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Fat Tuesday is on its way
Fat Tuesday is on its way, which means San Luis Obispo is on alert. According to the city’s municipal code, nudity of all sorts is prohibited on and around Mardi Gras, so New Times decided to approach the subject from a variety of angles. Find out whether the Fat Tuesday craziness of years past is…
Singin’ the blues
Dave Hite, one of the owners of San Luis Obispo’s newest semipro baseball team, reaches for the innocence and economy of a sports cliche when he talks about his team’s stance toward the long-established SLO Blues: The Rattlers, he insists, only want to play a little baseball, and it might as well be played in…
The university system needs an overhaul
Recent CSU salary issues have made headlines and excited the opinion and front pages of local papers lately. But faculty salary disputes don’t approach the real reasons there should be public outcry and outrage toward Cal Poly. SLO folks should look very carefully at how their current tax dollars are spent and often wasted with…
CSD votes to support Los Osos 45
In an official resolution, the Los Osos Community Services District vowed to help the subjects of Regional Water Quality Control Board prosecution. On Feb. 8, the perennially controversial government body acted on that cause by voting 4-1 to pick up a portion of defense lawyer Shaunna Sullivan’s legal purse. # Defendants in the water board’s…
The nature of the breast
Talking about breasts right around Mardi Gras is almost a no-brainer. The two go together like milk and cookies. On Feb. 10, a group of women got together to discuss that very topic: breasts. They weren’t trading tips on the best ways to get shiny plastic beads, however, they were sharing advice and information as…
Skin is skin or is it?
In light of SLO city’s annual nudity ordinance and local HopeDance publisher Bob Banner’s interaction with nudity-related themes in the past New Times asked him a few questions about an issue that’s literally skin deep. His July/August 2006 edition on sexuality featured a painting by Mark Bryan on the cover, which prompted a variety of…
Old is new
Anyone who’s ever endured the stress of holiday shopping or gift shopping in general knows that picking the perfect item can be mentally exhausting. But shopping shouldn’t be an exercise in self-torture. That’s the theory behind The Nest. Hiding just behind the turquoise double doors of the Ah Louis building in San Luis Obispo, The…
You know, I just can’t bare it
Sorry about the smell. You can smell it, right? You’ve got to be able to smell that. I’ll come right out and say it. It’s me. I’ve been afraid to take a shower lately, so I’m a bit gamy. Feral, almost. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were real wavy stink lines visible in the…
Tour returns to San Luis Obispo County
Last year, they came, and the city especially the cycling fans rejoiced. This year, they’re coming back again. On Feb. 22, the eight-day, 700-mile Amgen Tour of California will send 18 professional teams from Seaside to San Luis Obispo, where they’ll mark the end of the fourth stage of the competition. # Professional cycling is…
Fast facts
The Bikram Yoga Studio at the Creamery in SLO has expanded to include a new boutique with all types of yoga gear and accessories for a flexible lifestyle. With the expansion, the studio is including Danielle Small as a full-time massage therapist. Small has more than three years of experience as a certified masseuse on…
Letters
I still believe we must prevail I am gratified by the reaction to my opinion (“Why we must prevail in Iraq,” Feb. 1), and I am grateful for the New Times editor for allowing it to be printed. That shows New Times has more editorial balance than the Tribune. It refuses to provide a “balanced”…
Showing skin can cost you
Writer’s note: Before this article starts, let’s get this out of the way: This story about streakers has been fleshed out. Police might crack down or try real hard to get to the bottom of things. The consequences are laid bare in the, heh heh, penal code. Critics call the laws backward. There. That’s better.…
Morro Bay City Council asked to save rare site
Local archaeologist John Parker has asked the Morro Bay City Council to buy and protect what he believes is an important archaeological site adjacent to Hwy. 41. At the council meeting on Feb. 12, Parker presented a request “to reimburse the public for the damage and lost historical knowledge” that he said has already occurred…
There’s a full moon out tonight
A CHEEKY HISTORICAL ANALYSIS BY GLEN STARKEY Western civilization is nekkid-phobic, so is it any wonder that one of our most beloved offensive gestures involves the unsheathed buttocks? True, the phallic splendor of extended middle finger is No. 1 (pun intended), but the good old-fashioned mooning takes a close second. It’s clear why “the finger”…
Tuesday fattening?
For two years, an iron fist ensured that the party remain over in San Luis Obispo at no small cost. # In the wake of a 2004 holiday melee, the city traded its typical Mardi Gras decor for hundreds of overtime-collecting riot police, countless DUI checkpoints, and a downtown incident command center. An extensive public…
