Brisk holiday shopping crowds on ‘Super Saturday’ despite pandemic surge [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
The oft-changing rules over restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic now at the center of a state appeals court battle seemed to have little impact as businesses served throngs of San Diego shoppers on the last Saturday before Christmas.
On “Super Saturday,” typically the second-busiest shopping day of the year, hundreds of people lined India Street in Little Italy at midday, sipping coffees along the sidewalk, perusing the booths at the farmer’s market and drifting in and out of specialty shops for which the neighborhood is known.
The oft-changing rules over restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic now at the center of a state appeals court battle seemed to have little impact as businesses served throngs of San Diego shoppers on the last Saturday before Christmas.
On “Super Saturday,” typically the second-busiest shopping day of the year, hundreds of people lined India Street in Little Italy at midday, sipping coffees along the sidewalk, perusing the booths at the farmer’s market and drifting in and out of specialty shops for which the neighborhood is known.
“We grabbed a few things,” said Chelsey Ward, who was visiting San Diego from Sun City, Ariz., with her friend Paulette Palladino. “I haven’t been to a farmer’s market in a long time, so it’s been nice to get out.”
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on December 14, 2020 at 8:26 AM
ALBANY Jim Ullom, the city’s best restaurant customer, has died.
Ullom looked like Ben Franklin. He ate and drank like John Falstaff. He wanted. Things. Done. Certain. Ways. He could be abrupt, awkward or even rude in conversation. He’d mutter under his breath if rowdy young people crowded around where he was seated at a bar, their loud pursuit of shots and sweet cocktails fouling his communion with good food and wine. More than one jazz musician who botched a solo saw Ullom, from his front-row seat, with his hands clapped over his ears.
Cherished, quirky Albany restaurant patron Jim Ullom dies
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ALBANY Jim Ullom, the city’s best restaurant customer, has died.
Ullom looked like Ben Franklin. He ate and drank like John Falstaff. He wanted. Things. Done. Certain. Ways. He could be abrupt, awkward or even rude in conversation. He’d mutter under his breath if rowdy young people crowded around where he was seated at a bar, their loud pursuit of shots and sweet cocktails fouling his communion with good food and wine. More than one jazz musician who botched a solo saw Ullom, from his front-row seat, with his hands clapped over his ears.