Author Archive for Jean Gillette
Movin Shoes hosts party
ENCINITAS — Movin Shoes will celebrate 35 years in business from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 10, with giveaways from vendors and a raffle every 20 minutes, at Movin Shoes, 897 S. Coast Highway 101, Lumberyard Shopping Center. There will be a sale going on all day long, plus the open house and a free [...]
Getting the best of a sticky situation
I would wager that more than the average amount of ridiculous happens in my life. I am still chuckling from the latest installment.
Hanukkah celebration planned
SOLANA BEACH — ORT America North Shores Chapter presents Cantor William Tiep of Temple Solel at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club, 1505 Lomas Santa Fe Drive.Tiep will present a holiday program of Hanukkah music from around the world. Bring your Menorah and candles. Bring unwrapped toys for [...]
Let’s try flipping the holidays
OK, ladies. I had what I think might be a brilliant idea. It struck me as I was buying my daughter a space heater.
Community invited for Thanksgiving
CARLSBAD — Calvary Chapel Carlsbad on Corte Del Abeto in Carlsbad is reaching out to military, homeless and families serving dinner from noon to 4 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at Calvary Chapel, 6355 Corte Del Abeto, Carlsbad. This is not a food line but a restaurant setting with tables, centerpieces, entertainment and servers. Call (760) 603-9777 [...]
SNAP offers pit bull neuter clinic
CARLSBAD — Call for reservations now for the Nov. 17 special all-day Spay and Neuter Clinic for pit bulls (and mixes of that breed). The event is being offered to responsible pittie owners in North County as an incentive to stop the breeding and reproduction of the highest euthanized breed in San Diego County.
All the right moves
OK, maybe it’s payback.
Watch out for Veteran’s Day scams
COAST CITIES — Veterans Day is an unfortunate opportunity for con-artists to target military personnel, both active duty and retired, warns the San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Lending a hand to hurricane victims
COAST CITIES — Do you feel like you don’t know what to do to help those suffering on the East Coast?
Hurricane hits Chino Farms event
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Jonathan Waxman event at the Chino Farm on Nov. 11 has been cancelled. Chef Waxman’s restaurant, Barbuto’s in Manhattan, has sustained devastating damage from hurricane Sandy, making Waxman’s departure from New York impossible at this time.

