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THE COAST NEWS
JULY 9, 2010
Pala offers Filipino comedy this summer PALA — Popular Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarrete will bring his special brand of humor to Pala Casino Spa & Resort at 7:30 p.m. July 24 in The Grand Cabaret, 11154 Highway 76. Tickets are $25 or $19. Tickets are on sale now, with no service charge, at the Pala Privileges Center. Call (877) 946-7252 for more information. Tickets also are available at Star Tickets at (800) 585-3737, or www.star tickets.com. To get to Pala, take I-15 to Highway 76 east five miles. The recently expanded Pala Casino Spa & Resort includes a Las Vegas-style casino with 2,000 slot machines, 15 poker tables and 87 table games; a 507-room hotel; a 10,000square-foot, full-service spa and salon that features 14 treatment rooms; a state-ofthe-art fitness center; swimming pool with 12 private poolside cabanas, and dualtemperature outdoor Jacuzzi. Pala also offers 10 restaurants and 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. For more information, visit www.palacasino.com.
MAY IT WAVE Under the leadership of Lesley Clifton, Regent of the Santa Margarita Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 65 Flag Day certificates were presented to community members who were caught flying their flags on a regular basis. Chapter member Evelyn Cahill had her two granddaughters, Caroline, left, and Avery, right, help deliver some of the certificates in her neighborhood, including one for neighbor Erika Nienhouse. Courtesy photo
NEW GALLERY Santos Orellana chose Leucadia for his newest gallery/studio, Santos Fine Art Galleries, 978 N. Coast Highway 101. The next show will be “Meet Santos Then and Now,” from 6 to 10 p.m. July 24. Future shows will include resident artists, local artist group shows, shows for North County high school students programs and Couples’ Night Out, where couples can come to the gallery and paint with free materials. Santos is a native of Honduras, who came to North County in 2002. Call (760) 633-1644 for more information. Courtesy photo
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future column. As I write this, a large real estate investment trust has just announced a purchase of Beaulieu and Sterling Vineyards, both from Napa Valley. Foley Family Wines, which has Sebastiani and Wattle Creek, has just added Chalk Hill from Sonoma. OK, so those are business trends. Here are some special tastings: — Lewis Cellars Chardonnay Reserve Napa Valley 2008 for $65. The winery of the season at Amaya, the Grand Del Mar Resort. Balanced to perfection with crisp character. — Saxon Brown Pinot Noir Sonoma 2008 for $41. Dynamic treatment of this “First Lady” of reds. Strawberry notes carry through to the long, glamorous finish. — Thornton Winery Petite Sirah Temecula Valley 2007 for $40. Thornton has seven new releases out, topped by this inaugural triumph by winemaker Don Reha. Care-
fully aged 27 months in toasted oak. — Thornton Winery Nebbiolo Temecula Valley 2007 for $34. The northern Italian backbone grape to the famous Barolo and Barbaresco, this wine has wings and flies with its famous brethren. Rich and visceral. Expect leather, mineral characteristics. — Parallel Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2007 for $64. According to “birthday girl” Laura at Carlsbad Wine Merchants, this wine was created by Winemaker of the Year Phillipe Melka. A primetime serving. — Baily Vineyard and Winery Riesling Temecula Valley 2008 for $14. Made to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Temecula. Crisp, clean and smooth taste. Serve cold with chicken and pork. Can easily be an aperitif. — Fontana Fredda Briccotonio Barbera Piedmont Italy 2008 for $9. Here is one Italy’s most delicious table wines. The Barbera grape is underrated. No concern
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about age. Just open it and west of Rancho Bernardo has a Ferrari-Carano wine dinner enjoy! starting at 6:30 p.m. July 13. A Wine Bytes fabulous four-course dinner — A Temecula Valley Tast- and five wines from Sonoma’s ing Tour departs the Mission Ferrari-Carano. Cost is $65 Bay Visitors Center from 10 per person. Reservations at a.m. to 5 p.m. July 10. Stops at (858) 673-5100. — The California Wine three favorite wineries: Briar Rose, Falkner and Leonesse. Festival Santa Barbara is July Cost is $100 each. Includes 15 to July 17. Highlight is the vineyard tours, tastes and Saturday Beachside Wine Fessnacks. Call (619) 233-8687 tival at the Santa Barbara Pier. Prices vary, so visit www.califor more information. — Il Fornaio in Del Mar forniawinefestival.com. — The second annual has a Festa Regionale, headlining a Taste of Toscana, now Mouton Noir Wine Dinner is at through July 18. Wine choices Amaya in the Grand Del Mar include Chianti Ruffina and Resort from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Mazzoni Super Tuscan with July 16. Four-course dinner entrees like Bistecca alla with wine pairings for $70 Fiorentina. RSVP at 1-888- each. Celebrate a collection of small growers from around ITALIAN. — The new the globe. RSVP at (858) 314Wines@WholesalePlus is open 2036. in the San Diego Culinary Center across from the Convention Frank Mangio is a renowned wine conCenter.A Super Saturday Sam- noisseur certified by Wine Spectator. pling happens from 4 to 7 p.m. His library can be viewed at www.tasteJuly 11. You get 10 wines for ofwinetv.com. (Average Google certified $10 with appetizers. Call (619) 900 visits per day) He is one of the top 231-6400 for more information. five wine commentators on the Web. — Capri Blu Italian Bistro Reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.
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often occurred at bus stops where enforcement is difficult. The good news is that the every bus stop has signage which encourages bus riders to assert their right to stand in a smoke-free zone and ask a smoker to put out their cigarette while waiting at the bus stop.
so much better than it was before the policy because riders used to get off the train just to smoke.The conductors would announce that they could do that. The air was filled with smoke. Now folks can’t do that so it’s much better, you hardly Barbara Gordon is a youth prevention ever see smokers.” The teens observed specialist with the San Dieguito that tobacco litter more Alliance for Drug Free Youth.
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Lane. Show dates are: — July 14: “Finding Nemo,” (Rated G) — July 21: “The Rescuers,” (Rated G) — July 28: “Surf’s Up,” (Rated PG) There are also five library book clubs where readers can share literary insights with other readers. Monday Night Classics Book Club reading “Tarzan of the Apes.” Tuesday Evening Book Club reading “The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.” First Wednesday Book Club reading “Eat, Pray, Love.” First Thursday Book Club reading “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Thursday Afternoon Book Club reading “My Father’s Tears and Other Stories.” A silent auction is being held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17 and from 1 to 3 p.m.
July 18 in the Dove Library’s Gowland Meeting Room, 1775 Dove Lane. Bid on unique, top-quality books at the Silent Auction sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The Cinema Society of Carlsbad will host a free screening of “Departures” (Rated PG-13), winner of an Academy Award for best foreign language film, at 2 p.m. July 10. Arrive at 1:30 p.m. for a Cinema Chat in the Schulman Auditorium, 1775 Dove Lane.
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against the distinguished officer. Judd, who lost his job with the department in 2008, had filed a lawsuit against his former employer for wrongful termination; however, in May he withdrew his claim.