We just can't get enough of every sun-filled, outdoor-loving, fine-dining, concert-rocking, business-thriving day. It's why we started SanDiego.com. We want to share our great city with you. From business to pleasure, whether you're just visiting or have been here since birth, we want to search, discover and connect you with everything San Diego. We are dedicated to being your perfect online guide and community partner today and for years to come. We've also put together a great team of award-winning writers, reviewers and insiders to uncover every detail of everything that is happening locally, and we're passing it on to you through a one-stop destination of information – SanDiego.com.
– The SanDiego.com Team
Meet Our Writers
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is a veteran freelance writer and photographer. He was previously associate editor of Palm Springs Life magazine, and editor of their sister monthly, Desert Guide. He's a member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). Batterson lives in the Cortez district, and walks regularly all around downtown, Bankers Hill, Little Italy and Balboa Park. Articles by David
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wrote stories for the North County Times while he was still in high school. After attending San Diego State University, he got a job at radio station KIOZ (Rock 105.3 FM), where he wrote for the morning show and did weekend and sports reporting on the air. He’s written jokes for several national comedians, including Jay Leno and David Letterman. Board wrote for the San Diego Reader for 15 years, and currently has a monthly column in Autograph Magazine. Articles by Josh
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is an award-winning freelance writer. Her work has been published in numerous local and national publications including San Diego Magazine, Ranch & Coast, Where Guestbook, Luxveria and Draft. Articles by Rebecca
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is a longtime voice on the San Diego arts, entertainment and cultural scene. The former editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Currents Weekend” and “Night & Day” sections, he wrote a popular column on the arts, “For What It’s Worth,” and chronicled in particular the glitter and impetuosity of the film industry. He is now a contributor to a number of Southern California publications and is pursuing his MFA at San Diego State, where he expects to complete the novel that’s been burning inside him all these years. Articles by Dave
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is editor in chief of SanDiego.com. He is the former executive editor of San Diego Magazine, and has won more than three-dozen Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists awards. His freelance work has been published in Men's Health, Men's Journal, Maxim, Glamour, The Christian Science Monitor and several other publications. Articles by Ron
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is a graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Media Studies and Marketing. She is a production assistant and writer at SanDiego.com. Articles by Brittany
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is a freelance writer, photojournalist, and restless San Diegan. He writes about pop music and culture at large for a number of publications including the San Diego Reader. His stories have appeared in San Diego Magazine, Los Angeles Journal, Goldmine, BluesWax, SignonSanDiego.com. Articles by David
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is a San Diego-based food writer with a fervent and defined passion for craft beer, particularly the variety produced by the artisans in his brew-centric hometown. He has been featured numerous times on The Food Network hit program Emeril Live, contributed to various national and local magazines, newspapers and online outlets including Beer Magazine, The Beer Connoisseur, Edible San Diego, Pacific San Diego, La Jolla Light, North County Times and Tasting Table. You can follow and friend him via twitter.com/offdutyfoodie and facebook.com/offdutyfoodie. Articles by Brandon
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holds a BA in Theater from the University of Alaska and was inspired to teach creative arts to children as a director of preschool and after-school programs. Her most passionate role to date is being mom to her 3-year-old toddler and six year old twins. Before writing for San Diego.com she wrote for local travel sites and parenting blogs. Jolene truly believes San Diego is America's Finest City, and THE BEST place to raise kids. Articles by Jolene
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have been writing reviews of Southern California restaurants since 2006. Kevin was formerly Associate Publisher of the North County Times, Publisher of San Diego Magazine and President of Modern Luxury Media. Steven spent 10 year as Vice President of Marketing for Food For All, a national charity focusing on the grocery industry. Their writing has been acknowledged for its excellence by the San Diego Press Club and also appears in the La Jolla Light weekly newspaper. Articles by Kevin and Steven
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has lived in all four corners of the country and places in between, but has been thrilled to call San Diego home since 2004. A well-published writer, copywriter and photographer, she has enjoyed immersing herself in everything San Diego. Whether traveling to the far-flung parts of the globe or the near-flung corners of her own backyard, Wendy is constantly seeking out, and writing about, new experiences, often in the company of her favorite companion, Sophie the Wander-dog. Learn more about Wendy at her website: www.wendylemlin.com. Articles by Wendy
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is a San Diego native and Charger season ticket holder since 1993. He also has a weekly Charger podcast at www.DanMcLellan.com. Articles by Dan
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has been a realtor in San Diego for the last 10 years. He is president of the Anthony Napoli Real Estate Group, located in the Little Italy neighborhood of downtown San Diego.
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is production editor at SanDiego.com. She began her publishing career in 2002 as a columnist for a local paper and has since established herself in the industry with a diverse background in editing, writing, and marketing for magazines, book publishing and online media. Her freelance work has appeared in Boating World, Southern Women Magazine, and other featured publications. Articles by Kim
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has spent a decade reporting for newspapers, weeklies and wire services. He holds a Master's Degree in Journalism from University of California, Berkeley. He has written stories for San Diego Magazine, Reuters, North County Times, San Diego Business Journal, the Baton Rouge Advocate, Video Business and the Union Tribune. Ned is also the former head speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans. He has won numerous awards from the San Diego Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists in San Diego. Articles by Ned
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is president of R. A. Rauch & Associates, Inc. (RAR), chairman of the board of SanDiego.com, serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the San Diego North Convention & Visitors Bureau, sits on the Sales and Marketing Committee of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau and founded the HotelGuru.com. He teaches a course in hospitality entrepreneurship at San Diego State University. His firm, RAR, operates the Homewood Suites by Hilton and the Hilton Garden Inn San Diego in Del Mar, among others. Articles by Bob
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is a best-selling author and award-winning reporter who has been called, "the Beat poet of American journalism." A former Washington Post staffer, under Bob Woodward of Watergate fame, he worked closely with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson during his years as a contributing editor to Rolling Stone. Sager is the author of three collections of nonfiction and one novel. He has served for the past 13 years as a writer at large for Esquire. Many of his articles have been optioned for film. He lives with his wife and son in La Jolla. For more info, see www.MikeSager.com. Articles by Mike
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is a San Diego writer and blogger. Her work has been published in Where magazine and the South African literary journal, Wordsetc. Her blog is Shmywayorthehighway.com. Articles by Rebekah
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is an editor, writer and blogger based in San Diego. She graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a degree in journalism. Her work has been published in San Diego Magazine, San Diego At Home, San Diego Business Journal, Want Magazine, Coronado Lifestyle Magazine and YouthWorker Journal. She blogs at www.sharpinsandiego.com. Articles by Tara
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is a freelance writer, editor and designer. He reports for media outlets including OurCity: San Diego, SDNN.com, SanDiegoDTOWN.com and Glance. His website is radamward.com. Articles by Adam
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is a journalist based in San Diego who writes about a variety of topics, including business, social and political issues and family life. Her work has been published in national magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, FORTUNE Small Business, CNNMoney.com, CBS MoneyWatch.com, Wired, Harper's, Salon.com, Slate.com, Psychology Today and others. She blogs at www.trueslant.com. Articles by Eileen
Arts Reviewers
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has been theater critic and columnist for San Diego Magazine since 1995 and has reviewed theater for Variety, Daily Variety, the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Tribune from 1980 until the paper's merger with the San Diego Union in 1992. Before that, he was entertainment editor and theater critic for the Oakland Press in Pontiac, Michigan. He's reviewed myriad productions in London, New York, Toronto and Stratford, Ontario, and in theaters across the United States, from Ashland to Asolo. San Diego theater, he is certain, ranks with the best. Articles by Don
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is a San Diego-area college art history and studio instructor who has written for Artweek and Gallery News. He was a co-curator for Spruce Street Forum's visual art program and has curated for Sushi Performance and Visual Arts. In 2009, he was also awarded first place in the Reviews category by the San Diego Press Club. Articles by Kraig
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is an editor at The Daily Transcript and a freelance arts and culture writer.
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is a professor of journalism and media studies at San Diego State University. He has a long-standing connection to the San Diego arts scene, having attended his first professional theatre performance in San Diego at age 13. He was smitten and has kept coming back for more ever since. Articles by Bill
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has contributed to sandiego.com since 2006. Her critiques and features have appeared in local and national publications including Dance Magazine, TheatreForum, Dance San Diego Magazine, and San Diego CityBeat. She received Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Diego Press Club in 2007 and 2009. Articles by Kris
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has been an active and widely published commentator on the local music scene since the 1960s. He has contributed to many San Diego newspapers and magazines as well as to national and international periodicals. Articles by David
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began his writing career as a music critic for the San Diego Union-Tribune and covered classical music for the San Diego Edition of the Los Angeles Times (1982-1992). He wrote "A History of the Spreckels Organ." and is currently Music Director/Organist for the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego where he conducts the 60-voice San Diego Youth Choir. Articles by Kenneth
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studied composition with George Crumb, Brian Ferneyhough, Robert Erickson, and Morton Feldman. He studied piano with Cecil Lytle and Aleck Karis. He has been hired by or collaborated with many local performing arts institutions, including the La Jolla Playhouse, SUSHI, Sledgehammer, Isaacs and McCaleb Dance, and City Moves. From 1995-2000 he was the executive director for San Diego New Music. In recent years, he has been a keyboardist with the Geisel Library Toy Piano Ensemble and the Teeny Tiny Pit Orchestra. In 2008 he won 1st prize from the San Diego Press Club in the category of Newspaper/Internet Reviews. Articles by Christian
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has been reviewing shows for more than 50 years, 35 of those years at the San Diego Union-Tribune and, now, nearly 10 for SanDiego.com, where he wrote the first reviews that appeared on the site. Articles by Welton
Cause for Celebration
Cause for Celebration is committed to providing professional and engaging coverage of San Diego’s busy social events calendar, while illuminating the businesses, donors and volunteers who bring these occasions to life. Our correspondents have 45 years combined public-relations experience. Ross Porter is a third generation San Diegan who promotes swing music and shares stories of San Diego history through neighborhood walking tours. Sign up Molly Bowman-Styles for any cause that promotes environmental or animal protection. Her passion is creating a better world. For Lizbeth Persons Price, arts and culture are the essence of life, combining with education to build a strong community. Articles
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