgers in India.
Judging from initial reaction to the June 17th opening of The Butcher N Cheese, customers immediately fell in love with...
Making a Father Proud
Longtime Bay Ho resident Chuck Abdelnour served 28-1/2 years as San Diego City Clerk under a multifarious variety of mayors: Pete Wilson, Roger Hedgecock, Maureen O'Connor, Susan Golding, Dick Murphy and Jerry Sanders.
Perhaps his...
Where is Bay Park?
Where is Bay Park? Waldo won’t be much help for you on this one.
An 1887 map filed with the San Diego County Recorder by the Morena Company shows numerous blocks, lots and streets east...