Sunday, June 23, 2013 will usher in the 5th annual Rhythm & Vine festival – a 3-hour music, wine and food extravaganza benefitting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego. This year’s highly anticipated event, to be hosted by esteemed local Chef Brian Malarkey of BRAVO TV Top Chef fame, kicks off at 5:00 p.m. […]

Opening Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on July 17th is no quiet affair. It’s a thrilling event that attracts more than 45,000 race fans, socialites and those who simply love to see and be seen—in the scene. These folks flock to the racetrack for a kinetic atmosphere filled with fabulosity, fashion, and fun […]

Now a year after Kitchen 1540 restaurant’s Executive Chef, Scott Thomas Dolbee, debuted a new seasonal menu featuring American cuisine he describes as “playful, whimsical and modern,” the effort is a resounding success. This as the award-winning restaurant—a landmark inside the picturesque L’Auberge Del Mar hotel—continues to garner industry acclaim and patron accolades. Now at […]

Many businesses today are striving to be socially and environmentally responsible, but few in the restaurant realm come close to the efforts of Harney Sushi—a San Diego hotspot that’s as cool as it is eco-conscious. This restaurant exemplifies ecological integrity by forsaking popular sushi ingredients that are either over-fished or have a negative impact on […]

For nearly a decade the San Diego Bay Food & Wine Festival has been delighting the most discriminating palates in town, drawing foodies and oenophiles from across the nation. This annual week-long event to take place this November 14-18 is poised to again deliver an exceptional epicurean experience replete with A-list chefs and culinary personalities, […]

San Diego boasts a litany of fine restaurants, but only one offers gourmet Pacific Rim cuisine amid an exceptional panoramic view of the bay and downtown skyline: Bali Hai Restaurant. While this esteemed waterfront eatery has a rich local history, having delighted patrons for 55 years with its Tiki thematics, Bali Hai is undergoing a […]

On fast approach is the famed Opening Day event at the Del Mar Racetrack, which last year drew a record 45,309 people – socialites, celebrities and fashionistas anxious to dawn their most fabulous chapeau, wager on the horses, and otherwise see and be seen.

As an ever-appreciative San Diego resident and a good life connoisseur indelibly on the hunt for the best of the best, it’s incumbent on me to experience and inform you, dear Reader, about notable San Diego-area “happenings” – those society events, grand openings, launch parties, and such where the A-listers lurk…and that make the local […]

As an ever-appreciative San Diego resident and a good life connoisseur indelibly on the hunt for the best of the best, it’s incumbent on me to experience and inform you, dear Reader, about notable San Diego-area “happenings” – those society events, grand openings, launch parties and such where the A-listers lurk…and that make the local […]

[topcollage start_with=20] As an ever-appreciative San Diego resident and a good life connoisseur indelibly on the hunt for the best of the best, it’s incumbent on me to experience and inform you, dear Reader, about notable San Diego-area “happenings” – you know, those society events, grand openings, launch parties and such where the A-listers lurk…and […]