Today is a MUCH better day over here. 😭

Blue has always been my favorite color, and let’s just say I woke up feeling very fond of it this morning.

I know yesterday’s results are going to land differently for different people, and that’s okay. But personally? For the first time in a while, I woke up with a tiny little sliver of hope about where things could go next.

I’m not gonna turn this into a whole political essay because that is not why you opened this email. I’ll just say that empathy, care for other people + showing up for your community will always matter deeply to me.

And after a VERY emotionally loud couple of days, I am more than ready to redirect this winning energy into something significantly less serious and way more fun: free concert tickets. 

Emancipator brings the Chrysalis Tour to Music Box 12/4 with Shrimpnose + Lapa, and I’ve got a pair of tickets for one of you.

Let’s keep the wins coming.

JUST ANNOUNCED

• After the lush Noches de Salón era, Enjambre plugged the guitars back in for Daños Luz. If you missed their rockier side: 5/22 is looking very good.

• Your options are now: see Starcrawler + Plague Vendor at Casbah on New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, January 2... or become the person who somehow does all three.

• A little jazz, a little electronic soul, a lot of falsetto. Galdive + rum.gold are joining forces for A Friend Tour, landing at Music Box on 2/8.

• The movie soundtrack was already stacked. Then Broadway added more songs, massive choral arrangements, and a live orchestra, and said: Actually, let’s make this enormous. The Lion King takes over San Diego Civic Theatre 2/18–3/7.

• Fresh month, fresh list of shows dropped! Stay ahead of the curve.

WINNING = A STATE OF MIND

Maybe today’s winning energy has legs. The giveaway page is loaded right now, so go throw your name into as many hats as humanly possible and see what happens.

Try your luck…DUH!

THIS FRIDAY

LOCALS ONLY

• San Diego lost a little piece of queer history this week. SRO Lounge closed after 44 years in Bankers Hill, where generations of trans + gender-nonconforming locals found a place to just be. Read about its legacy.

• Finally, a food truck where celiac friends don’t have to interrogate the menu. Tako Pug is launching with an entirely gluten-free Japanese, Chinese + Hawaiian lineup, including musubi, onigiri + orange chicken. Check out Tako Pug!

• This is perhaps the easiest good deed I will assign you all month: buy a Thanksgiving pie. Each Mama’s Pies order helps provide 10 medically tailored meals to San Diegans who need them. Just order before 11/20. Buy pie & do good!

• Before you declare that broken lamp/bike/toaster a problem for the landfill, bring it to Skyline Hills Library 11/7. The San Diego Fix-It Clinic will help you repair your stuff for free. See the Fix-It Clinic details!

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