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This San Diego's bakery's warm bread is coming right down, by basket
Jeffrey Lamont Brown loves living and working in San Diego's East Village, but one of his biggest frustrations with the neighborhood over the years was that it had no bakery where he could buy a loaf of bread, fresh out of the oven. Then came the pandemic, which dried up all the commercial advertising business at Brown's company, Tallgrass Pictures. So with an empty 3,200-square-foot studio and not much in the way of income, he decided to turn his bread-baking hobby into a business. In June, he launched Izola Bakery, a small-batch artisan bakery that has been drawing crowds this month — not ju...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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On Gardening: Heart to Heart Christmas a grand idea in the making
The floral world has been turned upside down in 2020 and thankfully not by COVID challenges but by an idea long in coming to fruition. I’ll call it a Heart to Heart Christmas. Indoor decorating for Christmas 2020 has been given a new jolt and that appropriately involves a plant that has long been known as the Heart of Jesus. Proven Winners probably didn’t know what they had created when they debuted the new series of Heart to Heart caladiums. So beautiful,in their design and colors, they have already sparked a fire or revival of this South American tropical. But the challenge and success in cr...
Tribune News Service
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Sound Advice: Holiday gift guide 2020
I have even more suggestions in my Q&A column, which started weekly gift recommendations in September. Read past columns at soundadvicenews.com. CHARGING AND POWER Linearflux Hypercharger MAX, $79: High-capacity charger with USB-C connections that can even be used to power a laptop. linearflux.myshopify.com Anker PowerCore Fusion 5000, $25: This wall charger has a built-in battery so it can charge your devices even when it is not plugged in to an outlet. anker.com EARPHONES AND HEADPHONES ZVOX AV50 headphones, $59 (reduced from $149): ZVOX is reducing the price of their popular AV50 headphones...
Tribune News Service
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Jerry Zezima: A grandfather's guide to physical fitness
As an out-of-shape geezer who drinks red wine to avoid heart trouble and believes that exercise and health food will kill you, I am proud, happy and practically comatose to report that I recently got the best workout I’ve had in months. And with not one but two personal trainers. I refer, of course, to my granddaughters. Because of coronavirus restrictions, I hadn’t seen Chloe, 7, and Lilly, 4, since the summer. And we had to wear masks and keep a safe social distance. My wife, Sue, and I had to do the same this time, when we watched the girls for a couple of hours while their mommy and our yo...
Tribune News Service
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Bob Brookover: Three departing Phillies employees describe their thrilling rides working for the team they love
PHILADELPHIA — The stories had a number without any names. More than 80 people will be purged from the Phillies’ payroll by the end of the year as the team attempts to financially recover from a season without fans forced by the COVID-19 virus that continues to spread wildly throughout the country. What’s vital to remember is that these are real people losing and leaving their jobs. They are people of all ages and incomes, men and women, some of whom have spent their entire lives working for the organization. We talked to three of them this week and you might be surprised to learn that they ar...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Sound Advice: Holiday gift guide 2020
I have even more suggestions in my Q&A column, which started weekly gift recommendations in September. Read past columns at soundadvicenews.com. CHARGING AND POWER Linearflux Hypercharger MAX, $79: High-capacity charger with USB-C connections that can even be used to power a laptop. linearflux.myshopify.com Anker PowerCore Fusion 5000, $25: This wall charger has a built-in battery so it can charge your devices even when it is not plugged in to an outlet. anker.com EARPHONES AND HEADPHONES ZVOX AV50 headphones, $59 (reduced from $149): ZVOX is reducing the price of their popular AV50 headphones...
Tribune News Service
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New on DVD: Look who's breaking bad in 'Better Call Saul: Season Five'
An acclaimed AMC series raises its stakes to extreme heights in the top new DVD releases for the week of Nov. 24.“Better Call Saul: Season Five”: Over the course of four seasons, we’ve seen Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) slowly devolve into his Saul Goodman persona, grappling with the death of his brother, Chuck (Michael McKean), his strange yet beautiful partnership with Kim (Rhea Seehorn), and deep down, his love of the game.That slow burn explodes this season, with Jimmy inserting himself into the drug war between Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton, whose deranged performance continues to delight) an...
Tribune News Service
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McCloskeys sue UPI, photographer over iconic image confronting protesters
ST. LOUIS — Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the gun-toting couple who gained recognition after confronting protesters passing by their St. Louis home, have sued a United Press International photographer and the wire service, alleging a photo that has risen to international prominence was taken on their property.In a lawsuit filed Friday in St. Louis Circuit Court, the McCloskeys accuse UPI photographer Bill Greenblatt of trespassing to capture one of the most iconic images of the confrontation between the McCloskeys and protesters on their way to Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house.The couple, known for b...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Chicago student took 17,000 photos at 37 events of people fighting for social justice after George Floyd's killing. Now, there's a book. 'I want to give you the whole story.'
CHICAGO — Snapping images on disposable cameras during childhood fishing trips was Vashon Jordan Jr.’s introduction to the value of photography and capturing a moment in time.Since then, the 21-year-old photographer’s work has mainly been showcased on his social media platforms. But this summer, when the city was moved by myriad social injustices against Black people, that changed.Jordan’s first book “Chicago Protests: A Joyful Revolution” was released this month. The paperback photo book features 117 images from 37 demonstrations, protests, events and community gatherings throughout the city ...
Chicago Tribune
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Speaking of the season: Minnesota outdoors advocates weigh in on their flight in autumn
MINNEAPOLIS — Time spent in the outdoors is a shared narrative among Minnesotans. Maybe now more widely shared than in a lifetime as people see a place where safety from the coronavirus feels a breath away.What follows are words from some of those people, for whom the outdoors is a place of action and vocation and, given the times, a place of even higher worth. Who can’t relate?Alumni of the Outdoors Weekend feature Currents were asked several questions:How have you spent your time outdoors this autumn?What’s been meaningful?And has the pandemic changed any of it?Their answers have been edited...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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