“Christmas in San Diego” the Book
Owning and publishing this newspaper I have over the past four years met and spoke with a lot of local people. One such person is Bill Swank a long time Clairemont resident. The more...
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...
Dorothy Carroll, The Jacaranda Lady
By Bill Swank
Kate Sessions, Mother of Balboa Park, was the Johnny Appleseed of Jacarandas in Southern California. Over the years, other women earned the title and San Diego's current Johnny Appleseed of Jacarandas is...
21st Annual Clairemont Garden Tour
"I have such wonderful memories of Jim and Lise's gardens. I remember the first time I visited, as I drove down the street, wondering which house I was going to visit, I saw the...
“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...
What does America mean to you?
by Bill Swank
Kay Chau and Tek Heng were neighbors in Cambodia. Kay arrived in San Diego as a refugee in 1979. Tek went to Seattle. Through their families, they got together, married and, in...
100 Things Padre Fans Should Know
by Bill Swank
The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played next month at Petco Park.
Brown robes are traditionally worn by Franciscan Friars. When the 1969 San Diego Padres debuted in beige uniforms...
Keeping Big Band Music Alive
Before there was Elvis, Bobbysoxers in the early 1940s were screaming for Frank Sinatra. World War II was raging, but on the Homefront, it was the era of Big Band music and ration books.
On January 19, 2020,...
The tradition continues…
Six people were honored in the first 2016 edition of "Who's Who in Clairemont." The criteria was simple (and tongue-in-cheek): live in Clairemont and send an e-mail to this column. In 2015, only five...
Who’s Who in Clairemont?
By Bill Swank
Contrary to common misconception, Clairemont is not named after former U.S. Congressman Clair Burgener. He has a street named for him, but not the entire community.
Google "Clairemont" and you will learn that 80,000 of...