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10 A Note from the Editor 12 Notables 16 Artist Mary Hale 26 Emerald Keepers Advocates 34 Crown City History 40 Delectable Deviled Eggs 46 Island Girl Goes Sustainable 50 Greenery to Brighten Rooms 54 Coronado Flower Show 58 Floral Design Explained 62 Dining Guide

On the front cover: Nasturtiums in oil by Mary Hale, artist Photo by Katie Karosich On the back cover: Pacific calico and Pacific scallops are plentiful on our bayside beaches.

Photo by @coronadobeachcomber Background photo: Mexican Palm (Mexican washingtonia) silhouetted against a colorful sunset.

Photo by Leslie Crawford

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The natural environment is as close as our backyard. Here, Bart surveys his garden realm.

Celebrating Our Piece of the Planet

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arth Day is celebrating 50 years on April 22.

It’s heartening to know that conversations about the environment have been gaining momentum for half a century. We need to be better caretakers of our planet and every bit of awareness makes a difference. I like to think that our annual Coronado Flower Show is timed perfectly with Earth Day to align with the culture of respect and love for nature.

Our features this month are focused on the beauty of nature and the environment around us. Mary Hale is the artist of our gorgeous cover image. Her landscape paintings and the flora and fauna she paints on porcelain are reflective of the beauty the local artist sees in the world.

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made quite an impact already. We are also giving you a glimpse at what it takes to stage the annual Flower Show. And our monthly garden story explains floral design, one of the least understood parts of the show.

Our history section focuses on Coronado’s early days in horticulture, the Spaces feature offers guidance on bringing some nature inside, Island Girl sources sustainable products around town and Chef Clyde livens up the classic deviled egg, just in time for Easter and Passover.

As we go to print, our lives are undergoing unprecedented changes with the Covid-19 virus pandemic. Many events have been canceled with more to follow. Coronado schools announced closures, and a national emergency has been declared.

Hopefully, life will soon get back to normal. In the meantime, stay well in these uncertain times.

— Leslie Crawford, Editor

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April 11 EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA 1-3:30 p.m. Coronado Community Center Bring your baskets for the annual children's egg hunt, plus a life-size Candyland game, crafts, carnival games and visits from the Easter Bunny. The event is free, but purchase required for carnival games. coronado.ca.us April 17-19 FLOWER SHOW WEEKEND 1-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Spreckels Park Entries can be dropped off Friday afternoon and the show officially opens at 1 p.m. Saturday and continues on Sunday. Admission is $5.

The Spring Fling on Saturday night is one of Coronado’s hottest parties. In conjunction with the Flower Show, Friends of the Coronado Library will hold its annual book sale, Coronado Art Association’s Art in the Park will be held all weekend and the Rotary Pancake Breakfast

will be at Village Elementary School on Sunday. coronadoflowershow.com, coronadofol.org, coronadorotary.com, coronadoartassn.com April 18 SALUTE TO THE MILITARY BALL 6 p.m. Hotel del Coronado Coronado Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Hilton Worldwide present the 36th annual Salute to the Military Ball, honoring local military men and women. coronadochamber.com April 26 MOTORCARS ON MAINSTREET 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Orange and Isabella avenues Coronado MainStreet’s 30th annual car show will feature more than 400 pre-1973 restored classic, rod and custom cars & trucks.

The free event includes live entertainment.

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For a complete listing of events, visit CoronadoCalendar.com

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Artist Mary Hale is still working on perfecting her craft as a landscape painter and a porcelain painter.

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ary Hale’s charming home is filled with brightly colored oil paintings, hand-painted light fixtures and porcelain vases, platters and butter dishes adorned with exquisite detail. So it’s surprising to hear the artist say she never considered herself a “natural.”

When it comes to art and painting, Hale said, “Some people just have ‘it’. But not too many people, including me, are naturals.

We have to study, practice and train our eyes how to see things to turn them into art.”

For Hale, it’s about observing the beauty in the world around her and studying how to translate that into fine art.

Hale remembers when she was 5, growing up in Long Beach, playing with her best friend who was a year older and “the boss.” Her friend would always choose to play with dolls, but when Hale was allowed to choose, it was always some

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Mary Hale started her artistic path as a painter and she still enjoys the medium, capturing the world around her, but her true passion now is painting porcelain.

kind of art activity. “We’d play with clay, or draw, or make paper shapes. I’ve always really loved art,” she said.

Hale attended Cal Poly Pomona and majored in business, but took several art classes during her tenure there as well as some classes on the side at a nearby junior college.

After college, she was able to build a career with a creative outlet, working for Costco designing their gift baskets and helping vendors design food packaging. But her dedication to learning about art and honing her craft continued.

She took night classes at a nearby junior college in Walnut.

“The painting classes were always full, so I’d take different drawing and illustration classes and learned so much,” she said. “I loved them. They were such a good eye opener.”

In the early 1980s, Hale attended the Los Angeles County Fair and stumbled across a booth with a group of women artists. “It was the ’80s so there was this big Vic-

torian-era resurgence at the time,” she said. The women were painting intricate designs and images on various pieces of porcelain, and Hale was taken by it.

“I loved what those ladies were painting, but didn’t think I could do anything like that,” she said.

Still, the women encouraged Hale.

“They showed me that it was a forgiving practice because if you messed up, you could just wipe the

paint off and start over. They said, ‘You can do it!’,” she remembered.

Hale began taking private lessons with the group at night. She loved the art of painting on porcelain, but soon realized the women’s teaching style didn’t quite suit her.

Much of what they were doing was simply tracing images and teaching students to copy their exact technique, but Hale wanted to work at it in a way that developed her own style.

“I knew I could go beyond that with the right training and practice,” Hale said. She continued to paint on her own, and began attending art seminars at schools all over the country.

In 1983, two years after she’d started porcelain painting, she met artist Alzora Zaremba doing a “paint in” at an art show. Hale was fascinated by her and her work. “She’s at the top of our field and an incredibly gifted artist,” Hale said. Four years later, she attended a lecture by Zaremba in Arizona and, in her quest to learn CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM

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Along with flowers, birds and fish are popular subjects for Hale.

and grow as an artist, approached Zaremba and asked her if she’d come to her home and give her private lessons.

Zaremba agreed, the two hit it off, and their friendship thrives today. Even after Hale moved to Coronado (a return home for her husband, Dale, who grew up here and graduated Coronado High School in 1966) in 2008, the two stayed in touch. Each year, Zaremba comes to stay with Hale for three days and they paint together.

Hale treasures the time they spend together as well as the beautiful works of art they co-create.

Above her kitchen table is a large glass bowl chandelier that Hale found at a thrift store for $20 that she and Zaremba painted with bold florals. Throughout the home are duos of paintings that the two women painted of the same scene, each in their unique style.

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“My time with Alzora is one of my big vacations of the year. I love her company.

She’s an absolute master,” Hale said.

While Hale loves oil painting, her real passion lies in porcelain painting. She finds it more challenging, because the colors can morph drastically once the porcelain goes into the kiln for firing.

The color red, for example, doesn’t hold up well and will get overtaken by other colors such as yellow, Hale explained. “So it’s a constant learning process,” she said.

In recent years, Hale began doing “raise work” on her porcelain pieces, using a paste to create a stunning intricacy of tiny dots and lattice work around borders and within vignettes. She also gilds these raised details with a paint that is 45 percent real gold. Once this delicate – and expensive – raise

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work is done, it can only be fired once or it will chip, so it can be a tricky process. But Hale is up for the challenge.

“It’s very meditative and therapeutic,” Hale said. “You really lose yourself in it. Your worries and cares go away while you use a different side of your brain, and I often don’t even realize how much time has gone by,” she said.

One treasured piece is a Limoges porcelain egg she painted with soft, dainty roses and painstakingly detailed with ornate raise work. It took many hours to complete and remains a special work in her collection. She uses it to store a lock of her late mother’s hair.

Hale has painted a plethora of vibrantly colored works of art both on canvas and porcelain, depicting gorgeously detailed images, including peacocks, crabs, cherubs, koi fish and oranges. But her favorite subjects are roses. They are also the most challenging for her.

“They are the hardest when it comes to capturing their likeness.

They look too stiff if they get overworked, but their layers of petals and their softness is just so hard to get exactly right,” she said.

But, while sipping coffee out of one of her hand-painted mugs, she explained that sometimes it comes out just right, pointing to a perfectly pink, plump rose next to the mug handle.

Since Hale retired in 2010, she’s been paying it forward to other artists also intent on honing their craft.

The Hales renovated their home to add an artist studio, where she paints commissioned pieces and teaches classes twice a week. She’s also the commissioner for public art on the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission and represents Coro-

“You really lose yourself in it. Your worries and cares go away while you use a different side of your brain, and I often don’t even realize how much time has gone by,” Hale said.

nado for art installations on Port of San Diego land. She has served on the commission’s visual arts committee since 2011, managing local gallery exhibits like those at the C3 Gallery at the Coronado Community Center and running the art booth at the Coronado Flower Show.

Hale finds inspiration in the simple beauty around her every day, sitting in her yard or walking around the neighborhood: a

neighbor’s impressive rose garden, brightly blooming spring daffodils in her own front yard and especially the pink angel trumpet tree in her backyard, which she says is spectacular when in bloom.

She has spent much of her life training to see the art in these things.

“My creative process,” Hale said, “is really to seek out the beauty in everything and everybody.”

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Emerald Keepers engaging community for a greener Coronado

Underwater shots of a seahorse and pregnant stingray captured by photographer Neal Matthews in Glorietta Bay.

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very minute of every day, the equivalent of one large truckload of plastic is dumped into the oceans, adding up to 8 million metric tons a year. That’s the weight of nearly 90 aircraft carriers.

Amy Steward, president of the nonprofit Emerald Keepers, wants Coronado to help reduce that staggering number, one plastic grocery bag, water bottle and takeout container at a time.

The retired Coronado teacher founded Emerald Keepers in June 2019 with Libby Troyer, the organization’s vice president, and Lisa Thompson, one of Emerald Keepers’ team members. The idea behind Emerald Keepers is simple: make residents more aware of the

environment and have everyone pitch in for a cleaner Coronado and its surrounding waters.

“We really want to educate Coronado. People really don’t know what they can do,” Steward said.

With the motto of reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, Emerald

Keepers is on a mission to have residents take a pledge to be more sustainable by eliminating single-use plastics, drive less and pick up three pieces of trash every day.

So far, 360 have made the commitment.

Emerald Keepers is also working with the city and local businesses.

Restaurants have to meet a number of criteria to become an Emerald Keeper, including eliminating polystyrene, plastic straws, plastic bags and plastic utensils for dine-in customers. (Take-out utensils can be provided upon request.) Other businesses need to phase in energy-efficient appliances and LED lighting, as well as eliminate plastic water bottles on site and provide only paper bags on request. To date, 29 business and restaurants CROWNCITYMAGAZINE.COM

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Volunteers celebrate a beach cleanup that was cosponsored by Emerald Keepers and the Rotary Club of

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Children read about sealife on a sign created by Emerald Keepers and the City of Coronado at the entrance to Glorietta Bay Park.

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have signed up.

“Little shifts are making a huge difference in Coronado,” Steward said.

To help get the word out, Emerald Keepers has partnered with the Coronado Public Library for “Vision 2020.” Among the events is a series of programs educating the public on everything from environmental stewardship of the Navy and pollution on the U.S.-Mexican border to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the chemical breakdown of plastics.

The partnership has also nudged the library toward more sustainable practices.

“If you have been to an event at the library recently, you will have noticed that we are using crockery and no longer using paper/plastic cups,” said Shaun Briley, the

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library’s director. “Since the library is arguably the busiest public venue in the city, this is hopefully having an impact. I have a request in with the public works department to convert our drinking fountains to be able to refill multi-use bottles.

We made these changes to try to live up to the challenge thrown down by Emerald Keepers.”

The partnership has also included a poster contest for kids and a citizen science expo. Still on the agenda are a group read of The Death and Life of Monterey Bay,

by Stephen Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka, and Earth Day activities on April 22 that include the screening of A Plastic Ocean and a community trash cleanup.

It was the amount of trash on the beach and along the bay during a cleanup that sparked the three

Mayor Richard Bailey proclaims June 2019 "Emerald Green, Ocean Blue" month as Emerald Keepers president Amy Steward and high school board member Jesse Hill look on.

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BY THE NUMBERS

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Metric tons of plastic enter the ocean annually.

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Percent of marine litter stemming from land-based sources.

Pieces of floating microplastic in every square mile of ocean, estimated in 2006 by the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Number of gyres, a circular oceanic current, in the world. The North Pacific Gyre contains the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where waste from North America and Japan are drawn together. Its size has been estimated to equal Texas.

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Percent of plastic recycled in the United States in 2017, down from 2016. Some estimate plastic recycling dipped to less than 5% in 2019.

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Number of species endangered by plastic ingestion or entanglement

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into action. Because Coronado is surrounded by water, the shoreline waste ends up in the ocean and bay.

“If you walk on our beaches, you see so much trash, especially plastic.

It’s just horrific,” Steward said. “We call ourselves the emerald isle, the emerald city, but we are not very green.”

As president of the organization, Steward is dedicated to change that.

After 24 years as a local educator, Steward is connected to the com-

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Approximate number of marine dead zones, covering about 95,000 square miles. Dead zones are depleted of oxygen necessary to support marine life.

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When all World Heritage coral reefs could be destroyed due to pollution and warming waters, according to UNESCO.

munity and is also reaching out to schools to help the cause. Coronado High School now has an Emerald Keepers Club that is helping with events for younger students and in the community. She has also been advocating for using both sides of paper in classrooms and using repurposed items for art.

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Along with a full schedule of events, the organization has also created a sign in partnership with the city of Coronado at the entrance to Glorietta Bay Park with photographs of the bay’s wildlife, facts about plastic and ways to become an Emerald Keeper.

Steward is currently working on placing buckets along the beaches for people to borrow and collect trash as well as creating homefront signs for those who take the

Emerald Keepers pledge. The signs will be made from reclaimed wood burnished with the organization’s turtle logo.

Besides taking the Emerald Keepers pledge, the organization’s website offers 50 things residents can do to be “emerald green, ocean blue.” Some items are as easy as carrying a reusable grocery bag and water bottle or reading the newspaper online.

“We are a throwaway culture but we don’t need to be a throwaway culture,” Steward said. “We need to change the way we package in the United States.”

Steward’s ultimate goal is to make Coronado a sustainable city with no single-use plastics. She already has many people thinking about being greener.

“You might have noticed that library summer reading programs throughout the country famously have cheap, giveaway – and throwaway – plastic ‘incentives’ like pens, pendants and toys (the library equivalent of the Happy Meal toy) intended to incentivize kids to sign up for the reading program and reward them for reading over the summer,” Briley said. “I have committed to being the first library that we know of to have 100 percent sustainable, recyclable and environmentally friendly reading incentives for kids. Don’t honestly know yet how we are going to do it. But I am on it!”

Everyone doing a little can add up to a lot, Steward said.

“I would ultimately love for other communities to do this as well,” she said. “If we can get Coronado to do it, then others, too, can do what we are doing to be green.”

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Crown City History I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H H O T E L D E L C O R O N A D O & C O R O N A D O H I S T O R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N

Coronado’s Gardener B y V I C K I E S T O N E , C U R AT O R O F C O L L E C T I O N S , C O R O N A D O H I S T O R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N

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t’s hard to imagine Coronado without the greenery of the tree-lined streets and public parks. Much of the plant and tree life we enjoy today is the result of Coronado city gardener Louis Bandel, who devoted his life to enriching the town with horticulture in the first part of the 20th century.

Louis C. Bandel was born in 1870 in Missouri. He married Ida Mae Dennison in Kansas, and the couple visited San Diego in 1900.

Ida Bandel found the climate to be beneficial to her health, so the two stayed and settled in Coronado.

They purchased a home and had it moved to 1050 Isabella Ave. to be closer to the ocean. It remained their home for 59 years.

In 1901, Louis Bandel became the city’s park superintendent, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1947. He helped plan parkland and was responsible for planting most of the older trees we see today in the parks and along streets. His daughter-in-law Lucille Sexton Bandel shared a story in the book Coronado We Remember: “When the city couldn’t afford grass in the parks, he obtained a donation of grass seed and then coordinated watering with firemen’s

Coronado park superintendent Louis Bandel and his wife, Ida, moved to the island in 1900. They had two children, Dorothy and Kenneth.

practice use of their new hose and equipment.”

Bandel had a soft spot for the local schoolchildren. For years, he grew a wall of sweet peas in front of the library between Sixth and Seventh streets. After multiple re-

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quests from children for a bouquet, the Coronado Journal reported that in 1920 “Mr. Bandel preferred not to play any favorites, so decided to give each of the 400 kiddies a nice bunch of the flowers.” He also donated bouquets of his sought-af-

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Edward, Prince of Wales, visited on his way to Australia, anchoring his ship, Renown, off shore. Coronado resident Eugene Estoppey rowed out to greet the prince, taking about 2½ hours to make the round trip, bringing back a copper coin from an officer onboard and winning $5 from a man who bet he couldn’t get out and back. In San Diego, Prince Edward was welcomed by Mayor Louis Wilde and hailed by hundreds.

The prince then took the ferry Coronado across the bay to Hotel del Coronado, where a dinner and reception were held in his honor. After spending the night at The Del, he played golf at Coronado Country Club before going back to his ship to continue his journey.

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ter flowers to the hospital at Camp Kearny and was instrumental in securing the community Christmas tree at Rotary Plaza.

The Bandels had two children, Dorothy and Kenneth. Dorothy was a favorite in Coronado social circles, but died of injuries from a car accident, three months after her Coronado High School graduation. Kenneth served in the National Guard during World War II and became a building inspector for the San Diego County’s engineering department.

Gardening was a pastime enjoyed by the family, and Ida Bandel also had a green thumb.

According to her daughter-in-law, “Ida studied grafting under Kate Sessions and propagated many unusual-colored epiphyllums in her lath house.”

In 1922, the first Coronado Flower Show was a huge success thanks in part to Louis Bandel’s work. The Journal reported that “A wind-break fashioned from the branches of trees by Louis Bandel, the city’s head gardener, kept the vagrant breezes from drying up the flowers, and the canopy of leaves overhead kept out the little rays of sunshine that are popularly supposed to make delicate things of beauty wither and fade.”

Bandel also served as a member of the city’s volunteer fire department and was chief for one term. He died in May 1959 at the age of 89. For his contributions to the city, the park at 10th Street and Alameda Boulevard was named after him.

The 47-year-old aircraft carrier Midway was retired from active service in a ceremony at North Island Naval Air Station. It remained in storage in Bremerton, Washington, until 2003, when it was donated to the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum organization. It opened as the USS Midway Museum in June 2004 and has become one of the most visited historical naval ship museums in the world.

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Roland ‘Mac’ McNeely became the first mayor elected directly by the voters of Coronado.

From 1890 to 1926 Coronado was governed by a board of trustees who appointed a president, and from 1926 to 1972, the city council appointed a mayor.

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April 14, 1908

The Great White Fleet, under the command of Rear Adm. Robley “Fighting Bob” Evans, arrived in San Diego, one of 20 port calls around the globe in 14 months during one of the largest peace-time deployments ever seen. The Fleet, consisting of 16 white, steel-hulled, steam-powered ships, anchored off Hotel del Coronado in a mooring area called Coronado Roads. Boaters in small craft surrounded the ships to get a closer look and welcome the 14,000 sailors and Marines to San Diego. “Flower committees” threw blossoms at the ships and “fruit committees” filled up the men with lemonade. The Del hosted a formal naval ball, and Coronado residents welcomed sailors into their homes during the festive four days.

Over 700 Coronado first and second graders lined up for their first of three inoculations of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine. Local doctors Mark Rhea, Charles Eaton, Ethel Waters and William Hamby administered the vaccine in room 64 at Coronado Junior High school. The vaccination was two days after the 10th anniversary of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had been afflicted with polio and was founder of the March of Dimes.

April 14, 1955

The Coronado Beach Company, in its desire to make the island city the most beautiful spot in the world, announced that it would give every resident enough marguerite plants to form a border around their property. Every resident was expected to assist the Beach Company in their good work.

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Lemon Variety Turned Sour

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otel Del Coronado founder Elisha Babcock, Jr. owned a ranch in San Diego, which probably helped su pply the hotel’s fresh produce. Babcock’s ranch grew apples, pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, olives, oranges, pomegranates, figs, walnuts, blackberries and plums.

Ever the visionary, Babcock explored the possibility of growing other produce such as sugar beets and “cocoa nuts.” He was also a big promoter of the Bonnie Brae lemon.

In 1871, Chicago music publisher Hiram M. Higgins settled on 76 acres in Bonita and created the Bonnie Brae lemon, a thinskinned, oblong and seedless fruit. Within six years, Higgins planted more than 2,000 trees on his property, and the lemon variety quickly became famous. It

garnered attention at the a greater reputation for Los Angeles Citrus Fair the country around San in 1880, “took the premiDiego than the Riverum award at the World’s side navel orange did for Fair in New Orleans” in Riverside. See if some 1885 and was acclaimed plan cannot be evolved to at the 11th State Fruit introduce this lemon in Growers Convention the East.” held in National City in Because of the lemon’s 1889. thin skin, it tended to After the early success split easily, and Babcock of his groves, Higgins beworked to develop a gan selling cuttings of his way to cure them. “The Bonnie Brae lemon trees Bonnie Brae lemon will to other growers and keep equal to any other there was speculation lemon if plucked from the that the lemon – mistree and then allowed to takenly thought to be a dry on shelves until the cross with a lime, which skin becomes tough,” BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY Higgins denied – would he wrote in March 1891. revolutionize the industry. A group of growers Despite years of effort, a method of effectively bought some Bonnie Brae groves and created the shipping the lemon never materialized.

Sweetwater Fruit Company. Babcock was at the Higgins died in 1897 at the age of 77, and the ready to promote the lemon to the outside world. Bonnie Brae Ranch was sold. A drought around In 1891, he began shipping boxes of Bonnie 1912 followed by a freeze in 1913 and a flood in Brae lemons to railroad executives, soliciting 1916 practically demolished the citrus industry. their feedback. “The juice is about twice as In 1918, then Bonnie Brae Ranch manager C.J. strong as that of any other lemon, and that one Scott wrote, “But owing to this very thin rind lemon contains nearly twice the amount of juice and its habit for splitting, the Bonnie Brae lemon of any other lemon of the same size,” he wrote on did not prove to be a good commercial variety. I Feb. 19, 1891. “I have believed ever since I came to have left but one tree of this variety standing as a this country, that the Bonnie Brae lemon, if memento to the famous lemon.” it could be cured properly and handled, will make Today, no known Bonnie Brae trees exist.

April 1, 1948

The Hotel del Coronado had a new owner – for a day. Robert A. Nordblom of New York and Boston immediately sold the hotel to Barney Goodman of Kansas City for $1,700,000. Barney Goodman took possession of the hotel on April 2, 1948.

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ggs are a big part of spring celebrations all over the world. In ancient Rome, eggs symbolized new life and reproduction. In some Asian cultures, the egg is a symbol of luck and wealth. Easter and Passover both feature eggs as part of their celebration. The tradition of coloring eggs and giving them as gifts in spring predates Christianity.

A classic chef’s hat, called a toque, has 100 folds, which are said to symbolize the number of ways a chef can prepare an egg. I can’t honestly say if that is true, but of all the ways to prepare an egg, deviled eggs are my favorite.

Deviled eggs are back, and they aren’t your grandmother’s recipe.

Restaurants are putting kicked up varieties on the menu. Leroy’s in Coronado offers them laced with mango chutney and garam masala, and at the Neiman Marcus Café, we serve devil eggs with green onion oil and bacon, calling them “Green Eggs and Ham.” The variations of deviled eggs are endless and so much fun to create.

What makes an egg deviled? The term dates to the 18th century and refers to something spicy or piquant. Deviled eggs are prepared with mustard, pepper or even a bit of hot sauce.

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mustard, Chinese hot mustard, even pickled mustard seeds and every combination of the aforementioned.

Mayonnaise can vary as well.

Hellmann’s is popular for a savory flavor, or try Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise for a sweeter taste. In the South, Duke’s is king. I was raised on it. Duke’s has more egg yolks than regular mayonnaise and no added sugar, making it very tangy.

Once the yolks are mixed with mustard and mayonnaise, I add a tablespoon of softened butter to make the mixture even creamier.

Then the fun begins. You can add a dash of Worcestershire, a spoonful of sweet pickle relish, chopped pickles, a touch of bacon grease or bacon crumbles – you name it.

A variation is made with hard boiled eggs that have been marinated in beet juice. The egg whites will turn bright pink to purple, which goes great with the yellow filling.

Lastly, you’ll need to garnish your eggs. On the East Coast, Old Bay Seasoning is popular. In the South, paprika is the preferred finishing spice. I love garnishing with something that adds a bit of texture: a small piece of bacon, a sliced pickled jalapeño or a green olive slice. I have also used caviar or pickled mustard seeds to finish things off on a decadent note.

Deviled eggs can be made ahead of time. If you keep them more than a day, store the egg whites and the filling separately in airtight containers for up to two days and then pipe them when needed.

Deviled eggs are here to stay for a while, so be creative and have some fun with them.

Deviled eggs can be made ahead of time by separating the yolks from the whites, making the filling and then piping them when needed.

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• Clyde Van Arsdall IV is executive chef and general manager of the Neiman Marcus Café.

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Green Eggs and Ham

Deviled Eggs Neiman Marcus

6 hardboiled eggs, peeled, chilled and cut in half

Green Onion Oil (recipe by David Chang)

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

(Makes more than you need, but this stuff is great on so many things)

2 tablespoons green onion oil (see recipe)

Green onions thinly sliced, whites and green (¾ to 1 cup)

2 tablespoon bacon fat

1 teaspoon yellow mustard

1 clove garlic, minced

¼ cup chopped bacon

1 tablespoon softened butter

1 small shallot, minced

salt and pepper to taste

1 tablespoon chopped bacon

1 small knob of ginger, minced

Sriracha to taste

2 teaspoons sesame oil

1. Heat the bacon fat in a small pot over high heat. When the oil is shimmery and hot, add the green onions, garlic, shallot and ginger.

Be careful, the water content will cause the oil to bubble. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the sesame oil. Salt to taste.

2. Remove the yolks from the eggs and place in a bowl. Mash with a fork until the yolks are crumbly.

Add green onion oil, mayonnaise, mustard, butter and chopped bacon and Sriracha for added kick, if desired. Stir and taste. If you like more green onion oil, add it.

Fill egg-white halves and top with freshly ground pepper. (If you don’t have a pastry bag to pipe in the mixture, you can use a plastic bag with a small piece of one corner cut off.)

3. Garnish each egg with a small piece of bacon.

Perfect Hard-Boiled Egg The perfect deviled egg starts with a perfectly hard-boiled egg. Bring 3 inches of water – enough to cover the eggs – to a boil in a large saucepan. Carefully add eggs and cook 12 minutes, turning the heat down to a simmer. Transfer to a bowl of ice water using a slotted spoon.

Let cool for 5 minutes then peel.

Pickled Egg White Marinade 1 jar (16 oz.) beets 1 cup water 1 cup distilled white vinegar Drain beets, reserving juice (about 2/3 cup). Set beets aside for another use. Combine beet juice, water and vinegar. Arrange egg whites cut-side down in a shallow container. Pour marinade over eggs and refrigerate several hours or overnight, turning occasionally.

Remove egg whites from marinade, pat dry with paper towels and pipe or spoon in yolk mixture.

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SHOPPING FOR GOOD PLANET-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS Coronado is almost completely surrounded by water, so we are continuously reminded of the beauty (and fragility) of nature. While most of us try to do our best to ditch the plastic, actively recycle and carry reusable shopping bags, sometimes we let things slip. Fortunately, many shops carry earth-friendly items, so we can support the environment as we shop local. Best part? Products that help Mother Nature also make the most thoughtful and unforgettable gifts. Check it out.

I T ’ S O N LY F A I R You’ll be hard-pressed to find a store that stocks more unique, hand-crafted, environmentally friendly products from all over the world than Fair Trade Décor. You’ll find Bee’s Wrap reusable food wrap (use instead of plastic baggies), and you’ll be enchanted by the beautiful textiles repurposed from women’s saris in India and the leaf lights made with fossilized leaves from the Philippines. Items have the global ecosystem (and the human spirit) in mind, as the shop is dedicated to helping people lift themselves out of poverty in improved working conditions.

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SEASIDE TREASURES Although this fetching and disarmingly sweet little boutique has a wide range of colorful, enthralling gifts, Seaside Papery also offers products for the environmentally savvy. Check out the festive printed Baggu reusable shopping bags and the eye-catching Blue Q zipper pouches made of 95% recycled material. Don’t forget the reusable straws in snappy “Strawsome” and “Sippity Doo Dah” packaging. (Did I mention the free gift wrapping?)

• Seaside Papery 1162 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5565 SeasidePapery.com

T H E U N E X P E C T E D A N D U P C YC L E D This charming little shop is easy to miss, but once inside, you’ll delight in all the quirky and thoughtful finds.

Adorn was created by the owners of the Attic to share unique and trendy everyday items from around the world. Check out the Pinky Up glass travel infuser mugs and the repurposed wooden home décor. The store also has a big selection of fashionable reusable cloth bags you’ll be proud to carry around town and stuff with (obviously) organic produce.

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M A S T E R F U L LY C U R A T E D Walking into Bungalow 56 is like getting a warm, soft hug from your best friend. This shop is bursting with pillows, rugs and furniture, in addition to elegant home staples. You’ll also find fab Mother Earth-minded wares like brass “forever” straws from Murchison-Hume that elevate the look of everything you drink. (They even come with a chic linen zipper pouch and cleaning brush.) And don’t forget the classic Coronado shopping tote with leather straps made from 100% natural golden jute fiber, artisan-crafted in Bangladesh.

• Bungalow 56 Shop, 1016 C Ave., (619) 537-0236, Bungalow56.com

TA K E T H E N E X T S T E P So, you’ve got your reusable water bottle, shopping bags and straws. It’s time to take your eco-smarts to the next level with the Emerald Keepers reusable utensil set. Made from bamboo, the set includes fork, knife, spoon and chopsticks. Buy online at emeraldKeepers.org. Proceeds help support the local non-profit organization – a volunteer-led grassroots effort to care for our community and ensure Coronado’s sustainability.

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Bring the season inside with some greenery and florals. Whether it’s a potted plant or a bouquet of flowers in a vase, a bit of spring in the home will brighten any space.

▼ Go Green First When putting together arrangements, we usually start will your greenery first for texture. Greenery is typically less expensive than flowers and will help fill in a large vase.

Then add in your flowers for color. You can stick with one color or go for a variety.

▲ Room Additions We like to display flower arrangements in the main focal areas of the home (entry console, coffee table or dining table). You can make an arrangement for each space. We also like to make a small arrangement for the powder room or bathroom that guests will be using. It's a great way to make them feel welcome.

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Where to Shop • Root 75 here on the island has an amazing selection of house plants, pots, dried plants and fresh floral arrangements. Their floral arrangements have an organic feel. They also have a unique selection of house plants.

• The Coronado Flower Lady on Orange Avenue is also a great place to pick up fresh flowers and greenery. We love the open market European feel of the flower stand.

• Pigment, with three locations in San Diego, is one of our favorite places for all things related to plants. You can make your own succulent/cactus arrangements or just wander around their huge selection of plants. They also offer classes and parties.

• Trader Joe’s is also one of our go-to places for flowers and plants if we are swinging through the grocery store. They have a great selection of fresh flowers, beautiful branches and healthy houseplants.

• Karyn Frazier and Jessica Nicolls are the owners of the interior design firm Bungalow 56.

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The Rose section is one of the largest and most popular in the Flower Show. Roses are judged by American Rose Society accredited judges with 18 special awards presented at the awards ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

In Full Bloom

Coronado Flower Show celebrates spring on the island

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It’s when the Coronado Floral Association holds its annual flower show in Spreckels Park. This year’s theme is “2020 Vision, Looking to the Future,” chaired by Diana Drummey.

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friend to Alfred Robinson, the founder and president of the San Diego Floral Association. With good connections, help from the community and, assuming some mentoring from Robinson, Taylor founded the Coronado Floral Association and subsequently held the first flower show.

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the park to provide security. Other than canceling a few years during WWII, the show has become a yearly tradition and a signature event for Coronado.

Planning for the show begins months before the event when a theme for the upcoming show is chosen and sections are organized.

Collaborative meetings with the City of Coronado coordinate all city services for the weekend.

Tent layouts are configured and arrangements are made for

equipment. As the largest tented flower show in the nation, there are a lot of moving parts.

In preparation for tent setup, the public works department gets Spreckels Park ready for its big weekend with extra TLC to the grass, trimming trees and ensuring the park infrastructure is in good working order to handle thousands of people over the weekend. In addition to a yearly grant to pay for the tents, City of Coronado provides numerous other resources to make sure the show goes smoothly with lots of support before, during and after Flower Show weekend; from traffic control to trash collection, police enforcement, and emergency services if the park infrastructure has problems, to name a few.

Two weeks before the Flower Show, Coronado Floral Association sponsors Home Front Judging.

Volunteer judges fan out all over town ,and using a set of guidelines, judge the landscaping efforts of residences, apartments, condominiums, businesses,

churches, schools, hotels, municipal buildings and median gardens. It’s all in good fun and aims to bring the community together to beautify Coronado.

In the early morning hours of Monday before Flower Show weekend, Raphael’s Rentals arrives at Spreckels Park, offloading piles of tents and infrastructure, and the work begins. It takes four full days to set up what essentially becomes a small town within the park. By Thursday the big work is complete, the fire marshal has inspected, and the “all clear” is given for the different sections to begin setting up the magic inside the tents.

And among all the flora is live entertainment in the bandstand, vendors selling garden-related materials, plants and snacks and the ever-popular beer garden. Children’s exhibits showcase a whimsical

“Zoo’s Whos” (animals made from fruits and vegetables) and seed plates creatively arranged by preschool and kindergarten students.

The Youth Section has activities for the kids, too, while the “Men’s Section” entries usually take on a humorous and sometimes political air (winners are chosen by popular vote). The table arrangements section entries are decorated based on section themes. Within the educational exhibits are the always popular wildflowers, gathered around San Diego County by volunteers who have special permits to collect protected plantings.

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a floral photography exhibit, which is open to the public for entry, but reservations are required.

Most of the show’s entries are judged by official Flower Show judges, who are trained and accredited by National Garden Clubs following a rigid set of criteria. Judges come to the show by invite from all over Southern California.

During Flower Show weekend, there are other events at Spreckels Park. Friends of the Coronado Library holds its annual Book Fair

Spring Fling: Through the Looking Glass • Hours: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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next to the Flower Show with thousands of donated books for sale. In the last few years, the two events have been connected, so you can go back and forth between both events.

Coronado Art Association’s Art in the Park will be set up on the other side of the park, featuring artists selling their work. On Saturday afternoon, Coronado High School’s advanced art students will draw chalk art masterpieces, “Where eARTh Meets the Sea,” across the street on the Coronado Public Library walkways.

On Saturday evening, April 18, the Coronado Floral Association will host the Spring Fling inside the Flower Show tents, an opportunity

Coronado Flower Show • Hours: 1- 5 p.m. April 18; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 19 • Location: Spreckels Park, 601 Orange Ave. • Admission: $5; children under 12 and Coronado Floral Association members are free.

• Entries accepted: 4-6 p.m. April 17; 7-9:30 a.m.

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In addition to the high level of design entries and impressive horticulture, the Coronado Flower Show also has its share of fun submissions.

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to nibble, sip and celebrate spring under the stars in Spreckels Park.

This year’s party is “Through the Looking Glass.” On Sunday morning, the Rotary Pancake Breakfast at Village Elementary, is a carb-loading social event to fortify show-goers for the second action-packed day. Don’t forget to drive around and look at the top 10 winners in the Home Front judging competition.

This is your show so bring your entries, big and small. Anyone can enter the show, including nonCoronado residents. There are plenty of other ways to participate in addition to entering. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities and you can also support the Coronado Floral Association by becoming a member ($35 annual fee).

I’m excited for this year’s Flower Show, and I hope you are, too.

Hundreds of volunteers step up to support the events during this busy weekend, bringing the community together.

Put a little spring in your step and come see all the good things growing!

In the Design Division, Table Design is a very popular tent. It is judged by NGC judges and there is also a popular vote by flower show attendees.

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B Y L E S L I E C R AW F O R D

Although not traditional material, succulents have beautiful textures and colors for floral arrangements.

Show Time Judging for annual exhibition follows strict guidelines

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he Coronado Flower Show, started in 1922, is our town’s longest running tradition. Gardening is still as popular now as it was 100 years ago, bringing together people from all walks of life. A lot of things have changed over the last century, but the Flower Show has continued to be a great event year after year.

The Coronado Flower Show is a Standard Flower Show, conforming to guidelines of National Garden Clubs (NGC). There are five divisions: horticulture, design, educational, youth and botanical arts.

The Design Division is one of the most anticipated – and least understood – parts of the show. The division has top-notch designers entering incredibly beautiful and creative floral designs in a number of sections. It’s hard to grasp why one design has won over another but with some information about how the judges come to their conclusions, the Design section is a lot less intimidating and much more interesting.

Judging follows strict criteria using a Design Scale of Points: Conformance to the Flower Show schedule (following directions); Design (principles and elements of design); Artistic Concept (selection and organization

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Miniature floral arrangements, typically between 3 to 6 inches high, are known as Petite Designs under Flower Show rules. Done correctly, petite arrangements are miniature versions of full-size flower arrangements.

of materials); Expression (interpretation by exhibitor); and Distinction (superiority in all respects including plant materials, etc.) Flower Show judges are trained and accredited by NGC. It takes a few years and a lot of work to become an accredited flower show judge.

Design counts for 42 out of 100 points in the NGC Judges Design Scale of Points. Elements and principles are fundamentals in art, which I became aware of when I took some floral design courses. Think of elements as the ingredients of a recipe and principles as the recipe itself.

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Elements of Design • Color. The characteristic of light by which the individual perceives objects or light sources; how eyes see and interpret wavelengths of light • Form. A three-dimensional object • Light. Illumination necessary for vision • Line. One-dimension visual path through design • Pattern. Design formed by solids and spaces between them • Size. The perceived or visual dimensions of components rather than actual dimensions • Space. The open area in and around a design.

There are three kinds of space: total space, space within plant material, space established in design • Texture. Surface quality of a material

Principals of Design • Balance. Visual balance or stability • Dominance. The greater impact of one element over the others • Contrast. The use of opposite characteristics to emphasize differences • Rhythm. Created by a dominant visual path of lines, forms, and/or colors • Proportion. Comparative relationship of areas and amounts • Scale. The size relationship of one object compared to another 60

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use the structure of elements and principles, whether it’s in floral design, my garden or photography.

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buying plant material. Most of my designs are made with succulents, which aren’t considered traditional materials, so I quite often lose judging points in the conformance category.

But I enjoy the design process.

That's what matters most.

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CORONADO ALBACA Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa 2000 2nd St. (619) 435-3000 Amalo Brew Coffee Coronado Library 640 Orange Ave. (619) 537-9011 Avenue Liquor Wine & Subs 878 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4663

Café Madrid Coffee Cart 1029 Orange Ave. (619) 843-2524 Calypso Cafe 505 Grand Caribe Causeway (619) 423-5144 Central Liquor & Deli 178 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0118 Chez Loma 1132 Loma Ave. (619) 435-0661

Babcock & Story Bar Hotel del Coronado 1500 Orange Ave. (619) 435-6611

Clayton’s Bakery and Bistro 849 Orange Ave. (619) 319-5001

Bistro d’Asia 1301 Orange Ave. (619) 437-6677

Clayton’s Coffee Shop 979 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5425

Bluewater Grill 1701 Strand Way (619) 435-0155 Boardwalk Beach Club 1300 Orange Ave. (619) 522-0946 Boney’s Bayside Market 155 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0776 The Brigantine 1333 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4166 Bruegger’s Bagels 1305 Orange Ave. (619) 435-3900 Burger King Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 435-8707 Burger Lounge 922 Orange Ave. (619) 435-6835 Café 1134 1134 Orange Ave. (619) 437-1134 62

Clayton’s Mexican Takeout 1107 10th St. (619) 437-8811 Cold Stone Creamery Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 437-6919 Coronado Brewing Co. 170 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4452 Coronado Coffee Company Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 522-0217 Coronado Cupcakery Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 437-0166 Costa Azul Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 435-3525

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Crown Bistro Crown City Inn 520 Orange Ave. (619) 435-3678 Crown Landing Loews Coronado Bay Resort 4000 Coronado Bay Road (619) 424-4000 Crown Room Hotel del Coronado 1500 Orange Ave. (619) 522-8490 Crown Town Deli Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 675-0013 Danny’s Palm Bar & Grill 965 Orange Ave. (619) 435-3171 Domino’s 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4241 Eno Pizza Hotel del Coronado 1500 Orange Ave. (619) 522-8546 | APRIL 2020

Feast & Fareway 2000 Visalia Row (619) 996-3322 Garage Buona Forchetta 1000 C Ave. (619) 675-0079 Gelato Paradiso 918 Orange Ave. (619) 629-5343 High Tide Bottle Shop & Kitchen 933 Orange Ave. (619) 435-1380 Il Fornaio 1333 1st St. (619) 437-4911 Island Pasta 1202 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4545 Juice Crafters 943 Orange Ave. (619) 319-5931

Leroy’s Kitchen + Lounge 1015 Orange Ave. (619) 437-6087

Mindful Cafe Sharp Coronado Hospital 250 Prospect Ave. (619) 522-3600

Lil’ Piggy’s Bar-B-Q Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 522-0217

Mootime Creamery 1025 Orange Ave. (619) 435-2422

Little Club 132 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5885

Nado Gelato Cafe 1017 C Ave. (619) 522-9053

Little Frenchie 1166 Orange Ave. (619) 675-0041

Nado Republic 1007 C Ave. (619) 996-3271

Lobster West 1033 B Ave. #102 (619) 675-0002 Mexican Village 126 Orange Ave. (619) 319-5955

KFC/Taco Bell 100 B Ave. (619) 435-2055

McP's Irish Pub 1107 Orange Ave. (619) 435-5280

La Salsa 1360 Orange Ave. (619) 435-7778

Miguel’s Cocina 1351 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4237

Nicky Rotten’s Bar & Burger Joint 100 Orange Ave. (619) 537-0280 Night & Day Cafe 847 Orange Ave. (619) 435-9776 Panera 980 Orange Ave. (619) 437-4288 Park Place Liquor & Deli 1000 Park Place (619) 435-0116

Peohe’s Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 437-4474 Poke123 1009 Orange Ave. (571) 221-4649

The Henry 1031 Orange Ave. (619) 762-1022 Tent City 1100 Orange Ave. (619) 435-4611

Primavera 932 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0454

Villa Nueva Bakery Café 956 Orange Ave. (619) 435-1256

Rosemary Trattoria 120 Orange Ave. (619) 537-0054

Village Pizzeria 1206 Orange Ave. (619) 522-0449

Saiko Sushi 116 Orange Ave. (619) 435-0868

Village Pizzeria Bayside Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 437-0650

Serea Coastal Cuisine Hotel del Coronado 1500 Ocean Ave. (619) 435-6611 Sheerwater Hotel del Coronado 1500 Ocean Ave. (619) 522-8490 Spiro’s Greek Cafe Ferry Landing 1201 1st St. (619) 435-1225 Starbucks 960 Orange Ave. (619) 437-8306 Stake Chophouse & Bar 1309 Orange Ave. (619) 522-0077

Which Wich 926 Orange Ave. (619) 522-9424 Wine a Bit 928 Orange Ave. (619) 365-4953 Yogurt Escape 942 Orange Ave. (619) 435-9700 Yummy Sushi 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 435-2771

CATERING BBQ Boss (619) 432-2677 Clyde Van Arsdall Neiman Marcus (619) 542-4451

Subway 1330 Orange Ave. (619) 435-8272

Chef Drew McPartlin (619) 990-9201

Swaddee Thai 1001 C Ave. (619) 435-8110

Coronado Caterer (619) 917-3392

Tartine 1106 1st St. (619) 435-4323 Tavern 1310 Orange Ave. (619) 437-0611

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