Pacific San Diego Magazine, June 2013 issue

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e humans have flown our measly, landlubbing bodies all the way to space, but we’ve yet to figure out how to explore the sea efficiently. Sure, we have research submarines, but more people have walked on the Moon (an even dozen, if you count the original landing Kubrick faked) than have been able to reach a depth of 250meters (just 0.16 miles) with an underwater breathing apparatus. Facing not-so-trivial obstacles like intense pressure, lack of light and the bends — that thing where you surface too quickly and your blood carbonates like soda-pop — some serious scientific advances are in order if we’re ever going to get real about finding that elusive jaguar shark. Thankfully, some innovative folks across the world are already on the case.

In 2012, a team of doctors and scientists from Boston Children’s Hospital announced they had developed a highly oxygenated microscopic particle capable of keeping a human body running without lung function for 30 minutes. This advancement conjures images of slovenly beachgoers pricking their legs like diabetics before hopping in the water to hold their breath for half-an-hour, demolishing freediver Ocean Ramsey’s (see “Beauty and the Beasts,” page 70) impressive personal best by more than 20 minutes. Unfortunately, the reality isn’t quite so glamorous. In addition to oxygenating blood, breathing is also necessary for expelling carbon dioxide (CO2), which kinda kills you if it accumulates in your bloodstream. Without some sort of CO2 fix, this technology isn’t ready to bridge the human/fish gap just yet, but it does have powerful life-saving potential in the medical field… if you’re into that sort of thing.

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discovery, a retired American heart and lung surgeon, Arnold Lande, patented a diving suit pretty much exactly like the liquid-filled one Ed Harris wore in James Cameron’s The Abyss. The suit is designed to be filled with oxygen-spiked perfluorocarbons (PFCs), liquids that can dissolve, and hold on to, large quantities of oxygen that are readily absorbed by human lungs. To get around the minor death-by-carbon-dioxidepoisoning issue, the system, which is still in development, will employ an artificial gill to scrub a diver’s blood of CO2 through an attachment to the femoral artery, a process that doesn’t sound all that not-painful. It may seem like far-off science fiction, but the same PFCs in Lande’s suit have been used since the ’90s to save premature babies whose lungs haven’t developed enough to handle breathing gas, so this one could become a reality sooner than you think.

Before Lande, in 2005, an Israeli inventor named Alan Bodner developed an apparatus that does some really science-y things to remove oxygen from water, supplying it directly to the diver without the need for compressed-air tanks.

While this sounds pretty damn sweet, the technology’s absence from Sports Chalet indicates it isn’t quite as efficient as Bodner claimed — or the Feds just coopted it so they could have all the fun.

Alas, despite all of these and other promising advances in the underwater arena, sci-fi nerds (myself included) will have to wait a little longer to play Aquaman. For now, at least, sea exploration must be done the old-fashioned way, so, when you head to the beach this summer, remember: lifeguards aren’t carrying syringes of injectable oxygen just yet. Be careful when you’re swimming with the fishes, lest you end up sleeping with them.

Kyle Hall Editor-in-Chief

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PacificSD’s March 2009 Issue blind daters Nami (right) and Rian have an announcement to make.

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adies and gentlemen, we’re gathered here today — well, not today, but soon — to join another PacificSD blind date couple in holy matrimony. For reals. We’re like eHarmony up in this mofo.

Rian and Nami met on a blind date in the March 2009 issue. She worked at P.B. Bar and Grill; he was (and still is) a manager and part owner of Tender Greens. After that first date, she said, “It ended with a romantic kiss. I would love to see him again.” He said, “She was friendly and liked to have fun. I know we will go out again.”

The two have been living in sin ever since, and have now asked yours truly to preside over their nuptials on April 20, 2014, which happens to be my birthday and a high time for a wedding.

Of course, you’ll be invited to the wedding, dear Reader, or at least to view the exclusive photos right after the big day. (If you know the perfect place to hold the ceremony or reception, please let me know — not kidding.)

Having fostered two weddings, one birth (blind daters Ty and Suzannah married a couple years ago and now how have a one-year-old daughter) and countless regrets, the PacificSD seed is a fertile one. Here are just a few of the ways we’re spreading the love this summer.

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Pitching a Tent That giant white tent at the foot of Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp isn’t a circus, but walking underneath it is the only way to access the sexy, DJ-driven daylife-meets-nightlife insanity that is Intervention Sundays at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. PacificSD is proud (hence our logos on said tent) to partner with HRHSD for yet another summer of the biggest pool parties in Southern California. June shows include LA Riots, Lil John, Nicky Romero, Steve Aoki and R3HAB. interventionsundays.com (See event details on page 5.)

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FEATURES 70 Beauty And The Beasts

Ocean Ramsey rides sharks to save their lives

82 Caught In The Undershow A San Diego photographer makes a splash on the international scene

Photos by Donald Miralle ON THE COVER: Ocean Ramsey ascends from the underwater caves at Sharks Cove on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

THIS PAGE: Ramsey breaks the surface at Sharks Cove.

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DEPARTMENTS CURRENTS FIRST THINGS 29 Water Whirled

A dynamic duo keeps a watchful eye

on what’s spinning through the

world’s oceans CITY 32 Wave Good Buy

SeaWorld purchases South

Bay waterpark 34 H2Know

A local expert shares her knowledge

about San Diego’s water issues 38 Rage Against the Latrine

The troubling truth about San Diego

sewage treatment 40 Six.Thirteen

June event listings PULSE ART 43 Art Seen

June’s museum and gallery openings

and exhibits 50 Sea and be Scene

Harry the Hat finally accepts the

kooky culture that has inspired his art

for years COOLTURE 54 Laughing Stock

June’s stand-up comedy shows 56 Serge Protector

San Diego conservationist Serge

Dedina fights to preserve

pristine coastlands 60 Summer Schools

Birch Aquarium uses leopard sharks

to one-up the Discovery Channel

OUT A River Runs to It The Gravity of the situation at SoCal’s waterfalls

TASTE DINING OUT 89 Summer Grubbin’

Great new spots to get your

hands Grease-y 100 Carving Artist

World-record seeker arrives in S.D.,

hungry to teach his craft WHAT’S COOKING 102 Rockin’ Rolls

Veggie-loaded summer sustenance

for sand and dry land drink 106 Pits Stop

A brief pause to get to know

the maraschino GROOVE SHOWTIME 109 Sound Decisions

June concert calendar 114 Spin Cycle

June EDM shows BARTENDER 118 Produce-er

Beach-area cocktailer takes stock

of the farmers market LOVE blind date 120 All A-board

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By KyLE HALL / PHOTOS By JUSTIn LEWIS

Michelle stauffer and justin Lewis are bundled up to investigate the effects climate change is having on Thule hunting traditions in greenland.

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ravely hitting the seven seas to make sure there’s something left of them for future generations, the handsome couple behind 70 Degrees West are at-leastknee-deep in an eight-stage documentary project to spread awareness of water issues. While the world’s water coverage is pretty damn vast (70 percent and rising), Michelle Stauffer, a North County-native writer/environmentalist who grew up dancing competitively for the Carlsbad Dance Center, and Justin Lewis, a Bay Area-born travel photographer with more than 45 countries under his belt, have narrowed their focus to a unique meridian that runs through eight ecosystems (hence the eight stages): 70 degrees west.

For their ambitious undertaking, 70 Degrees West, Stauffer and Lewis aim to document man’s impact on each of the ecosystems that lie along this longitude between the north and South Poles. The two-pronged project involves shooting a short film, and coupling still photos shot by Lewis with a narrative composed by Stauffer.

Having documented how climate change is affecting Inuit hunting traditions in Greenland and the restoration of a freshwater habitat in Maine, the duo is currently working on the Kickstarterfunded third phase of the project: exploration of plastic pollution in the Sargasso Sea surrounding Bermuda.

The target of their research is microplastics (microscopic plastic particles) resulting from the breakdown of plastic products in seawater. Bordered by four currents (the Gulf Stream, north Atlantic Current, MAin: Well-traveled trash finds its way across the ocean to the Canary Current no-longer-pristine shores of Bermuda. and north inseT: Atlantic Equitorial stauffer and Current), the Lewis in greenland.

Sargasso Sea is a unique repository of these microplastics and other pollutants from all over the world, and the perfect place to study them.

To see what Stauffer and Lewis found on their latest endeavor, check out the freshly released photo-doc of their Sargasso Sea endeavor at 70degreeswest. com, and stay tuned for the next segment of their adventure: a study of ocean acidification in the Caribbean. Sounds rough, but somebody’s gotta do it.

Get involved at 70degreeswest.com.

Fishies peck at trash floating in the sargasso sea.

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n a slight departure from its saltier dealings on Mission Bay, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.* purchased Chula Vista’s Soak City from Knott’s last year, rebranded it during the off-season and, on June 1, will officially reopen the waterpark as Aquatica.

Although they haven’t constructed any new slides, yet, the crew spent the winter re-theming the attractions, bulking up landscaping (to exude a new “South Seas Resort” theme) and surrounding the 500,000-gallon Big Surf Shores (that’s the new name) wave-pool with a 43,000-squarefoot white sand beach. And because San Diegans love to feel special, the crew added more private cabanas, surrounded the cabanas with more plants to make them even private-er and assigned them food servers, so those uninterested in taking part in the fun no longer even have to look at it.

In addition to spiffing-up the place with new colors and plants, the SeaWorld conservationist consortium is also stocking Aquatica with some animal friends. Notable additions include a freshwater-turtle exhibit featuring more than a dozen species, and a gang of Mediterranean flamingos lining the lazy river (now called Loggerhead Lane) who will, in a hilarious turning of the tables, stare at floating revelers like the curious creatures they are.

The goal of the family-oriented, “serene-to-extreme” park is to be “the perfect complement to a SeaWorld visit,” says Aquatica VP David Cromwell — the perfect compliment obviously being the willingness of patrons to give the company more money ($38 for a singleday ticket, $69 for a season pass) for a whole new experience.

Aquatica 2052 Entertainment Cir., Chula Vista 619.226.3901, aquaticasandiego.com

*SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. recently went public after a $2.5 billion valuation. Traded on the NYSE as SEAS, the stock had an IPO price of $27 a share when it hit the market April 19, and has since increased in value by more than 30 percent (as of May 15).

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A local expert shares her knowledge about San Diego’s water issues B y J amie O rti z / I llustratio n s b y E ric S wese y

Did you know that more than 70 percent of the world’s surface is covered by water? Yeah? Well, did you also know that the composition of the human body is more than 70 percent water? OK… that’s about the extent of our knowledge in the water department here at PacificSD, so we tasked real-life dihydrogen monoxideexpert Jamie Ortiz to get us all edumacated on a smattering of water-related issues affecting San Diego today.

Streams of Consciousness

Here We Glow Again

Recently, a wave of rumors has flooded the media with misleading information about radioactivity from the San Onofre and Fukushima, Japan, nuclear power plants. One outlet published images of a dead, radioactive seal; others blamed the high number of sea lion pup deaths on radioactivity (starvation was the actual cause). The truth is that everything around us has some level of radioactivity — even something as seemingly innocuous as a banana.

Be wary of what you read online.

A Salt Weapon

Seawater desalination is on its way to San Diego. Touted as the solution to our water woes, desalination turns seawater into drinking water, which sounds great, but the process requires massive amounts of energy and money. Unless we use our water supply more intelligently (i.e., ditch the lawn, plant waterfriendly gardens, install rain-catching barrels and take shorter showers), this slippery water-supply slope could lead to more monstrous desalination plants dotting the local coastline.

Every month, San Diego Coastkeeper’s army of volunteers tests the vital signs of inland watersheds, natural drainage systems that empty to the ocean.

The local nonprofit’s recent Watershed Report shows that our waters suffer from myriad pollutants. Kind of like when we watch TV and eat burritos too many days in a row, our watersheds could use the liquid equivalent of a little yoga and organic veggies. Regulators use Coastkeeper’s stream of data to help write a sort of “pollution diet” for San Diego’s waters.

Laser Treatment

The San Diego Association of Governments has invested $20 million to restore sand washed away by tides and big waves at eight San Diego beaches. Where did the sand go? That’s the question Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers are employing high-tech laser imaging to answer. The lasers track the movement of sand along Cardiff Beach.

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Water, Water Everywhere

Our reliance on fossil fuels and other forms of dirty energy, combined with the resulting increase in global temperatures and melting arctic ice, will boost local sea levels by 12 to 18 inches by 2050, according to The San Diego Foundation. (Will Bay Park and the Gaslamp be beachfront?) The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere recently surpassed a level not seen in three million years, meaning we should probably slow our roll on greenhouse emissions. The easiest ways to reduce these levels are installing solar panels, riding bikes and turning off the lights — yes, these things do make a difference.

What’s In Store

All manmade wonders, San Diego’s 25 freshwater reservoirs capture and store enough rain runoff to service 1.2-million single-family homes. Along with water supply, a number of reservoirs offer fishing, boating, hiking, biking and picnicking in the surrounding parkland. Save swimming for the ocean.

Ants Say “Uncle” Think twice before massacring ants with Raid. Chemicals found in household pesticides pollute California’s urban creeks, killing essential bugs necessary for healthy ecosystems. Entering our streams through urban runoff, the pesticides make our waters toxic. Next time, skip the Raid and use Boric acid (hydrogen borate) and sugar to battle ants, or just stop leaving leftovers on the counter.

Close Call

Tired of the 72-hour beach closures after it rains? The culprit is San Diego’s Number One pollution problem, urban runoff. When it rains, or your neighbor overwaters, the overflow washes contaminants from gardens, streets and gutters through storm drains and directly into the ocean. Thankfully, San Diego’s recently approved Municipal Storm Water Permit helps cities regulate pesky runoff pollution. The goal: 365 days of beach-going bliss.

Jamie Ortiz, CEO of JO Communications, empowers nice companies to tell their stories. For several years, she’s worked with San Diego Coastkeeper, which protects and restores swimmable, fishable and drinkable waters in San Diego County. JOcommunications.com

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rage against the latrine

When San Diego’s wastewater enters the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant, it first runs through a screen that removes big pieces of miscellaneous icky stuff.

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an Diego’s sewage is crappy. It is, literally, full of crap more so than in any other California city, because of how we deal with wastewater.

The vast majority of the water San Diegans uses to flush toilets, take showers or wash dishes eventually finds its way to the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant. This 50-year-old facility, built into the cliffs near the Cabrillo National Monument, can process up to 240 million gallons (roughly four Olympic-size pools) of sewage and wastewater every day. After it’s treated, the sewage travels out to sea through a 4.5-mile pipe before being released onto the ocean floor.

Why is it so crappy? San Diego’s version of sewage treatment, called primary treatment, involves collecting wastewater in large tanks, settling out the solids, skimming the surface for floating oils and grease, dosing the remaining water with chlorine and then sending it on its way through the ocean pipe. The treatment plant pumps the left-behind solids to the Miramar landfill where it’s used as landfill cover.

The federal Clean Water Act mandates that agencies treat sewage to secondary treatment levels. This process utilizes microbes to digest dissolved pollutants, removing them from the wastewater stream. For roughly the past 30 years, however, San Diego has requested and received waivers to bypass this requirement, citing the high cost (around $1.2 billion) associated with retrofitting the cliff-side Cabrillo treatment facility.

It’s difficult to be certain how San Diego’s inadequate treatment process impacts the local marine environment, as most of the current monitoring is designed to determine whether the water being dumped into the ocean meets the requirements of the waiver, rather than the actual effects on ocean ecosystems.

Fortunately, there is a solution to this crappy crap-treatment. The City of San Diego just voted to move forward with “indirect potable reuse,” sometimes known as “toilet to tap,” which will divert some wastewater from the Point Loma facility to another facility, where advanced filters and reverse osmosis membranes ensure the water is pristine. The water can then be pumped to reservoirs, where it will undergo more treatment before being sent to local faucets.

If this sounds gross, consider that Las Vegas’ treated sewage gets dumped into the Colorado River, one of our primary sources of drinking water, which means San Diegans are already drinking recycled wastewater.

“Toilet to tap” has the potential to reduce the pollution coming from the Point Loma plant and cut the cost of upgrades to $710 million. It will also provide a reliable, local source of water, reducing our reliance on imported water or expensive and controversial desalinated water.

Once-angry conservationists are still red in the face, but now it’s because they’re flush with excitement.

Next, the water sits in a big tank to settle, so more of the organic material drifts to the bottom and can be piped out.

Organic material (ew) is converted to methane, carbon dioxide and biosolids.

All biosolids (doubleew) go the Miramar dump to be used as landfill cover.

All the remaining oils and floating stuff is then skimmed from the surface.

Finally, the not-legally-up-to-code wastewater is heavily dosed with chlorine and expelled through a 4.5-mile pipe straight into the ocean, where no one has any idea what it’s doing to the ecosystem.

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6/1: Arthritis Walk 2013 Location: Liberty Station, Point Loma Admission: Free; donations encouraged Info: arthritis.org Benefits the Arthritis Foundation.

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6/1: CLASH AT CLAIREMONT 7 Location: YMCA, Mission Valley Admission: $10 donation Info: clashatclairemont.com Pro skateboarders Tony Hawk, Andy McDonald, Bucky Lasek and more go head-to-head to raise money for Grind for Life, a financial assistance program for cancer patients.

6/1-2: Fiesta Del Sol Location: Fletcher Cove, Solana Beach Admission: Free Info: fiestadelsol.net Live music, a beer garden and arts & crafts draw more than 50,000 people to Solana Beach for this annual oceanfront celebration of sun.

6/1-2: Wings Over Gillespie Air Show Location: Gillespie Field, El Cajon Admission: Free Info: ag1caf.org This 18th annual festival of aviation history will feature acrobatic flights in vintage planes, wing-walking and pyrotechnically enhanced mock air battles.

6/2: Survivor Beach Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla Admission: Free Info: survivorbeachsup.org Stand up (and paddle) against cancer at this seventh annual standup paddleboard race/clinic/festival that draws 300 people to the beach in La Jolla.

6/8-7/4: San Diego County Fair Location: Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar Admission: $13 Info: sdfair.com If it smells like animals, you’re eating something fried and you aren’t at the Swap Meet, you’re probably at the County Fair.

6/15: San Diego Oysterfest Location: Embarcadero Marina Park North, Seaport Village Admission: $25 Info: oysterfestsd.com Chow down on slimy aphrodisiacs and scope the Shuck and Suck competition while bands and DJs amplify a Seaport Village.

6/1-2, 8-9, 15: World Famous Mud Run Location: Lake O’Neill Recreation Park, Camp Pendleton Admission: $90 Info: worldfamous mudrun.com Military-style 10K run through the muck with Marines screaming in participants’ ears.

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6/2: San Diego Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon Location: 6th Ave. & Quince St., Balboa Park Admission: $140-$175 Info: runrocknroll. competitor.com/san-diego 16th annual race with live bands at nearly every mile.

6/8: UCSD Triton 5K Location: UCSD campus, La Jolla Admission: $10-$30 Info: 5k.ucsd.edu 5K supporting student scholarships.

6/8: Color Me Rad Location: Petco Park, Downtown Admission: $30-$50 Info: colormerad.com Run this 5K to be dripping with sweat… and paint.

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6/9: Super Hero 5K and BBQ Location: Liberty Station, Point Loma Admission: $36 Info: active.com Benefits the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

6/15: LT 5K Walk and Run Location: Liberty Station, Point Loma Admission: $40-$50 Info: lt5k.com LaDainian Tomlinson’s run supporting his Touching Lives Foundation.

6/16: Big Bite Bacon Fest Location: Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar Admission: $55 Info: bigbitebaconfest.com Pork lovers unite at this gluttonous, sizzling paradise of bacon-y goodness that finds its way into appetizers, entrees and even desserts.

6/19: Sausage Fest 2013 Location: LOUNGEsix, Downtown Admission: $10-$30 Info: sdsausagefest.com Watch chefs compete for the Best Sausage in Town and 2013 Sausage King titles at this fully clothed celebration of chorizo, kielbasa and everything in between.

6/22: Loews Surf Dog Competition Location: Pier Plaza, Imperial Beach Admission: Free Info: facebook.com/LoewsSurfDog Watch as a gang of man’s best friends show up their owners by hangin’ 20.

6/22: Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off Location: Newport Avenue, Ocean Beach Admission: Free Info: oceanbeachsandiego.com Join a crowd of 70,000 chili samplers eating their way through two-dozen variteties, one of which will be bestowed the “Hottest Chili” award.

6/22: Giving Back: the New Black Location: Costa Verde Shopping Center, La Jolla (by UTC) Admission: $20 donation Info: mysisterscloset.com Save huge on big-name brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci and more at this fashion show and sale supporting the Helen Woodward Animal Rescue Center.

6/24: Phil’s Big BBQ at the Ballpark Location: Petco Park, Downtown Admission: $20-$50 Info: philsbbq.net Pre-game with 4,000 lbs. of BBQ chicken and ribs before the Padres smoke the Phillies.

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self-guided walking tours of neighborhood restaurants 6/8-9 Taste of Gaslamp gaslamp.org 6/10 Taste of La Mesa lamesachamber.net 6/19 Taste of Little Italy tasteoflittleitalysd.com 6/30 Taste of Adams Avenue adamsavenuebusiness.com

Padres Home Games: 5/31-6/2: vs.

Toronto Blue Jays 6/10-12: vs.

Atlanta Braves 6/14-16: vs.

Arizona Diamondbacks

6/15-16: Alpha Warrior Location: Qualcomm Stadium, Mission Valley Admission: $90-$115 Info: alphawarrior.com No miles, no mud, no paint — just obstacles.

6/29: Gladiator Rock ‘N’ Run Location: Barona Indian Reservation, Ramona Admission: $70-$80 Info: gladiatorrocknrun.com More American Gladiator-esque obstacles, this time with mud.

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6/30: The San Diego International Triathlon Location: Spanish Landing Park, Midway Admission: $140-$190 Info: kozevents.com This 31st annual event tempts professional athletes with a $10K purse.

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“Piggybacking” by Troy Coulterman (see story page 52)

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pulse { ARTS } {continued from page 43} “41 Months” by Nicole Waszack

“Disperse” by Gail Roberts

6/8-7/27: “Spiral” by Gail Roberts Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla scottwhiteart.com Most of this SDSU professor’s paintings are scenes that make statements about humanity, the glory of nature or humanity’s interaction with nature. “Spiral” will showcase Gail Roberts’ images of birds’ nests, referencing themes of accumulation and temporal existence.

“Elegy IV.I” by Mara de Luca

6/5-7/6: “Dreaming in the Hippodrome”

by Nicole Waszak Distinction Gallery, Escondido distinctionart.com Local painter Nicole Waszak found inspiration for this exhibition of sugar, spice and everything nice while witnessing her three-year-old daughter discovering the world, which helped the artist reunite with her own inner-child.

6/8-7/27: “Even if the Lights Go Out”

by Mara de Luca Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla quintgallery.com

“Mary Jane 10” by Keemowerks

6/8-7/7: “Werkaholic” by Keemowerks Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla thumbprintgallerysd.com

See Los Angeles-based abstract painter Mara de Luca’s “Elegies” series, which was inspired by 20th-Century Austrian poet Ranier Maria Rilke as well as today’s high-fashion advertisements — in other words, moody, contrasted pieces that use light and shadow to convey the conflict between good and despair.

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“Day Moth” by Hunt Slonem

6/8-7/8: “Butterflies & Rebirth” by Hunt Slonem Madison Gallery, La Jolla madisongalleries.com This modern New York artist’s paintings look like awesome, kitschy treasures from Grandma’s attic. His color palette and use of patterns akin to 1960s linens and embroidery lend an aged appearance to the series. Garage and estate sale enthusiasts will love this show.

6/8-9/1: Approximately Infinite Universe Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla mcasd.org

Dumpsters painted by Bobby Draws Skulls

Artists from around the globe will take part in this exhibition of playful, Syfy Channel-looking images that make serious statements about real life. Think Orwell, with aliens. If you’re a Beatles fan, come hiss at Yoko Ono’s installation.

6/8-9/25: “Intersections”

by Charles Arnoldi Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside oma-online.org Charles Arnoldi hit it big in the 1970s with his rich, textural works, and he’s still at it today. This exhibition will explore 50 years of Arnodli’s career through things like hus sculptures made of sticks, relief pieces that involve a chainsaw and painted plywood, and vibrant abstract paintings.

6/15-7/13: B-Sides Rosewood Gallery, East Village rswdsd.com Street artists with varying forms of steez (that’s “style” plus “ease,” yo) will show off some of their most recent creations at one of San Diego’s latest and greatest purveyors of urban art and sneakers.

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“Favorite Men” by Charles Arnoldi

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pulse { ARTS } {continued from page 46} “Industrial Reliquary Jar” by Richard Burkett

6/15-1/5: “Allied Craftsmen Today” Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park mingei.org This exhibition will show 100 works from 37 current members of The Allied Craftsmen, a group of tinkerers formed in San Diego right after WWII, when craft was blossoming as an art form.

6/21-7/21: “Tangible Absurdities”

by Troy Coulterman Subtext Gallery, Little Italy subtextgallery.com This Canadian sculptor derives inspiration from those embarrassingly bizarre-o dreams that no one would dare recount aloud. His colorful wall-hanging sculptures celebrate the ridiculousness that seeps out from the subconscious in this exhibition of quite literal tangible absurdities.

“Pablo Picasso, painter, sculptor and printmaker, Vallauris, France” by Arnold Newman “Ineffectual Intellectual” by Troy Coulterman

6/30-10/6: “Selections for 60 Years” by Tony DeLap Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside oma-online.org “Minimalism” is a shmancy word for art that is pared down to basic clean lines and forms. It’s not art that tries to imitate the beauty of anything else (like a painting of flowers), but instead is its own beautiful object. Tony DeLap is a Southern California minimalist artist who makes beautiful objects inspired by optical illusions.

Sixty years worth of his work will be displayed at this show.

“Modern Times III” by Tony Delap

6/29-9/8: “Masterclass” by Arnold Newman San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park sdmart.org Arnold Newman is portraiture royalty. This exhibition will include roughly 200 black-and-white photographs of the estimated 8,000 Newman took throughout a career that spanned from the Depression to his death in 2006. Some of his more notable subjects include Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and John F. Kennedy.

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arry the Hat is as whimsical as one of the characters he brings to life with a few perfectly placed lines and splashes of color. He’s been known to introduce himself by drawing a quick sketch that makes its way from his hand to yours before he and his mop of bouncy blonde curls disappears back into the crowd. He’s been seen carrying his art from one place to another in tattered vintage suitcases. He stays up late, climbs roofs to look at sunsets and stops to smell flowers (right before plucking the prettiest one from the ground to tuck into the band of his old-timey hat).

The quirky artist methodically twists the tips of his handlebar mustache as he listens to music so carefully and intensely, it’s as if he’s been transported to another dimension. He surfs — always has; probably always will — and the feeling that swells up inside of him when he’s in the water or {continued on page 52} sitting on the sand is something that has inspired his artwork for years.

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“There’s something in the air down there that’s enchanting,” he says, trying to put into words the allure of the ocean, a deep feeling so many surfers can’t seem to elucidate for those who don’t ride.

The Hat is known by a few pseudonyms. His effortlessly sublime surf scenes are most often associated with Sketch Holiday or Harry Holiday.

It’s his bread-and-butter gig that’s brought him work from big brands like volcom and Roxy, and musicians like Jack Johnson and Matt Costa. When he’s twisting lines together to form his art-nouveau-inspired creatures — friendly looking things that seem like they were ripped right out a child’s overactive imagination — he’s Harry the Hat. He admits the latter body of work is the harder sell, but says he holds it in a higher regard.

The name change was meant to separate his fine art from the commercial design work he churns out for the surf industry. He has no problem slapping his blissed-out surfers on board shorts and bikinis, but he always pictured something more for his other work.

These days, though, Harry the Hat is beginning to embrace his place in the surf-art world rather than compartmentalize his art styles by associating them with his various names.

“I fought it for a while but finally got caught in its undertow and swept out to sea,” he says. “I like how surf culture is evolving and changing and getting better, even though some part of it… how can I say it? Some part of it gets kookier and kookier, but there’s a pure spirit in it that is consistently inspiring.

Some of the best, most classic artists of our time are surf artists — Rick Griffin and Bill Ogden — and I strive to get to that level of surf-art culture.” fineartamerica.com/profiles/harry-holiday.html F I F T y - T W O [JuNE 2013]

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“I am half Persian.

I know what you’re thinking, ‘K-von, you don’t seem Persian to me.’

Well, guys, that’s because I use cologne responsibly. Two sprays, not two bottles.”

— K-von 5/31-6/1: K-von @ The Comedy Palace, thecomedypalace.com This half-Persian, half-Scottish comedian just finished filming his one-hour comedy special “K-von: Persian/American.”

“I lost my virginity through anal sex, which a lot of people say means you’re still a virgin. I think that means you were never a virgin to begin with. That’s like saying, ‘I’ve never been in a fist fight, but I did bomb a school.”

— Dan St. Germain

6/6-9: Dan St. Germain @ The American Comedy Co., americancomedyco.com This regular on VH1’s Best Week Ever hosts his own podcast, “My Dumb Friends,” and appeared in a 2012 Super Bowl commercial with Howard Stern.

“Toddlers are great.

Toddlers are like having little drunk people in your house, ’cause they break stuff. They’ll pee on your couch and not apologize.”

— Vargus Mason

6/7-8: Vargus Mason @ The Comedy Store La Jolla, lajolla.thecomedystore.com Dubbed “The Human Cartoon” for his array of animated movements and voices, Vargus Mason makes a point to travel abroad as often as he can to entertain the troops.

“It’s amazing I’m married.

Seriously, what girl growing up describes her ideal man, her prince charming as: ‘Oh, my god.

He’s gonna be like 5’7”, kinda chubby in the face, he’s gonna have the pastiest skin in the entire world and he’s going to have the biggest fire crotch ever!’?”

— Brad Wollack

6/14-15: Brad Wollack @ The American Comedy Co., americancomedyco.com Brad Wollack is a regular fixture on Chelsea Lately’s roundtable, probably not-at-all because he’s also one of the executive producers of the show as well as the executive producer, co-creator and co-star of Chelsea Handler’s other show, After Lately.

“Life is all about luck. It’s about being in the right place at the right time; that’s all it is.

The best example of that has to be Angelina Jolie’s Cambodian kid.

Talk about being in the right orphanage, in the right Third World country, right when round-eye came walkin’ through.”

— Sam Tripoli 6/14-15: Sam Tripoli @ The Comedy Store La Jolla, lajolla.thecomedystore.com Having made the move from doorman to comedian at The Comedy Store in L.A., this New York native hosts his own weekly web podcast, “The Naughty Show.”

“I hate young people. I don’t like anyone whose breasts are above her belt. It’s that simple.”

— Joan Rivers on The Colbert Report

6/21: Joan Rivers @ Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, humphreysconcerts.com This Brooklyn-born insult queen currently hosts the E! network show Fashion Police and hawks her own line of jewelry on QVC.

“How much blow can Charlie Sheen do?

Enough to kill Two And A Half Men.” — Jon Lovitz on Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen

6/27: Jon Lovtiz @ Sycuan Casino, sycuan.com Avoiding downtown so he doesn’t have to see what came of his failed Jon Lovitz Comedy Club in the Gaslamp (now FLUXX), Lovitz will be theopposite-of-triumphantly returning to San Diego to see how his brand of funny works on the outskirts of town.

“[Women] are the most illogical species I’ve ever met in my life. ’Cause I’m a man, and men are just simple: A, B, C, D. Every woman I’ve ever met: A, B, F, parenthesis, circle, yellow, sky, plane, car, bunny, kitten.” — Christopher Titus

6/27-29: Christopher Titus @ The American Comedy Co., americancomedyco.com In the years following Titus, his 2000 FOX TV series about his dark and tumultuous past, this comedian went on to star in four Comedy Central specials and founded his own nonprofit, The Insight Youth Project, which benefits children from abusive The local improv group at National Comedy Theatre (NCT) in Mission Hills now holds the honor of producing the longest-running households. comedy show in San Diego County history. On May 18, NCT performed show Number 3,823, nudging-out the previous record holder, Triple Espresso, which had a 3,822-show stint when its doors closed at downtown’s Horton Grand Theatre in 2008.

NCT founder and artistic director Gary Kramer says his show’s 14-year run of nearly 4,000 performances “means we’ve either been doing something right, or nobody has noticed that we’ve been doing it wrong.”

Every Thursday through Sunday, the 25-member cast puts on a 90-minute, completely unscripted show for audience members who call the shots by shouting suggestions at the players. nationalcomedy.com — C.D. F I F T Y - F O U R [JUNE 2013]

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SERGE PROTECTOR San Diego conservationist Serge Dedina fights to preserve pristine coastlands B y K i n see M orla n P H O T O b y P aul B od y

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serge dedina, competing at the Walter Caloca surf Contest, in san Miguel, Baja California, in April, 2013.

“The conference was really about sharing the various tools people are using to save waves,” Dedina says, now back on this side of the border and ready to take on his next big battle.

Dedina’s been surfing since the late-’70s, when he was 13, but his first taste of environmentalism came a few years before that. He was just 7 when he sent a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, railing against proposed plans to develop a marina in the Tijuana Estuary, located in his hometown of Imperial Beach.

“I was 15 or 16 by the time we won that one,” Dedina says. “That was my whole childhood, really — organizing cleanups and protests, and sitting in front of bulldozers in order to save the estuary.”

Since that victory, Dedina has been able to add the conservation of thousands of acres of sensitive coastal sites to his list of successes. He helped lead the charge against the Mitsubishi Corporation’s plans to build a saltharvesting plant in the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California, which would have destroyed a gray-whale birthing lagoon. He was one of the loudest voices demanding the upgrade of the International Wastewater Treatment Plant in San ysidro, which treats sewage flows that exceed the capacity of the existing Tijuana sewage treatment system and used to spill into the Pacific Ocean. And he’s been able to mobilize and inspire thousands of people over the years to get their hands dirty by doing simple tasks like heading out to the beach for cleanups.

Dedina’s tactics are truly grassroots and hands-on. Rather than tackling big issues at the legislative level, he and his team of 17, who work out of offices in Imperial Beach and Ensenada, prefer engaging beachside communities and underserved groups that other environmentalists tend to ignore. Whether his team is working alongside indigenous tribes in Oaxaca, Mexico, or military families in Imperial Beach, Dedina says the secret to his success is finding allies who live in the areas most affected, and then transforming those allies into environmental stewards who take on the local issues with more passion and fervor than he ever could.

“The hallmark of our work is that we don’t believe people are the enemy,” he says. “We believe that people are the solution.”

Another result-producing approach to coastal conservation, says Dedina, has been having a sense of humor. The official WiLDCOAST spokesperson is none other than El Hijo Del Santo, a famous Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling star who has a soft spot in his heart for sea turtles and whales.

Dedina says the masked man, who will be making an appearance June 15 at the annual WiLDCOAST Baja Bash fundraiser event, has attracted a diverse group to his coastal conservation cause.

Ask Dedina why he continues to take on bigger and more challenging environmental issues, and he’ll laugh as he tells you, deep down, he’s an environmental activist out of selfishness.

“The fact is, I want to surf with my friends and my kids,” he says. “If the water is polluted, I can’t surf. So, the bottom line is that I do it so I can enjoy the ocean.”

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The leopard sharks at La Jolla Shores look spooky, but rest assured, they’re as scared of you as you are of JAWS.

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ecause Shark Week is, like 83 days too short, the salty sea-folk at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography are holding their very own, appropriate-length celebration of the apex predators — Shark Summer.

In addition to bi-weekly lectures and a new exhibit paying homage to San Diego’s famed leopard sharks, the aquarium is extending its reach down the hill with offsite programs for all ages. The bravest of explorers can participate in six close-encounter snorkeling excursions in the shallow waters off La Jolla Shores, where leopard sharks tend to school. Those unconvinced by Wikipedia’s bold claims of the harmlessness of the breed will want to stick to the surface on a Shark and Wildlife Kayak Adventure, where paddlers can stay high-and-dry while learning why La Jolla’s Matlahuayl Marine Reserve is a popular destination for these scary-looking fish.

As if having youth weren’t enviable enough, Fourth through Sixth Graders can take part in Birch’s newest and definitely coolest summer camp — Shark Encounters.

Extremely awesome parents now have the opportunity to sign their progeny up for one of four five-day sessions that will enable the youngins to learn the importance of conservation, take part in hands-on activities and, ultimately, brag to all of their friends that they got to spend the summer swimming with freakin’ sharks!

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla 858.534.3474, aquarium.ucsd.edu

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The best time to visit Cedar Creek Falls is after a rainy period. Purchase a pass if headed to a national park — an annual “Adventure Pass” good for all SoCal parks is only $30 — or rally on a free day (Sept. 28 or Nov. 9 - 11).

San Diego County

A River Runs to It The gravity of the situation at SoCal’s waterfalls B y M ega n L oo n e y

OPPOSITE: Big Falls in San Bernadino County is the largest waterfall in California.

THIS PAGE: The Devil’s Punchbowl is open again, now with a new set of rules after a series of tragic accidents.

If you listen to TLC and “stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to,” then you won’t get to fall head-over-heels, and possibly into poison oak (be careful!), for these nearby waterfalls.

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Cedar Creek Falls (aka Devil’s Punch Bowl) sits at the end of a popular Ramona trail nestled in the San Diego County Estates neighborhood off Thornbush Road.

The steep, 5.5-mile round-trip path to and from the falls was shut down in July 2011 after a series of injuries and deaths.

The reopening of the trailhead in April came with a new set of rules: booze and jumping off the 80-foot waterfall are forbidden; permits are required. (Buy permits for $6 at recreation. gov; only 75 are available each day.)

Directions: Head east on I-8, then merge onto CA-67 North. Turn right onto Mapleview St., then turn left onto Ashwood St. Continue onto Wildcat Canyon Rd., then turn right onto San Vicente Rd. Make a left onto Ramona Oaks Rd., then the last right onto Thornbush Rd. Trail entrance and parking is where road dead ends. {continued on page 66}

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Tenaja Falls is a finicky beauty located near Murrieta. After it rains, the tiny creek falls 150 feet over a cliff in five different stages. The main trail leads to the waterfall; a good swimming hole can be found on the second tier. Word on the trail is that there’s a free campground 1.5 miles past the falls. Finding to the correct trailhead can be tricky, so be sure to follow the directions below.

Directions: Head north on I-15, then exit Clinton Keith Rd. and turn left. Make a right onto Tenaja Rd, and another to stay on Tenaja Rd. Turn right onto Cleveland Forest Rd. and continue onto Tenaja Truck Trail. Turn left onto Forest Rte. 7S02/Tenaja Truck Trail and the trail entrance will be on your right.

Three Sisters Falls in Julian is ideal for athletic adventure-seekers, not the faint of heart.

The strenuous four-mile hike includes two sections of steep, slippery terrain that require the use of a rope, so visiting the triplet of falls at the end of Boulder Creek Road is not recommended for beginners or their four-legged friends. Survivors

of the harrowing journey are rewarded with sights of bikini-clad sunbathers sprawled on the rocks or playing in a series of tiered falls and waterslidemimicking rocks. (Author accepts no responsibility for any encounters with poison oak).

Directions: Head east on I-8, then merge onto CA-79 North. Turn left onto Riverside Dr., then another left onto Viejas Grade Rd. Make the first right onto Oak Grove Dr., then a right onto Boulder Creek Rd. Stay on Boulder Creek Rd. for about 13 miles, until you find the trail entrance on the right.

An inland gem hidden between Mira Mesa and Rancho Penasquitos, Penasquitos Falls in the Los Penasquitos Canyon is the perfect choice for un-seasoned hikers and bikers. After entering the Canyonside Recreation center off Black Mountain Road, drive all the way to the back where there is plenty of parking by an easily accessible trail. This leisurely 6.5-mile hike wends through groves of trees, small streams, open meadows (where frolicking is expected) and S I X T Y - S I X [JUNE 2013]

eventually a large collection of rocks hiding the small waterfall and pools of water. Watch for Indian markings in the rocks near the falls.

Directions: Head east on 1-8, then merge onto I-15 North. Exit Mercy Rd. and turn left. Turn right onto Black Mountain Rd., then make a U-turn at Park Village Rd. Trail entrance will be on the right.

Maidenhair Falls is situated in the AnzaBorrego Desert’s Hellhole Canyon, but it doesn’t resemble Hades. Surrounded by diverse plants and trees (some of which are thorny), this desert trail leads to an unexpected oasis. The small waterhole is easy to miss, as it hides behind one of California’s largest palm groves. The waterfall is only about 20-feet high, but seeing the water winding through hair-like moss is worth the six-mile hike.

Directions: Head east on CA-78, then turn left onto CA-79 North. Turn right onto San Felipe Rd., then a left onto Montezuma Valley Rd. Look for the Hellhole Canyon parking lot and trail entrance on the left.

Greater SoCal Sturtevant Falls is a majestic, 50-foot fall in Los Angeles’ Big Santa Anita Canyon.

The swimming hole at the end of the 3.2mile hike is usually packed on weekends.

After parking near the trailhead, walk through the Chantry Flat Fire Road gate to begin your downhill journey, but remember

OPPOSITE: Tenaja falls, the triple-tiered waterfall wonder of Murrieta. below: Sturtevant Falls cascades 50 feet to a picturesque swimming hole below.

— what goes down must come up. Once you get to the first of three stream crossings, known as Fiddler’s Crossing, the falls are near.

I-210 West, then exit Santa Anita Ave. Turn right onto Santa Anita Ave. and continue onto Chantry Flats Rd. Parking and trailhead is at the road’s dead end.

Directions: Head north on I-15, then merge onto CA-91 West. Merge onto CA-71 North, then onto CA-57 North. Keep left at fork to merge onto

Big Falls in San Bernardino County is touted as one of the largest waterfalls in California. The steady cascade twists and turns down the canyon, ensuring you have to scale a mountainside to see the whole 500-foot fall. With only about 100 feet of the falls visible at a time, it’s worth exploring the area. A 15-minute scramble uphill beyond the end of the trail (past the “Hazardous Area” sign), reveals even more tiers in the distance.

Directions: Head north on I-15, then merge onto I-215 North. Exit onto I-10 East, then exit University St. Turn left onto University St., then right onto E. Lugonia Ave. Continue onto Mentone Blvd. and CA38, then turn right onto Valley of the Falls Dr. Continue onto Hemlock Dr., then turn left onto Island Dr. Parking and trail entrance is on the left.

The trail to Escondido Falls begins in an affluent neighborhood near Malibu and then eventually plummets down Escondido Canyon. At the official end of the 4.5-mile trail is the lower falls. To reach the main falls, follow an easy-to-miss dirt path off to the right, just before the end of the main trail. Seeing the larger falls draped in cascading green moss and trickling off the mountainside like a forgotten faucet, requires a rope traverse and light rock climbing.

Directions: Head north on I-5, then merge onto I-405 North. Exit Santa Monica Fwy., then keep left at the fork and merge onto I-10 West.

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The nine-mile hike to the 80-foot Fish Canyon Falls is totally worth it, just watch out for poison ivy.

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The challenging hike to Fish Canyon Falls in the Angeles National Forest leads past the remnants of old cabins to two waterfalls, the taller of which falls 80 feet. The nine-mile round-trip Fish Canyon Trail is extremely steep, so hiking poles are recommended. Dress to defend against the bumper of poison ivy (remember, “leaves of 3, leave them be”) threatening those who stray from the beaten path. To reap the benefits of this hike with minimal effort, Vulcan Minerals (owners of the quarry the trail passes through) offers a shuttle bus on Saturday mornings that drops hikers off at the last leg of the trail.

Directions: Head north on I-5, then merge onto I-605 North. Turn right onto Huntington Dr., then left onto Encanto Pkwy. Continue onto Fish Canyon Rd., trailhead will be on the left.

Paradise Falls (aka Wildwood Falls) offers a great swimming hole, a beautiful 40-foot-wide stream of water and Teepees (yep). It also happens to be right next to an outlet mall in Thousand Oaks, in case you forget a swimsuit. Several trails offering varying degrees of intensity run past interesting sights like old Indian caves and the Los Arboles Nature Center to, what fans say is, a smaller likeness of the world’s tallest waterfall, Angels Falls, in Venezuela.

Directions: Head north on I-5, then exit US-101 North. Exit Lynn Rd. and turn right. Turn left onto W. Avenida De Los Arboles, then right onto Frontier Ave. Make first left onto Bright Star St., then another left onto Big Sky Dr. Make a slight left onto W. Avenida De Los Arboles, and parking and trail entrance will be on the right.

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Beauty and the

Beasts Ocean R amsey rides sharks to save their lives

By Kyle Hall Photos by Donald Miralle (unless noted)

In February, a video of a graceful woman free-diving with, and holding on to, a 15foot great white shark went viral. But even after the clip was picked up by Transworld Surf, CBS News and other media outlets, next to nothing was revealed regarding the woman herself... and what had caused her to lose her mind.

To get to the bottom of the story, or even deeper, PacificSD sent local photographer Donald Miralle, who has some serious chops in the waterphotography department (see page 82) to photograph the fearless former San Diegan, Ocean Ramsey, at play in her now-natural habitat of Oahu, Hawaii.

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Ramsey with tiger sharks that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scare her even a little.

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Ramsey at Sharks Cove.

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meet ocean ramsey...

O

cean Ramsey has modeled in ad campaigns for Xcel Wetsuits, Maui Jim and Hawaiian Airlines, but those are probably the least interesting entries in her bio. She’s also a professional dive instructor who’s on the water every day. She can hold her breath underwater for 5 minutes and 45 seconds.

She’s upset that she can dive only to a depth of 150 feet with a single breath, but is currently training to reach 200. And, for casual exercise, she does yoga, jiu jitsu and muay thai. When she gets serious, she competes in sprint triathlons.

Also, she SWIMS WITH SHARKS. Seriously, Ramsey freedives with massive predators and holds on to their dorsal fins, but let’s get back to that in a minute.

Ramsey grew up between San Diego and Hawaii; her father was born here and owns property in both areas. Her passion for sharks was sparked when she was five, during a family visit to La Jolla to see leopard sharks.

She went on to train at SeaWorld San Diego with the divesafety instructor, and worked at the now-defunct Diving Locker in Pacific Beach. She recalls night-diving during San Diego’s mystical red tides with an air of longing, and says she’d love to move back here, if only there were a way to raise the water temp for year-round diving.

Over the years, Ramsey’s passion for sharks eventually led her to Water Inspired (waterinspired.com), what she describes as “a platform to change the initial perspective people have of sharks.”

To drum up awareness for its cause, Water Inspired captures breathtaking images of Ramsey swimming with, and often touching, sharks.

The shock-value created by juxtaposing a beautiful woman with one of the world’s most dangerous predators is not unintentional. Through mind-bending photos of Ramsey holding on to sharks with mouths big enough to swallow her whole, the crew is drawing attention to what is likely the worst thing ever to happen to the nearly 400-million-year-old fish: a brutal form of fishing called “finning.”

Finning is an inarguably cruel form of shark fishing that involves harvesting (read: cutting off ) only the dorsal fin, and then tossing the rest of the still-living shark overboard to sink until discovered by other predators and eaten alive. This horrible end is shared by between 23 million and 200 million sharks each year, depending on which study you choose to believe. Despite the wide range in study results, scientists agree that even the low estimates represent unsustainable fishing practices that will lead to extinction.

The only real use for harvested shark fins is as a flavorless addition to a traditional Chinese soup that was once reserved for special occasions and affordable to only a rich few. However, the recent economic surge in China, and the associated increase in disposable income among the middle class who has never been able to afford shark fin soup, has caused an unprecedented explosion in demand in what is now estimated to be a billion-dollar industry.

Those who think an ocean without sharks would mean happy days of anxiety-free surfing should probably rent Bio-Dome for an important lesson in ecology: environments are all about balance, and can thrive only in homeostasis. Knock off the top of the food chain, and the detrimental effects will ripple to the base.

Fortunately for global food supplies, Ramsey and her cohorts at Water Inspired are risking their skin daily to alter public opinion and make sure this never becomes a reality. While it’s unrealistic to think the general public will ever approach Ramsey’s level of comfort with sharks, her interactions with them provide valuable counterpoints to pop culture stigma.

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Ramsey swims with some of the species she’s working to protect.

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In February, Department of Fish and Wildlife officials were presented with evidence showing there are fewer than 350 great white sharks left in Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coastal waters. These essential predators were granted protection under the Endangered Species Act the following month, but cannot officially be added to the Endangered Species List until more studies are complete.

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Ramsey cruises with a new friend at Kahe Point.

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ne of Ramsey’s most telling encounters occurred during a 7-knot drift dive (a type of SCUBA diving involving riding currents to cover long distances) in French Polynesia, what Ramsey calls the “shark capital of the South Pacific.”

The current she was riding made the area a popular feeding ground, and she found herself swimming with hundreds of tiger sharks.

The only way to slow down to observe the animals feeding during such a dive is to escape the current by dipping into breaks in the hard coral. During one of these momentary respites, Ramsey struck a sharp piece of the coral with her thigh and immediately started to cloud the water with blood.

As if alerted by the underwater equivalent of a mass text message, every shark turned in unison, bloodlust guiding them to tear whatever was bleeding to shreds. As they descended towards Ramsey, several of the sharks snapped at each other, fighting over the anticipated meal until they reached the easy prey.

In a Hollywood film, this exactly how one would expect the scene to play out, but reality is a bit less marketable.

“Your blood looks green underwater, it looks like green smoke,” says Ramsey.

“So, I’m bleeding in a school of like 200 sharks, and they can care less that I’m there.

They kind of remind me of birds or cats sometimes.

They don’t really care that you’re around.”

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Sharks are capable of sensing blood in very small quantities, but they aren’t particularly interested in human blood.

“When it’s fish blood in the water, it’s a different reaction; they can taste the difference,” says Ramsey, her having survived the encounter serving as a convincing testament to the claim.

Tiger sharks have a reputation for being bloodthirsty predators that eat just about anything, but the characterization is only partially accurate. While they have been found with all manner of trash in their stomachs (like tires and license plates), tiger sharks are primarily scavengers who prefer to feed on the dead or dying, and attack humans only in cases of mistaken identity.

Despite a mountain of scientific evidence showing the benefits of sharks far outweigh the danger they pose to humans, Ramsey is faced with myriad skeptics in a society trained by JAWS. Many critics have compared her to the ill-fated Grizzly Man who ended up a victim of the wild animals he was trying to cohabitate with and ultimately save.

To those critics, Ramsey’s message is simple: “I’m not living with the animals, I respect them for what they are: apex predators and wild animals. I’m not going out there to be a part of their society, I’m going out there to study them and help with a perception change.”

To her credit, it’s impossible to look at photos of Ramsey holding on to the dorsal fin of a 15-foot great white shark without experiencing at least a slight shift in perspective.

Visit waterinspired.com to see more amazing photos.

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Ramsey free-diving through caves at Sharks Cove.

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CAUGHT IN THE UNDERSHOW A San Diego photographer makes a splash on the international scene

P hotos b y D ona l d M ira l l e Donald Miralle swam competitively while attending UCLA and dove into underwater photography by shooting his college teammates. In the years since, his work with and under water has landed him more than 40 internationally significant photography awards. With such a mountain of accolades under his belt, it’s easy to assume Miralle’s nearing the end of a stellar career, but his prestigious awards actually outnumber the years since his birth.

In mid-May, PacificSD sent the 38-yearold, San Diego-based photographer to Oahu, Hawaii, to photograph this issue’s cover model, Ocean Ramsey, in her element — swimming with sharks.

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“Children's Pool” on March 16, 2008, in La Jolla. eight y - three [ J U N E 2 0 1 3 ]

Champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil swims at the Pan American Games at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center on October 20, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

This photo of competitors swimming over a school of fish at the start of the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship on October 8, 2011, won Miralle First Place in the Sports (Singles) category of the 2012 World Press Photo contest.

PacificSD: How was the trip?

Donald Miralle: I felt immediately at home with Ocean and Juan [Ramsey’s friend, photographer Juan Oliphant]. They were very easygoing people who have the same interests as me, so it was a true pleasure to hang out with them for a couple days.

You didn’t get up-close and personal with tiger sharks. Did that bum you out?

Yes, but everything you do in the ocean is dependent on the

conditions, whether it’s surfing, sailing, fishing or diving with sharks.

If those conditions aren’t right, you will probably not have a good experience, or, even worse, you can risk your safety.

What’s been your favorite shoot of your career so far?

I would have to say the eight Olympic Games I’ve shot probably rank as the most memorable and challenging experiences I’ve had as a photographer. I also feel like it’s the arena where I’ve made my most significant photographs as a photojournalist. There’s is

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A surfer duck dives under a wave at Windmills during a large swell on January 6, 2005, in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

nothing harder in the world of sports photography than covering an Olympic Games in a foreign country, logging 20-hour days for 20 days straight.

If you could photograph anyone in the world, living or dead, who would you choose?

I would have loved to shoot portraits of larger-than-life people that have passed, like Mahatma Gandhi, Bob Marley, Jimmy Hendrix and John Lennon, or figures who are alive today, like the Dalai

Lama. I enjoy doing one-on-one portraits with celebrity types, because, as they’re sitting for you and passing the time chatting, you get an insight into who they are. You realize they are real people just like you, and it’s always a challenge trying to capture that personality in a still image and freeze it forever.

What do you love to do besides photography?

Nowadays, I’m in the ocean, paddling, surfing or swimming every morning. My wife, Lauren, and I exposed our sons Luke and

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World Championships on October 13, 2012, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. eight y - six [ J U N E 2 0 1 3 ]

Micah to the water at a very young age, not only for safety reasons but also to share the love of being in the water that I have. There is a rich history of great surfers and paddlers in our area, and I am lucky to have a great group of like-minded people at North County Paddlers that I train with every week.

Do you have a favorite spot in San Diego?

By far my favorite place, not only in San Diego, but in the entire world, is my home in the small community of Leucadia. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re minutes from some great breaks like Beacons, Grandview, Ponto, and a little further south is Swamis and Cardiff Reef. I feel like my family and I are fortunate to live in the best place on the planet, and no matter where I fly to for an assignment, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great feeling touching back down in S.D.

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Restaurant and bar proprietors countywide have been pulling out all of the stops to get their doors open before all the tourists show up. From maple bourbon-glazed donuts to an urban winery to bars in grocery stores, their additions to San Diego’s dining and nightlife scene are as eclectic as they are enticing. Here’s a list of fresh new spots (some of which haven’t even opened yet) to check out before Arizona arrives.

The Bier Garden of Encinitas’ Pomjito.

The Bier Garden of Encinitas 641 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas 760.632.BIER (2437) drinkbier.com Despite the spelling of its name, this new Encinitas beer-haven skews far from typical German beer halls by serving craft cocktails and gastropub-y fare. Ensuring nobody can accuse it of false advertising, the bar also features 24 taps, all of which are reserved for local brews.

Amaya La Jolla

1205 Prospect St., La Jolla 858.750.3695, amayalajolla.com Formerly a well-kept secret at The Grand Del Mar, Amaya has spawned a clone in La Jolla, where executive chef Camron Woods is preparing the most popular items from the original Amaya, plus a handful of his new creations. While The Grand is known as being pricey, Amaya’s mains average about $30; its staggering, 300-label wine list includes nothing over $100-a-bottle.

Starting June 3, the La Jolla location will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

American Voodoo

(coming soon) 4657 Park Blvd., University Heights americanvoodoo.com Coming soon to the Hillcrest near you (late June or early July), American Voodoo will serve a seasonal “Americana” menu of regional specialties from across the nation in a reclaimed woodfilled interior interspersed with oddities the joint’s filmmaker-owner gathered over the years with his friends.

The revamped former home of El Take it Easy is now Hubcap.

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Hubcap

3926 30th St., North Park 619.291.1859, hubcapsd.com “It’s a grass-fed burger and cocktail joint,” says Hubcap owner Jay Porter of his new spot in North Park. The mastermind behind The Linkery, Porter shut the doors to his former Baja Med project (El Take it Easy) in April, adding steel to the once wooden façade and installing new tabletops, two of which fold down onto a street-side patio.

“The Southern California-style burger is a low-brow thing,” says Porter, “but it’s become such a popular item and lasted because it’s so delicious.”

While its roots may not be fancy, the Hubcap Burger elevates itself by sitting atop a sesame seed bun (from San Diego’s Sadie Rose bakery) with housemade mayo, pickles and Cheese Fluff — 50 percent sharp cheddar, 25 percent cream cheese and 25 percent bleu cheese.

In addition to the namesake burger, the menu also drips with a double burger, a spicy grilled cheese sandwich and a burger for vegetarians who should consider themselves warned — all of the fryers are filled with pig fat.

Hubcap’s signature burger with herb-crusted onion rings deep-fried in pig fat.

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Bertrand at Mister A’s

Carnitas Snack Shack

Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits (coming soon)

Casa Sol y Mar

2550 Fifth Ave. #12, Bankers Hill 619.239.1377, bertrandatmisteras.com Mister A’s is now offering weekend brunch, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, for the first time in its 48-year run.

2215 India St., Little Italy ballastpoint.com Ballast Point will hit Little Italy this summer with a new, fivebarrel brewery that will focus on experimenting with new styles. The theme/style of the 9,000-square-foot space’s restaurant has yet to be revealed.

Bite of Boston

4651 Mission Blvd., Pacific Beach biteofboston.net Bite of Boston’s third San Diego location is opening in June in Pacific Beach. Ingredients flown in from New England will help keep specialties like Maine lobster rolls and clam chowder as authentic as possible.

2632 University Ave., North Park 619.294.7675, carnitassnackshack.com The walk-up eatery has a remodeled outdoor seating area and is now serving local beer.

12865 El Camino Real, Del Mar 858.792.4100, casasolymar.com The Bazaar Del Mundo Restaurant Group has popped open another casa in Del Mar Highlands Town Center to go with their other casas: Casa de Bandini (Carlsbad), Casa de Pico (La Mesa) and Casa Guadalajara (Old Town).

CUCINA enoteca Del Mar (coming soon)

2730 Via de la Valle, Del Mar cucinaenoteca.com Because building one restaurant at a time is for amateurs (see Fish Public entry), Tracy Borkum is also working on her third CUCINA iteration, slated to hit Del Mar’s Flower Hill Promenade in August.

Donut Bar’s Coconut Dream donuts

Donut Bar

631 B St., Gaslamp 310.625.5571 This first-of-its-kind-in-S.D. gourmet donut shop is churning out a daily changing menu of masterpieces like the Elvis donut (banana crème custard with a peanut butter glaze), maple bourbon donuts and blueberry donuts with Meyer lemon glaze.

They open early, and close when they sell out, so plan accordingly.

Fish Public (coming soon)

4055 Adams Ave., Kensington 619.281.4014, fishpublic.com After making a name for herself with CUCINA urbana in Bankers Hill and the former Kensington Grill, Tracy Borkum has closed the latter and will soon reopen it as an affordable seafood joint with a “Nantucket-inspired” interior slated to open this summer. {continued on page 94}

Rack of lamb at Queenstown Public House in Little Italy

Queenstown Public House

1557 Columbia St., Little Italy 619.546.0444, queenstownpublichouse.com The crew behind Bare Back Grill (Pacific Beach and Gaslamp) and Raglan Public House (Ocean Beach) have transformed a funky Little Italy cottage into Queenstown, their second kiwi-themed Public House. While the menu is similar, the interior design

by Michael Soriano sets the space apart with eclectic accents like sheep standing on the ceiling.

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The beer and conversation flow at Urban Bar and Grill Stop into the chic Urban Bar and Grill for a daily happy hour (4 to 7 p.m., seven days) featuring surprising discounts on craft beers from many of San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top brewers, handcrafted cocktails and award-winning selections from the culinary team behind the Gaslampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freshest contemporary American menu. Organic favorites include beef short rib sliders, New Zealand green-lipped mussels, inspired flatbread pizzas and so much more.

Urban Bar and Grill 827 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp 619.235.8700, urbanbarandgrill.com

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Karl Strauss Brewing Company

5985 Santa Fe St., Bay Ho 858.273.2739 karlstrauss.com Karl Strauss’ main brewing facility is currently constructing an onsite tasting room slated to open in late July.

The New Yorker

535 Fourth Ave., Gaslamp 619.238.0048, thenewyorkersd.com The New Yorker’s rocking 18 taps, craft cocktails, traditional New York-style pies and off-kilter pizzas like the El Mexican, made with beans (instead of red sauce), cheese, chorizo, jalapeños, sour cream and cilantro. In true NYC fashion, they’ll be slinging slices until 4 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and they deliver.

The Regal Seagull

996 N. Coast Hwy. 101, Leucadia 760.479.2337, regalseagull.com The crew behind The Regal Beagle in Midtown has extended their empire to North County. The Regal Seagull’s 24 taps pour a great selection of craft

Custom smoked bratwurst at Salt & Cleaver.

brews to wash down locally made artisan sausages, some of which are made with local beer.

Salt & Cleaver

3805 Fifth Ave., San Diego 619.756.6677 enjoysausage.com A new sausage factory has arrived

in Hillcrest, serving beers (draft and bottled, 50 total) and craft cocktails to wash down customizable sausages and predesigned numbers like a duck and bacon sausage topped with crispy duck confit, “bacon-aze” and orange marmalade called Duck, Duck, Pig — an item sure to make parolees nervous when ordered loudly. Vegetarians should try The Faceless — quinoa, asparagus, peppers and cauliflower wrapped in a cauliflower leaf on a housemade bun with citrus slaw and herb aioli.

Sea & Smoke

(coming soon) 2690 Via de la Valle, Del Mar seaandsmoke.com Matt Gordon, chef/owner of Urban Solace in North Park and Solace & The Moonlight Lounge in Encinitas, is finally putting the finishing touches on his latest project, Sea & Smoke, an “American brasserie” in Del Mar.

Shiku Sushi

1277 Prospect St., La Jolla 858.456.7118, shikusushi.com This adventurous new La Jolla sushi joint is rolling up whacked-out specialties like the Pimp’n Shrimp’n and I’m So Baked rolls. {continued on page 96}

Upcoming Karl Strauss tasting room in Bay Ho Salt & Cleaver in Hillcrest

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The Snooty Asian

3925 Fourth Ave., Hillcrest 619.255.6330, thesnootyasian.com While waiting for their liquor license application to be approved, the folks at The Snooty Asian are serving a minimalistic menu of dishes sourced from several Asian cuisines, and will soon be adding a sushi bar.

Solterra Winery & Kitchen

934 N. Coast Hwy. 101, Leucadia 760.230.2970 solterrawinery.com San Diego’s first “urban winery” has

opened in Leucadia. Boasting 14 years of experience in winemaking, owner Christopher Van Alyea is sourcing grapes from SoCal and Baja to produce wines under the Solterra label, which are poured (along with his two other labels, Christopher Camron and Costa Azul) in the tasting room and adjacent Mediterranean tapas kitchen.

Southpaw Social Club (coming soon) 815 J St., East Village 619.501.4600, southpawsocialclub.com

Good Time Design continues its East Village takeover by turning the stadium-adjacent former El Vitral into Southpaw Social Club, signing Top Chef alum Rich Sweeney of R Gang Eatery (Hillcrest) to sling a “Southern barrelhouse-influenced” menu.

Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens Liberty Station

2816 Historic Decatur Rd. #116, Liberty Station 619.269.2100, stonelibertystation.com

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ABOVE: marinated mussles at Soltera Winery & Kitchen in Leucadia.

BELOW: the main tasting room at Soltera.

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Sycamore Den

3391 Adams Ave., Normal Heights 619.563.9019, sycamoreden.com In 1999, a 23-year-old Nick Zanoni opened Thrusters, in Pacific Beach, while living in a back room of a tailor shop. This anecdote has absolutely nothing to do with his latest project, it’s just awesome.

A whole young-Zanoni’s lifetime later, he’s thrust open the doors of a new cocktail bar in Normal Heights (he lives in a house now).

“It’s a tribute to late-‘70s, middle-class families,” says Zanoni, adding that he named the place after the sycamores surrounding his childhood home in Sacramento. Designed to evoke the antique-laden households common to the era, the cabin-esque interior is accented by a massive brass fireplace, guns, banjos, guitars and shloads of whiskey.

Drawing on experience he earned at Little Italy’s Craft + Commerce and East Village’s Noble Experiment, bartender Eric Johnson designed Sycamore Den’s cocktail menu to have something for everyone. “It’s focused on the Harvey Wallbanger era,” he says, referencing a popular cocktail comprised of vodka, Galliano and orange juice.

The Wolf Ticket at Sycamore Den. BELOW: The bar at Sycamore Den.

Tokyo Playground

(coming soon) 835 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp tokyo-playground.com Taking over the spot that used to be George’s on Fifth and The Propagandist, a new, dual-level Japanese restaurant and dance club will be arriving in the Gaslamp this fall with waitresses dressed in sexified Japanese schoolgirl outfits. Classy.

Tom Ham’s Lighthouse

2150 Harbor Island Dr., San Diego 619.291.9110 tomhamslighthouse.com The 42-year-old Harbor Island landmark has undergone a $3.5 million renovation under the direction of late architect Graham Downes, and now features a new bar, lounge and outdoor dining deck.

7th Ave. Pub

711 University Ave., Hillcrest 619.294.2800, wholefoodsmarket.com Because the only thing missing from a Whole Foods visit is the opportunity to get crunk, the Hillcrest location has added a beer-and-wine bar with wait service and a food menu comprising selections from the store’s robust kitchen/deli counter.

ViVa Bar & Kitchen

(coming soon) 409 F St., Gaslamp After shuttering the Gaslamp’s Red Light District, ASAN Restaurant Concepts is reopening the space in June, having rebranded the location with a Latin-fusion menu featuring shareable plates from a smattering of romance-tongued nations.

Wonderland Ocean Pub (coming soon)

5083 Santa Monica Ave., Ocean Beach 858.344.3827, wonderlandob.com A hundred years after the July 4, 1913, grand opening of Wonderland Park, another amusement landmark is set to make a splash in Ocean Beach. Wonderland Ocean Pub — the ocean-view brainchild of a team comprising hospitality wunderkind from The Local (Gaslamp), Bootlegger (East Village) and P.B. Shore Club — will open its doors and disappearing window walls (at the former location of Nick’s at the Pier) in June. Check it out for fresh seafood, cocktails and an á la carte grill menu.

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master of the ancient Thai art Kae-Sa-Luk (ornate carving of fruits and vegetables), Guido Michael knows carving potatoes is the easiest, carrots are the trickiest, and melons could be the key to his setting a Guinness World Record for tallest food sculpture.

Before moving to San Diego from Hershey, Pennsylvania, the chefturned-culinary-artist stacked 32 watermelons to build a 20-foot vegetal goliath for the grand opening of a farmers market. The piece spelled out the name of his hometown amid elaborate floral engravings, and took Michael and four assistant chefs two days to complete.

“I essentially broke the Guinness record, which is 17-and-a-half-feet tall, but I didn’t fill out the paperwork, so it wasn’t authorized,” says Michael.

“As soon as I find a venue and sponsors, I’d like to do a 40-foot watermelon carving and break the record officially.”

Michael relocated to San Diego in April to grow Fruitopian Artistry, a teaching and catering business he launched three years ago. Arriving with only his clothes, a computer and a collection of razor-sharp detail knives, he soon began demonstrating to even the most ham-fisted how to turn fruits and vegetables into decorative flowers, animals and logos.

In addition to classes listed on his web site (guidomichael.com), Michael recently released Melon Mayhem, a 117-minute video demonstrating some of the wily knife techniques that earned him medals at

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Without an artistic background, Michael delved into Kae-Sa-Luk after his kitchen staff asked him to carve a pumpkin for Halloween. Inspired to create something more than a standard jack-o-lantern, he stumbled upon a web site showing examples of this dramatic culinary art, which dates back to early 1300s Thailand.

“I was amazed, so I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of produce. My early works were horrible, but I kept at it every day.”

His diligence, shall we say, proved fruitful. He wowed attendees at a Dole Foods BlogHer convention in Manhattan by transforming pineapples into leafy, waist-high palm trees. At an American Culinary Federation event in Philadelphia, he spent 33 hours incising melons and papaya for an imposing floral bouquet, recalling that “a lot of Red Bull” pulled him through.

Daintier works, such as geometric patterns carved into zucchini or turnips, take him only about half an hour to complete.

Converting small carrots into butterflies or flowers, however, requires additional speed because “their texture softens from the heat of your hands as you go along,” says Michael.

No stranger to odd requests at public demos, Michael has constructed tiny tulips from grapes and budding roses from strawberries.

“Somebody asked me once to make something out of a blueberry,” he says. “I’m not even attempting that.”

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“I was amazed, so I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of produce. My early works were horrible, but I kept at it every day.”

Beets

Seasonal red and gold beets go under the knife and come out looking like roses. The red varieties eliminate the need for food coloring, which Michael uses occasionally when carving flowers from turnips and rutabagas.

Cantaloupe

Cantaloupe has corallike flesh and a highly textured rind, making it one of Michael’s favorite fruits to carve. The melons (these from the Escondido Swap Meet) are prettiest when under-ripe because they offer bursts of green against tan skins and orange interiors.

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Michael often uses zucchinis (this one from an Asian market in the College Area) when teaching, because they cut smoothly and provide stark contrast between the dark-green skin and pale flesh. In late summer, their edible blossoms can be used to accent the food art.

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Jumbo carrot

Multiple butterflies require jumbo carrots that can be found at Specialty Produce in Midtown.

The winged flutterer is extremely delicate upon completion because it’s crafted from ultra-thin cuts and then folded into shape like origami.

Watermelon

Creating roses from the soft innards of watermelon requires extremely sharp knives. For the leaves, Michael uses the firmer, white section of the rind.

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easide snacks are a must-have if you are planning an all-day beach excursion. These Kale and Avocado Summer Rolls will surely fuel an afternoon of tanning, volleyball, bocce ball and body surfing.

Curly kale is marinated in a salty-sweet dressing, then wrapped up with rich avocado, crunchy carrot, crisp cucumber and a smattering of fragrant herbs. Light and fresh, these flavor-packed rolls are durable and portable. For additional sustenance, pack your bag with a selection of mixed berries, dried fruit, nuts and seeds. Avoid larger fruits like apples and oranges that can get sandy as you eat them. Water is a must-have, but if you are feeling more adventurous you can blend a simple watermelon agua fresca (see sidebar for recipe) and enjoy it with these {continued on page 104} healthy summer rolls.

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Kale and Avocado Summer Rolls Ingredients

3 tbsp. honey 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice 6 tbsp. fish sauce 2 tsp. minced garlic 1/2 fresno chile (or jalapeño), seeds and ribs removed, finely chopped 1 small bunch of kale, washed and thoroughly dried 2 Haas avocados 10 – 12 sheets rice paper (8 1/2”) 1/2 carrot, peeled and julienned 1/4 English cucumber, julienned Cilantro leaves Mint leaves 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil Juice of 2 limes

Process

Make the kale salad. Combine honey, lime juice, fish sauce, garlic and chopped chili in a small bowl, whisking to combine. Remove the tough stem from each stalk of kale and discard. Roughly chop the remaining leaves and place in a large bowl.

Add 5 tbsp. of the dressing to the kale, tossing to combine. Let the salad sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Prepare the avocados. Cut each avocado in half and carefully remove the pit.

Scoop out the flesh and thinly slice lengthwise. Place in a small bowl and toss with 1 or 2 tbsp. of the dressing to keep the avocado from turning brown. Save the remaining dressing to use as a dipping sauce.

Assemble the summer rolls. Fill a plate that’s slightly larger than your rice paper with a thin layer of warm water. Dip one sheet of rice paper in the water, turn it over, and then dip the other side in the water. Shake off any excess water, then place on a clean work surface. To the center of the rice paper, add a handful of kale salad and a few slices of carrot, cucumber and avocado. Top with several leaves of cilantro and mint. Tightly roll the summer roll similar to how you would roll a burrito: fold over one side against the filling, then the top and bottom. Roll towards the remaining open edge until the summer roll is sealed.

Stay or go. Summer rolls can be made up to a day in advance. To serve, place rolls on a large platter in an even layer beside a small bowl of the remaining dressing. If you are taking them on the go, wrap them in parchment, and place dressing in a small Mason jar or Tupperware container.

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A brief pause to get to know the maraschino B y J aso n O ’ B r y a n / P hotos b y S ara Norris

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elieve it or not, maraschino cherries used to be edible.

Now, they’re packed with high fructose corn syrup and almond f lavoring, and it’s hard to tell whether these f luorescent pink garnishes came from a tree or were molded in a factory like so many gummy bears.

With their teeth-staining red dye #40 and litany of unpronounceable chemical ingredients, they are precisely the sort of artificial additive the recent cocktail resurgence pits itself against.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to the nowubiquitous bright pink bastardizations, alternatives that help explain where the word “maraschino” comes from and why it is misapplied to these, synthetic sugary orbs.

In 1821, in what is now Croatia, Girolamo Luxardo began making a liqueur

from the Marasca cherry. Adopting its name from a sour variety of the fruit cherry that’s native to the slopes of the Adriatic Sea, Luxardo called his new creation “maraschino liqueur.”

The liqueur is earthy, herbal and complex, which made it popular for mixing in the early days of the cocktail. Soon, the Luxardo family began selling jars of their maraschino liqueur packed with sugarcoated, pitted Marasca cherries, and the maraschino cherry was born. The sweet, alcohol-soaked fruit provided the perfect contrast to the herbal intensity of the distillate and soon found its way into cocktails alongside the liqueur.

Americans who began making imitations as early as the late-1890s were legally bound to brand their products as knockoffs. After prohibition, the United States government revised the law and, since 1940, maraschino cherries have been defined by the FDA as any cherries “dyed red, impregnated with sugar and packed in a sugar syrup f lavored with oil of bitter almonds.”

Fortunately, real maraschino cherries are staging a comeback. Timeless drinks with equally timeless ingredients are once again being worked up at cocktail bars across the country. For a true taste of both maraschino liqueur and the original Luxardo cherries, head to the East Village’s new Cat Eye Club, where bartender Cory Alberto is mixing up a pungent cocktail from the ’30s called the Last Word — made with the aforementioned ingredients plus gin, lime and Green Chartreuse.

The Last Word cocktail at The Cat Eye Club in East Village celebrates the true maraschino cherry.

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Ke$ha writes all of her own songs, which would be sort of impressive if they weren’t all about brushing her teeth with whiskey and sexing ghosts. She’s kind of like the female incarnation of the new Lonely Island song Spring Break, only there’s likely not a man on Earth who would marry her. The rarely seen-outside-of-a-onesie pop star is currently working on a collaborative album with The Flaming Lips, dubbed Lip$ha, which, if nothing else, indicates it’s finally time to get Mr. Wayne Coyne to rehab. Boy, is he gonna be pissed when he comes down off of this one!

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JUNE concert calendar 6/1: The Psychedelic Furs @ Belly Up Tavern, bellyup.com Punk rock band from across the pond, trying to relive their ’80s success.

6/1: Crystal Fighters @ The Casbah, casbahmusic.com Folk band from London, touring the world to promote their sophomore album, Cave Rave.

6/1: Sarah Geronimo @ Balboa Theatre, ticketmaster.com Filipino singer/actress whose 15 minutes of fame stretched to a full decade after she won the Philippines’ Star for a Night singing competition in 2003.

6/1: Imagine Dragons @ Open Air Theatre (SDSU), ticketmaster.com This indie rock band was Amazon’s “Favorite Rock Artist of 2012” and is currently scheduled to play several 2013 musical festivals, including Lollapalooza and Sasquatch.

6/12 CYNDI LAUPER @HUMPHREY’S Concerts by the Bay humphreysconcerts.com

Still proving girls just want to have fun, the Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter made her Broadway debut this year by writing the music and lyrics for Kinky Boots.

6/3: Mumford and Sons @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre, chulavistaboxoffice.com Following a Grammy win a few months ago for Best Album of the Year, this indie folk band is now touring the world.

6/4: Scott Weiland @ House of Blues, hob.com Despite his longtime drummer quitting in April, the Stone Temple Pilots’ singer is continuing his solo tour and has just released a memoir, Not Dead and Not For Sale.

6/5: Gondwana @ House of Blues, hob.com A Chilean, Spanish-language reggae band that formed in ’87.

6/5: Generationals @ The Casbah, casbahmusic.com This indie rock duo’s song “When They Fight, They Fight” is featured in the 2011 Farrelly brothers’ film Hall Pass.

6/2: Lenka @ Soda Bar, sodabarmusic.com Aussie singer-songwriter whose 2008 hit “The Show” was belted out by Billy Crystal during last year’s Oscars.

6/6: YG @ House of Blues, hob.com Young Gangster had his first and most successful hit in 2010 with the super-classy single “Toot It And Boot It.”

6/2: Tristan Prettyman @ Fiesta Del Sol, fiestadelsol.net This San Diegan is a female Roxy-model-turned-singer/ songwriter who’s toured with Jason Mraz and is now enjoying a wave of success from her recent single, “My Oh My.”

6/6: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals @ Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, humphreysconcerts.com This folk rock band’s tunes have been featured in films and TV shows including All My Children, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, Alice In Wonderland and Tangled.

6/3: Jewel @ Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, humphreysconcerts.com After landing her first regular gig at a coffee house in P.B. 20-something years ago, this genre-spanning singer is returning to San Diego with four Grammys and nearly 30 million albums sales under her belt.

6/6: Authority Zero @ Brick by Brick, brickbybrick.com This punk/rock/reggae band out of Arizona once toured with Everclear, rolled with the Vans Warped Tour in 2003 and just released a new album, The Tipping Point.

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6/7: Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert & Love and Theft @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre, chulavistaboxoffice.com The first of five shows on the Country Megaticket kicks off with seasoned singersongwriter (and sometimes actor) Tim McGraw.

6/7: Nekromantix @ The Casbah, casbahmusic.com This psychobilly band from Copenhagen, Denmark, describes their music as “Elvis meets the Wolfman.”

6/7: New Found Glory @ House of Blues, hob.com Hailed as the godfathers of their genre by people who hate Blink-182, these pop punk Floridians have been blazing trails for 15 years.

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6/8: Tribal Seeds @ SOMA, somasandiego.com This San Diego-based reggae band’s first two albums made iTunes’ Best Of list in their genre.

6/8: The Beach Boys @ Del Mar Fairgrounds, ticketmaster.com These questionably named crooners have been giving Good Vibrations for nearly 50 years, despite the lead singer’s fear of the ocean.

6/8: Matt and Kim @ Oceanside Pier Amphitheatre, stubhub.com Both parts of this Brooklynbased indie pop duo (and reallife couple) were studying art in 2004 when they decided to make the jump into music.

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6/9: Dilated Peoples @ House of Blues, hob.com In 2004, this Los Angeles hip-hop group enjoyed mainstream success by collaborating with Kanye West, Xzibit and John Legend on the song “This Way.” 6/11: REO Speedwagon @ Del Mar Fairgrounds, ticketmaster.com Thirteen hit songs led to more than 40 million record sales for these legendary ’80s rockers.

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Currently starring as Teddy Duncan on Disney Channel’s Good Luck Charlie, this pop singer has garnered 39 million views on YouTube for her “Ready or Not” music video, leading many to give up hope for the future of America’s youth.

6/14: sWiTChFOOT @ deL MAR FAiRgROunds, TiCKeTMAsTeR.COM This alternative (and sometimes Christian) rock band founded the switchfoot Bro-Am surf Contest, which supports homeless kids right here in their hometown of s.D. 6/15: Anne CuRTis @ PeChAngA ResORT & CAsinO, PeChAngA.COM The half-Filipino, half-Australian model/actress/singer is like the Mandy Moore of the Philippines.

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6/13: BATTLe FOR VAn’s WARPed TOuR @ hOuse OF BLues, hOB.COM local bands compete for a chance to play in the vans Warped Tour (see 6/19 listing).

6/15: sTeVe MiLLeR BAnd @ deL MAR FAiRgROunds, TiCKeTMAsTeR.COM This classic rock band formed in 1967 and has survived unimaginable tragedies like Miller breaking his neck in a car accident and seal covering their hit “Fly like An eagle” for the Space Jam soundtrack.

6/16: PiTBuLL & Ke$hA @ sLeeP TRAin AMPhiTheATRe, ChuLAVisTABOxOFFiCe.COM The Cuban rapper and 20something-year-old pop star hit the road to promote their respective albums released late last year.

6/18: MiChAeL MCdOnALd @ huMPhRey’s COnCeRTs By The BAy, huMPhReysCOnCeRTs.COM The Doobie Brothers’ former front man recently sang “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” with Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

6/16: They MighT Be giAnTs @ BeLLy uP TAVeRn, BeLLyuP.COM Aside from teaching the world that the preferred nomenclature is istanbul (not Constantinople), this alternative rock band from the ’80s contributed several of their songs to a Dunkin’ Donuts ad campaign in 2006.

6/19: VAns WARPed TOuR @ sLeeP TRAin AMPhiTheATRe, ChuLAVisTABOxOFFiCe.COM Now in its 19th year, the music and extreme sports festival boasts big-time acts like the indecipherable 3oH!3, Allstar Weekend, Black veil Brides, Juliet simms, sleeping with sirens and many more.

6/17: TROMBOne shORTy And ORLeAns AVenue @ huMPhRey’s COnCeRTs

By The BAy, sCRiPPs.ORg/ inCOnCeRTFORCAnCeR Grammy-nominated jazz and soul band.

6/19: The dOOBie BROTheRs @ huMPhRey’s COnCeRTs By The BAy, huMPhReysCOnCeRTs.COM This rock band’s name may or may not have been influenced by a certain leafy-green plant’s prominence in the ’70s.

6/20: seA WOLF @ BeLLy uP TAVeRn, BeLLyuP.COM indie rockers whose song “The violet Hour” made an appearance in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but don’t hold that against them.

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ooking like a cross between Donovan Frankenreiter and one of the “droogs” from Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (especially when he’s wearing all white), JJ Nesbitt is an imposing fixture behind the bar at Pacific Beach’s Duck Dive, an under-the-boardwalk-themed restaurant/ bar whose farm-to-table menu and craft cocktail program were regarded by doubters as a shot in the dark for a place at the beach.

But with spicy mahogany chili honey limesauced duck wings (double-fried in duck fat) on the menu, and cocktails utilizing fresh produce from the Pacific Beach Farmer’s Market coming across the bar, Nesbit says Duck Dive doubters have become touters.

PacificSD: Duck Dive brought a bona fide craft cocktail program to Pacific Beach. How has that been going?

Nesbitt: Excellent. Our clientele has responded tremendously, and we have added a new element to the beach.

You get the mixin’s right here in PB, right?

Every Tuesday, Chef Ryan and I head over to the Pacific Beach Farmer’s Market with the same goal, to create an entree and cocktail using locally sourced and grown produce.

What are some of the drinks you’ve made?

Beets and gin. Carrots and bourbon. Asian pears and vodka. Tangerines and tequila. Apricots and Aperol. Tea and whiskey. I just go mad-scientist with the juicer, blender and different ingredients.

A mad scientist with lots of ink. Do you have a favorite tattoo?

My chest piece [a large bald eagle holding an American shield]. It’s for my time in the Marine Corps and for my grandfather.

Making drinks is serious business. What’s something funny that happened while you were doing it?

JJ Nesbitt creates cocktails with local produce at Duck Dive in Pacific Beach.

Well, just this past Sunday I witnessed a couple sitting at the bar, eating. The guy ate a ball of wasabi, thinking it was guacamole. Then he was trying to feed his girlfriend like a baby, airplaneing chicken wings to her mouth that she wanted

nothing to do with. Just think about the drunk David-Hasselhoff-eating-a-cheeseburger video.

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all a-board C It starts on the dock of the Bay P hotos b y S A R A N O R R I S

helsea lives in Pacific Beach and handles marketing for MarineMax San Diego, a prominent yacht dealer.

Raymond lives in Golden Hill and manages Cusp, the restaurant atop Hotel La Jolla.

The two met for the first time half-anhour ago and are now in an Epic limo headed to the San Diego Harbor, where they’ll leave dry land in a speedboat for today’s wakeboarding blind date.

Before they arrive to get fitted for wet suits and life jackets at Seaforth Boat Rentals behind the San Diego Marriott, let’s review the pre-date interviews.

PacificSD: What do you do for fun?

CHELSEA: Beach activities, hanging out with friends and rapping. The usual.

RAYMOND: Snowboard, play golf, volunteer. I like to dine out and have fun when I’m not working.

I see people having fun at my restaurant every day. I like to have fun sometimes, too.

What are you best at?

CHELSEA: Dropping it low.

RAYMOND: Social interaction.

CHELSEA: Someone who is adventurous, confident and has a good sense of humor. Physically, tall, dark and handsome. I have a thing for arms and a nice smile.

RAYMOND: Someone to have fun, laugh and smile with, just enjoy the moment together as best we can.

Describe your special brand of sex appeal in five words or less.

CHELSEA: Flirty eyes.

RAYMOND: “Have you ever modeled before?”

What do you suck at?

CHELSEA: Remembering people’s names. Someone could introduce themself to me, and then, five seconds later… poof! It’s gone.

RAYMOND: I suck at sucking. I haven’t found anything in particular that I’m awful at.

Rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 for looks.

CHELSEA: Ten. RAYMOND: Eight.

What are you looking for in a date, physically and/or otherwise?

What’s your biggest fear?

CHELSEA: Sharks. I was forced to

How about for personality?

CHELSEA: Ten. RAYMOND: Ten.

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RAYMOND: Complacency. I never want to ask myself, “What if?”

What traits could your date exhibit that would be complete deal-breakers?

CHELSEA: The three Cs: clingy, cocky and creepy.

RAYMOND: Cankles, lacking a sense of humor, and saying “like” in every sentence.

How many people have you slept with?

CHELSEA: Saving myself for marriage.

RAYMOND: I don’t think that’s a fair question.

Fill in the blanks: I want my date to be “blank” and “blank.”

CHELSEA: Fun and Spontaneous.

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Will the night end with a kiss, something more or something less?

CHELSEA: I don’t normally kiss on a first date, but I’ll keep an open mind.

RAYMOND: You know, I have ended plenty of dates without one — my choice, of course — and plenty with them. We’ll have to see how we connect.

What’s the most important thing in the world?

CHELSEA: Love.

RAYMOND: Being happy and having a good time.

The daters arrive at the waterfront, toast shots of tequila in the limo and then head to the dock to get suited up.

THANK YOU! Epic Limo 858.270.LIMO (5466), epiclimo.com {continued on page 122}

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heir butts now in gear, Chelsea and Raymond are drinking beers astern as the boat cruises south to calmer waters sheltered by the Coronado panhandle.

They sit close and laugh while rosham-bo-ing to see who will ride first.

Raymond’s rock crushes Chelsea’s scissors, and, in a surprise move (seeing as how the water is a chilly 66 degrees), Chelsea peels off her wetsuit and dives in. When the captain drags the pull-rope into position, she gives the thumbs-up, and he guns the engine.

Splash! Orange flag, U-turn, rope reset.

After a second false start, Chelsea stands upright on the charmed third, dashing Raymond’s hopes for a pressure-free ride. It’s clear she has done this before as she cuts back and forth across the wake. She’s smiling wide and shivering as she climbs back into the boat.

Unwilling to be shown up, Raymond strips to his board shorts, jumps in and gives the thumbs-up. The eight-cylinder Chevy engine torques, and he’s up. It isn’t long before he’s carving outside the wake and even attempting

jumps, “attempting” being they key word — he lands, just not on his feet.

When Raymond has had his fill of harbor face-plants, the captain drops an inner tube into the water. It’s too small for a side-by-side ride, so Chelsea climbs onto Raymond’s back, clinging to his shoulders as the boat picks up speed.

It’s an intimate experience if not a romantic one. As it turns out, Raymond’s shorts don’t grip as well as Chelsea does, and he’s holding them above his head as the boat circles back to pick up the pieces.

[Editor’s note: a naked dater before sunset is a PacificSD blind date first.]

By car, the trip from Coronado to C Level restaurant on Harbor Island takes 20 minutes, give or take. By fast little boat, however, it takes about five minutes. The harbor wind is chilly at this speed, especially for the wet blind daters, who’ve moved to the bow to warm up in the sun, seeming already to have warmed up to each other.

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The limo meets Chelsea and Raymond at the marina next to C Level, where they grab their bags to get spiffed up for a fabulous meal “with views to dine for.” At a waterfront table with a view of the skyline, they enjoy a few of chef Deborah Scott’s select appetizers and cocktails before being split for mid-date debriefings.

RAYMOND: Definitely the right hair color, beautiful eyes. She seemed like she was down for fun.

It’s a good start.

PacificSD: How’s it going so far?

CHELSEA: It’s good. I’ve had a great time since I stepped into the limo.

RAYMOND: It’s good. She’s definitely cool. Good smile, fun.

She’s maybe a little bit shy, but she’s definitely talkative.

Is this the type of person you’d normally date?

CHELSEA: I wouldn’t say I have a type, but connection-wise, as far as talking, definitely someone I could consider.

RAYMOND: Considering I don’t normally date, I probably don’t have a good answer for that. At this point in time, I’m pretty much just looking for someone who’s fun. She’s probably younger than I expected, but she doesn’t seem too young.

What were your first impressions?

CHELSEA: Nice smile. First off, I noticed the tattoos, which I like, so that worked out nicely. The conversation flowed really nice.

How was wakeboarding?

CHELSEA: Fun. I was telling him actually that I was crossing my fingers the entire week that it would be wakeboarding.

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RAYMOND: It was cool. She got up pretty good. I felt like I had a little bit of work to live up to. I was kind of thinking, “I can’t eat shit the first time trying to get up.”

What’s the most attractive thing your date has done so far?

CHELSEA: The fact that he was a gentleman, and helping me in and out of the boat. He was always very attentive, which I look for in a guy.

RAYMOND: Watching her suck crab meat out of a crab leg. And the way she bit the green bean. I was pretty sexually enthralled. It was a fun moment.

What would your parents say?

CHELSEA: They’d make a comment about the tattoos. I think they’d like him.

RAYMOND: I don’t know. I’ve never brought a girl home. My mom would think she’s cool.

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Rate your date on a scale from one to 10 for looks.

CHELSEA: Nine.

RAYMOND: Eight.

How about for personality?

CHELSEA: Ten. RAYMOND: Nine.

Do you want to kiss your date now?

CHELSEA: Too soon to tell.

RAYMOND: I’m more akin to saying yes than no.

Does your date want to kiss you?

CHELSEA: I mean, who wouldn’t?

RAYMOND: Not sure.

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A Dish out of Water Still wet behind the ears, the daters are ready for lunch

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fter the mid-date debriefings, the magazine crew finally leaves Chelsea and Raymond alone to enjoy the rest of their date away from the camera. The next morning, we call to find out what we missed.

PacificSD: How was C Level?

CHELSEA: I had a great time. I kind of felt like he was talking a little too much instead of maybe asking some questions. It was pretty funny, I was getting a lot of feedback when you took Ray on his mid-date interview. The table next to me was asking me all about it and giving their opinions. I think I would’ve liked a little more dialog.

RAYMOND: It was nice. We changed in the bathroom when we got there, which was interesting. We definitely got surprised with some

good stuff to start off lunch.

What did the people at the table next to you say?

CHELSEA: They just had an opinion about everything. They were apparently listening to our entire conversation. Their comments were mostly that he was talking too much, and I needed to be talking more.

What did you have to eat and drink?

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They brought out the appetizer that was a tuna-poke-type thing that was amazing. And I’ve heard amazing things about the burger, so of course I had to order that. It was amazing.

RAYMOND: We had this crab, tuna, avocado stack to start, then the Kobe filet burger and the skirt steak salad to eat. To drink, we had a seafood bloody Mary, the Scallywag, and another grape and vodka cocktail. We finished lunch with some Don Julio 1942 tequila.

What happened after the magazine crew left?

CHELSEA: We decided to call it a day. We exchanged numbers and dropped him off first. When we got to his place, we just hugged it out.

RAYMOND: We were planning on going home, showering and meeting up later that night, but I had to get up at 6:30 for a big Mother’s Day brunch at work, so we decided it might be better to just meet up another time. {continued on page 128}

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Was there a kiss or romantic exchange?

CHELSEA: Just a hug.

RAYMOND: There was not. It was a little weird when the driver stopped and then put up the privacy curtain.

What two things would you change about your date to make the person a better fit for you?

CHELSEA: Maybe slow down a little bit, take a breather and have a bit more of a conversation, I guess.

RAYMOND: Maybe, if there was one thing I would say, it would be to not be as proper. Being proper is a great asset, but not all the time.

Maybe a little more touchy-feely, if I had to choose something else.

What’s the funniest thing that happened during the date?

CHELSEA: The guy that drove our boat, I work with him and see him on a regular basis. So that was kind of funny, to be, “Oh, hey. I know you.”

RAYMOND: I lost my shorts in the water. Yep, everything came off.

What was the best part of the date?

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RAYMOND: Hanging out with someone that I was actually interested in what they had to say.

She is a really nice girl and has her shit together, or so it seemed.

Will there be a second date?

CHELSEA: I would like to see him again, but I’m old-fashioned. I would like to go on a proper date.

RAYMOND: I think so. We’ve been in contact since the date, and it seems like there is a mutual interest in hanging out again.

AFTERMATCH: Perhaps a second date would go swimmingly for these

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two. Chelsea thought Ray was a gentleman. He liked “watching her suck crab meat out of a crab leg.”

She wants a proper date. He thinks she’s too proper. Is that ironic? If not, maybe this is: the date took place on a boat, and a second dinghy appeared… but then Ray put his shorts back on.

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Many people think all sharks are coldblooded killers, but great whites, mako sharks and salmon sharks are in fact warm-blooded killers — their bodies are warmer than the water they swim in.

Salmon sharks have been clocked swimming at 50-miles-per-hour by the U.S. Navy, who are obviously taking this North Korea threat really seriously.

Sharks in the ocean have fourchambered hearts, which is exactly four more than sharks in the courtroom.

Sharks predate dinosaurs by 200 million years, meaning, about 65-million years ago, they enjoyed the awesomest BBQ ever as crispy dinos were flung into the seas by an errant asteroid.

Whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean and can have litters of up to 300 offspring. Scientists believe many of them live as long as 150 years. This confirms whale sharks as the absolute worst shark to be. Seriously, who wants to be way bigger than all of their friends, while supporting 300 kids for a century and a half? If reincarnation is a thing, this is where serial killers end up.

Bull sharks have been seen swimming in the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois, but haven’t put their mouths on any of the locals yet, proving once and for all — sharks have taste.

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