I recently created an Influencers section that touches on both past and present day influencers of our city. The first person I covered was Kate Sessions, the Mother of Balboa Park, who is greatly responsible for introducing new plants to San Diego in the early 1900’s. Next, I am covering a modern day influencer: Roman de Salvo. Roman is not […]

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book, a painting or a house, a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower […]