Cool on the Coast: Kick off holiday season, give back this November and December
Antonio Pequeño IV
November 20, 2018
Filed under Arts, Carlsbad, COOL ON THE COAST, Encinitas, Holidays, La Costa, Region, Solana Beach, Theater
Your monthly roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach and the region.
Cool on the Coast: No shortage of November events for the family
Michele Leivas
November 17, 2017
Filed under Arts, Books, Carlsbad, COOL ON THE COAST, Del Mar, Encinitas, Food, Holidays, Oceanside, Region, San Diego County
Your monthly roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Del Mar, Oceanside and the region.
Cool on the Coast: Check out these events for a spirited November
Michele Leivas
November 6, 2016
Filed under Arts, Carlsbad, COOL ON THE COAST, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Food, Holidays, North County, Oceanside, Region, Solana Beach, Theater
Your monthly roundup of events in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Oceanside and Escondido.
Preserved Home: Look forward to the holidays by planning ahead
Laura Woolfrey Macklem
November 11, 2015
Filed under NORTH COAST TASTE, Preserved Home
One of the biggest challenges for the holiday host is spending time with guests while still meeting all the expectations of a holiday meal. And certainly, if you have out-of-town company, you aren’t just preparing one big meal, but several in between for your guests. The stress is enough to take the jingle o...
Sheriff’s Dept. makes 28 arrests in sweep
North Coast Current
November 28, 2014
Filed under Cardiff by the Sea, Del Mar, Encinitas, LATEST NEWS, Law Enforcement, Leucadia, Olivenhain, Region, Solana Beach
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department made 28 arrests during a sweep Nov. 26-27 along Coast Highway 101. The sweep, which ran from 10 p.m. Nov. 26 to 2 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, was part of the Sheriff's Department’s Holiday Watch program. The operation took place along the highway in Encinitas,...
Cool on the Coast: Music for a cause, holiday hops
Layla Marino
November 10, 2014
Filed under Arts, Carlsbad, Community News, COOL ON THE COAST, Del Mar, Encinitas, Food, Holidays, Oceanside, Region, San Diego County, Solana Beach
The holidays are on their way in Coastal North County, and this area of San Diego is known for its amazing holiday events. Hay rides, pumpkin patches, fall beer offerings and lots of music are just the norm on the North County coast in November. So many events can be overwhelming, so the we’re is h...
Share your local holiday memories
November 29, 2013
Filed under Holidays, Local History
Is it the people? Maybe the season itself? Or simply a sense of magic that comes from living in the communities that make up coastal North County? Share your North Coast holiday memories with fellow readers of the North Coast Current. Between now and Dec. 31, the Current invites you to submit a short,...
Preserved Home: Warming pecans, frosty cranberries ideal for the season
Laura Woolfrey-Macklem
November 15, 2013
Filed under COLUMNISTS, Food, NORTH COAST TASTE, Preserved Home
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, and not just because I’m a foodie. Thanksgiving has tradition, warmth, and gathers family much like Christmas, but without all the gift pressure. And unlike fighting crowds for buying toys and other gifts, I love Thanksgiving shopping, filling my grocery basket...
Preserved Home: Don’t be spooked by powdered pumpkin
Laura Woolfrey-Macklem
October 10, 2013
Filed under COLUMNISTS, Food, NORTH COAST TASTE, Preserved Home
One of my favorite childhood memories is our annual fall trip to Bates Nut Farm to get a pumpkin. There were no bounce houses, vendors or face painters at the pumpkin patch back then. It was just pumpkins. And it was wonderful. Growing up in the 1970’s and ’80s, everyone in my neighborhood only...
It wouldn’t be the holidays without: Staple has local roots
Lauren Ciallella
November 20, 2012
Filed under Food, Region, San Marcos, Top Stories
Editor's note: With the holidays around the corner, the North Coast Current revisits this story, first published in the Current in November 2008 Is it stuffing or is it dressing? “There’s really no difference,” says Leo Pearlstein, Mrs. Cubbison’s PR man since 1948. A personal friend of San...
It wouldn’t be the holidays without: Tradition began with San Marcos native
Lauren Ciallella
November 1, 2008
Filed under Food, NORTH COAST LIFE, Region, San Marcos
Is it stuffing or is it dressing? “There’s really no difference,” says Leo Pearlstein, Mrs. Cubbison’s PR man since 1948. A personal friend of San Marcos legend Sophie Cubbison, Pearlstein watched as this inventive entrepreneur used her passion for health food to become a national icon. “I...
