| SA moves closer to hiring auditor
The prolonged search for a new city auditor came a step closer to closure Wednesday, with the City Council taking about four hours to interview eight candidates. Council members said they would discuss the candidates again in closed session next week before selecting the finalist. "I thought we have a very strong field," Mayor Phil Hardberger said. "It was much stronger than last time and there were several that will do the job very well." Mark Swann, who was named interim auditor after former Auditor Pat Major's departure in April, was the only internal applicant interviewed. The job attracted candidates from as far as Boston and Wichita and included a wealth of public and private sector auditing experience. The external candidates are: Jesus Amezcua, chief financial officer of the Laredo Independent School District; Dale Brekke, director of internal audit for Jacuzzi Brands Inc.
Ditch the smelly sleeping bag and go glamping - glamorous camping
NEW YORK -- Did a bad experience turn you off to camping? Maybe your tent leaked in a rainstorm or you shivered all night in a borrowed, smelly sleeping bag. Or that thin foam pad you were trying to sleep on didn't do much to protect your back from the rocky, uneven ground beneath your tent.It doesn't have to be that way. Tour companies and resorts now offer luxury camping, and the term "glamping" -- shorthand for glamorous camping - is starting to turn up in reports from the United Kingdom and Canada. The New York Post recently mentioned "glamping" in an article on a new Web site for luxury travel, http://www.globorati.com. (The story also referred to "jetrosexuals" as a globetrotting jetsetter who thinks nothing of hopping on a plane to Asia for a shopping spree.) In British Columbia, Canada, the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, a 30-minute boat ride from the town of Tofino, is offering "glamping" on a fjord on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Out & About
SPRING HOME/GARDEN SHOW, noon-7 p.m. March 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. March 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 4, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, $6, after 3 p.m. $3, March 2 seniors free, parking $9, 858-755-1161. TOURS RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALLAWAY VINEYARD & WINERY, tours 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on the hour Saturdays-Sundays, 32720 Rancho California Road, Temecula, 951-676-4001. CAMELOT CARRIAGES, horse-drawn carriages for weddings and other events in Riverside, 951-685-1535. CAROUSEL CARRIAGE, horse-drawn carriages for weddings and other events, 951-302-9837. THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, carriages for holiday events and more, call for reservations, 951-781-0780.
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