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Tostadas de San Diego: Northgate Market (opens the original)
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Found throughout Southern California, Gonzalez Northgate Market has countless reasons that lead many of us to shop there. One of those, for me, is the ceviche and aguachile bar at my local store, which we simply refer to as Northgate, on University Ave in San Diego. I’ve pretty much had all they’ve offered, picking up to-go ones and going up to the counter to get larger quantities or ones not offered as a to-go option. It’s made fresh daily and some days they make multiple batches throughout the
Climbing Mt. Watching Solo (opens the original)
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Not sure I agree with everything I wrote here, which is why it’s good practice to go back and read what I wrote to see my own life’s journey through the written word, and to see how my writing has evolved.The year before this trip, I went with a friend and we did not summit. Winds were howlin’ up to 60 mph, wind chills were in the negative 40s F and he was plain old cold by the time we got to Lion’s Head. We turned back and then got pizza and drank beer.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-im
Land of the People of the Corn (opens the original)
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mountains rise up, pine coveredand down below, in the foldsare the valleys where the peoplehave lived for centuries, cultivatingcorn, cultivating who they are byplanting seeds in the soil, anagri-culture that is their identity<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!arZx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:s
Palm Springs Backcountry (opens the original)
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On the southside of Palm Springs is the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. It is Cahuilla land that the Agua Caliente band co-manage with BLM land managers. It feels remote, a place of thorns and things that sting and bite, as well as a place of pine forest as you climb higher. Hot and deadly in the summer, shoulder season and winter is the time go. Way up top, you can practice mountaineering skills in snow and ice. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://
Tostadas de San Diego: Blind Burro and Blanco (opens the original)
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Why does not eating where the tourists do give you some sort of “other” credibility, if you’re a local or a “cool” traveler? I’ve never understood it. If it’s good food, who cares. Leave the pretense at home, or well, actually, uh, maybe I’m glad you’re not eating where I’m eating. Blind Burro is a go-to spot for many San Diegans, especially when the Padres are playing. Good cheer, lively energy, and not to forget, the margs are pretty tasty. Add in the chicken tinga tostadas, and you have a sol
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