DID YOU GET THE LETTER from the city of San Diego about Water Group Job 3012? Looks like they\u2019re gonna replace some cast-iron water pipes around town. Not to worry, however. You won\u2019t be affected \u2014 unless you live on one of the following streets: Academy, Balboa, Beryl, Cass, Crown Point Drive, Diamond, Donaldson, Emerald, Fanuel, Felspar, Fogg, Garnet, Gresham, Hornblend, Jewell, Kendall, Lamont, Loring, Los Altos Court, Malden, Oliver, Pacific Beach Drive, Promontory, Sequoia, Thomas, Turquoise, Wilbur or Windsor. Sleep well. I THINK I\u2019M IN LOVE. Her name is Nissa and she\u2019s the new manager at Starbucks. You know the one, next to Carl\u2019s Jr., where the music is too loud to talk over and folks huddle together wearing parkas because of the air conditioning. Nissa, at my request, turned the music down, although not without a “WHAT? You don\u2019t like the Bee Gees?” She\u2019s even trying to figure out how to override the thermostat and adjust the room temperature. Be still my heart!!! MARGARET SMITH called to let me know that the “Smitty” memorialized on the bench near Kono\u2019s was no beach bum. Bailey “Smitty” Smith was Margaret\u2019s husband. He rode his bicycle to the beach each morning and enjoyed the ocean breezes with his friends. “He was a dedicated beach PERSON,” says Margaret. When he died in 1991 at age 69, Margaret immediately ordered the bench and plaque. TURQUOISE COFFEE is quite the success story. It\u2019s just not on Turquoise anymore. Look for it on upper Cass Street. Funny. La Jolla Car Wash isn\u2019t in La Jolla, but it IS on Turquoise. And the late Mission Beach Key Shop wasn\u2019t in Mission Beach. It was on Grand Avenue catty-corner from Good Time Charlie\u2019s. It was bright pink for a couple of weeks, perhaps with an “Opening Soon” sign. It\u2019s not pink anymore \u2014 and closed. BEA\u2019S RANCHO CHICO restaurant is a distant memory, but not their chile verde. Not far from Carl\u2019s Baseball Inn on 16th and Island, it was a tiny place with jukeboxes on each table \u2014 and the songs were totalmente en Espa\u00f1ol. A few months ago, I discovered Don Ernesto\u2019s, a fixture in San Marcos since 1966. The chili verde was as if Bea herself had cooked it. Someone recently made Don Ernesto\u2019s an offer they couldn\u2019t refuse, and the doors are now closed. I\u2019ve got my fingers crossed that they will relocate. ARTISTIC LICENSES \u2014 I\u2019m not sure if “SAABRAT” is a rat or a brat, but he (or was it a she?) drives a Saab. \u2014 John Fry may be reached at (858) 272-6655 or by e-mail mail@johnfry.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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