Finding Empowerment Through Post-Mastectomy Tattoos
Liza Tuscano picked alstroemerias, a flower that symbolizes love and support, strength, and friendship. Cindy Gipson opted for dahlias for “inner strength or grace under pressure, as well as new beginnings.” Catherine Hampel went with willow leaves. (The willow’s not weeping; it’s resilient: You can
Editor’s Note: October 2026: Inhale, Exhale
Every time I drive past Jacobs Medical Center, that hospital with a mirrored façade on the 5 near La Jolla Village Drive, I wave to my dad’s old lungs. Even though his lung transplant was almost two years ago—and in a different building, the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center 200 feet away—I still imagi
San Diego’s Artists Need More Than Applause
San Diego has beaches, sunshine, biotech, and enough stucco to wallpaper a small country. But what actually gives a city its personality? The artists, musicians, designers, dancers, galleries, theaters, museums, and all the other creative people making things that give a place its identity. That’s t
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