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Lafayette Hotel to host LGBT History Month Happy Hour

SDGLN Staff
October 26th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- In honor of LGBT History Month, which is observed each year in October, Imig's Kitchen Bar, located within The Lafayette Hotel, will host a special happy hour on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 6-8 pm.

Guests at the event will be able to enjoy specialty cocktails named after LGBT icons, as well as complimentary hors d'oeuvres and half-off bottles of wine throughout the event. Short bios of the 31 icons honored this month will be displayed in the venue for attendees to read and learn about.

UPDATED: Man's body found at bottom of Lafayette Hotel pool

Ben Cartwright - SDGLN Staff Writer
October 5th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- A man was found dead at the bottom of the Lafayette Hotel's swimming pool Friday morning, Fox 5 San Diego reports. The body was discovered around 6:15 am by a hotel employee who called police.

San Diego police Lt. Joseph Ramos told the Fox affiliate that foul play does not appear to a factor in the death. "We have not been able to find anyone that saw him enter the pool or anyone that knows him," Ramos said.

The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was not a registered guest of the hotel, but Ramos said he may have been visiting someone.

A tale of two swimming holes

Andy Hinds - Parenting Columnist, San Diego Uptown News
August 8th, 2012

How does one cool off on a hot summer day in San Diego? Perhaps the most obvious answer is to head for the western edge of the county. You know, the part with the ocean.

But maybe you have a couple of little kids who aren’t 100 percent crazy about kelp and crashing waves. And maybe you’re not 100 percent stoked about the prospect of finding a parking spot near the beach, schlepping 300 pounds of provisions and eventually spending hours cleaning sand out of said provisions, your minivan and your children.

What you need is a pool.