Mike’s BBQ - Escondido - A Sports Bar That Specializes in Ribs
Reviews on Yelp said the food was “hit or miss.” We were in the mood for barbecue. We were pass through Escondido. So we decided to...
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Buzzard Digital
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Unscripted Consequences of the Writers Strike
In case you didn’t notice, for the better part of 140-some-odd days there’s been a writer’s strike. I actually think it's over. The...
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Jason James Barry
- 3 min
The Where Were You Day
I had been in mid-spoonful of chewing my Cheerios, sitting on the carpet in front of the TV in the living room. My brother and my other...
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GPR Traveler
- 3 min
A Tale of Two Coffee Locations: Peet’s in Encinitas vs Solana Beach
Is a bad cup of coffee considered an existential crisis or a petty first-world problem? I think the former. Or is it the latter?...
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Buzzard Digital
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A Police Investigation: Glimmers of an Old, Cold Case
When I started looking into some of my father’s old police cases, I didn’t expect to get pulled in so fully, the same way I think he did....
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Jason James Barry
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A Cold Case Revisited — The Disappearance of Janette Reynolds
In the summer of 1978, a teenage girl from Eastern Connecticut disappeared while hitchhiking home toward Jewett City. The disappearance…
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GPR Traveler
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SLC Tourney Journey | Coffee Destined for Trash... and Then Redemption
The coffee odyssey in Downtown SLC has been troublesome. The Coffee Shop at the Little American was a bust (see full review). And the...
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GPR Traveler
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SLC Tourney Journey | Breakfast With Coffee Edition at The Little American
Across from the grandeur of the Grand American Hotel on South Main Street in Downtown Salt Lake City sits the Little American Hotel, and...
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GPR Traveler
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Tourney Journey | All CLOSED - A Weekend of Coffee Regret
I regret to inform you that Atlanta’s downtown coffee scene has its limits. And by that, I mean most all of the mom and pops and...
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GPR Traveler
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Big South Tourney Journey | Coffee Edition
With some time to kill before volleyball today, with the internet in the hotel room not working, with my daughter having saved half of...
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GPR Traveler
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Big South Tourney Journey — Food After a Flight Edition
Every leg of travel — from portal to portal — went surprisingly well. It actually went smooth, going to Atlanta, ahead of the Big South...
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syZmc Commentary
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A Time, Unblinkingly, To Follow The Facts
Special to Great Pacific Review | By Jason James Barry Police go where the facts and evidence lead. They need to. They can’t sidestep...
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Calinfluence
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Las Vegas Tourney Journey (Coffee Hack Edition) | Special to Calinfluence
The convergence of a long drive in to Las Vegas (clocking in at 7 hours and 6 minutes from San Diego) + a late dinner (well after...
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Calinfluence
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KC Volleyball Tourney Journey - Not a First-Timer (Anymore) | Special to Calinfluence
The trick to a successful journey is figuring out where the hell it is you’re going. And in my return to Kansas City, I’ve been enjoying...
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Calinfluence
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KC Volleyball Tourney Journey — Lunch Edition | Special to Calinfluence
Mildred’s, For Breakfast at Lunch: Day 2 in Kansas City brought a late start, but a full day of volleyball games. The team convened in...
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GPR Traveler
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The Stop Past Death Valley — Primm, Nevada | Special to GPR Road & Travel
If you’ve ever made the drive to Las Vegas from parts of California — your foray sent you through a vastness of desert. And invariably,...
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Jason James Barry
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Escaping Vegas (Breakfast Edition) | Special to GPR Road & Travel
Sometimes, which seems to be too often, there is always a drag, some pull, that leaves you wanting out of Las Vegas. Everything costs...
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Jason James Barry
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Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer
There is the impulse to compare suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger to reputed 1970s serial killer Ted Bundy. As facts bear out, we may...
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Jason James Barry
- 3 min
More Than Just About Kohberger’s Hands
A great deal of focus has been placed on vehicle stops by police to view murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s hands days before his arrest—...
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GPR Editorial
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U of Idaho murder suspect in custody: Where the case goes now
A man is in custody for the Idaho college murders — but the devil will be in the details to nail down a conviction. Authorities in...
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