Time for a little bragging! Last night was the San Diego Press Club’s 37th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards–or J-Awards. It was a great enough evening seeing a wonderful turnout, despite the rain, and having all the guests enjoy the bounty of 15 restaurants and four local purveyors that I recruited and organized.
But, I also took home some awards: First and second place for stories I wrote for the now late SDNN (“The Delights of Air-Chilled Chicken” and “California Modern is Chez Trez”), first place for a magazine feature for Edible San Diego (“Catch of the Day: The Confounding Nature of Sustainable Seafood”), and first place for a post I wrote for San Diego Foodstuff (“Knight Salumi: The Best Cure for Meat”).
It’s truly a thrill to get a little recognition from my peers for work I love doing.