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The Slow Lane: In a jam

Posted: March 16th, 2012 | Columnists, Food & Drink, Specialty Food Market |

We’re on the cusp of the spring equinox, says Mother Nature who’s boldly making it known with this gorgeous weather. We may have lost a fleeting hour of sleep, but we gained precious daylight — important for the desk-strapped worker bees most of us are. With all the good that comes with the turning of the season, I like to think of it as a fertile period for rebirth

A Divine Happy Hour

Posted: November 3rd, 2009 | Food & Drink, North Park, Specialty Food Market |

Sure, Dr. Ink has vices – but not all of them require taps, corkscrews and shakers. And guess what? Neither does Happy Hour.

To prove that point and as a break from my bimonthly booze-friendly tour of Uptown’s bars, I decided to set aside cocktails for cake and indulge in Heaven Sent’s “Afternoon Delight” – the North Park dessert restaurant’s Happy Hour special that runs 3 p.m.-6:30 p.m. daily

Adams Ave. Farmers’ Market Postponed Yet Again — to Spring 2010

One week after postponing the launch of the Adams Avenue Farmers’ Market from Sept. 9 to 23, organizers have now decided to delay the event for at least six months. The problem? The California Department of Transportation owns the right-of-way to the street where the market is planned, and they aren’t about to relinquish it soon.