September 2023

Covering 75

s fall approaches, it’s a good time to pause and savor the mellow of summer. Night comes quicker with each day that passes. Soon, quiet afternoons in the backyard will give way to dark evenings by the fire. Now is a time to slow down. Nobody takes it all in quite like San Diego’s slow-rolling, suntanned philosopher, John Kitchin, aka SloMo, who you can generally A

find floating one rollerblade at a time down the Pacific Beach Boardwalk. A neurologist and psychiatrist, SloMo took up skating in retirement as a way to mellow out. “Since then, I’ve been living freely,” he says. “And skating literally everyday on the boardwalk for 24 years.” As we celebrate San Diego Magazine ’s 75 th anniversary, we’re reflecting on our history—

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