Art In The Pines

April 30, 2013

“En Plein Air” is a French phrase referring to a method of painting. Some artists paint by photograph; some by memory. An artist who paints “En Plein Air” actually sets up his or her easel outside, and paints what they see. What’s a painting? It’s what people looked at before smartphones came along. For the [...]

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Cravings By The Cove – La Jolla Tasting

April 23, 2013

La Jolla is a beautiful, curving, winding city, surrounded on three sides by coves and beaches. It’s one of the most popular beach destinations in California, and has a surreal “village on the cove” kind of vibe. From museums and art galleries, to boutiques and playhouses, the 7 mile stretch of La Jolla is full [...]

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Earth Day Film Screening At Green Flash Brewery

April 22, 2013

My surfer buddies always come back from Baja with tales of enormous waves and close encounters with beautiful sea turtles and dolphins. This surreal paradise is world renowned as one of the last remaining undeveloped coastal ecosystems. The wildlife here are endangered, and the future of this peninsula is up for grabs, if organizations like [...]

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Room Service SD Champagne Breakfast

April 19, 2013

Sunday Funday.  I wasn’t familiar with the term until recently.  I used to work every Sunday for about 8 years straight, so the concept of saucing it up with some friends in the late morning seemed odd.  Then I discovered the MIMOSA.  As much as I enjoyed the ability to finally sleep in on a [...]

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Earth Fair At Balboa Park

April 19, 2013

I remember when I first moved to San Diego, I saw a flyer for the Earth Fair at balboa park. I had no friends at that point, and no one to invite. After a bit of googling, I noticed someone saying “parking will be tough,” so I used google maps to give me a public [...]

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April 12th-14th In San Diego

April 12, 2013

Here’s what’s happening this weekend in San Diego: Annual Historic Home Tour Weekend - Tour historic homes in Mission Hills. These are real architectural masterpieces. http://sohosandiego.org/main/event_hometour2013.htm#tickets Toddler Time: Shinique’s Secret Garden - Kids can hear stories about clothes and colors, then make rainbow batons! http://www.thinkplaycreate.org/ URT Hole Digging Event - This is a hole digging competition? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/2013/apr/14/56063/ Cookout [...]

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Brothels, Bites, and Booze tour

April 11, 2013

From conquistadors and haunted graveyards, to gambling, and prostitution, San Diego’s GASLAMP QUARTER is rich with an intriguingly adventurous and questionable past. Alonzo Horton successfully developed the area in the late 1860s, and quickly coerced as many residents as he could to plant roots, and invest in the booming area.  With the arrival of Wyatt [...]

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College Area Taste – No College Degree Required

April 10, 2013

For three years in a row, the COLLEGE AREA TASTE experience has been showcasing it’s cuisine and dining, while sending visitors back with new, exciting options for dinner and snacks. You may have heard exciting tales of the blackened fish tacos at Bistro Sixty, the Pho at Top 10 Oriental, or the lattes at Treehouse Coffee.  [...]

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What’s happening this weekend in America’s Finest City?

April 5, 2013

Peg Leg Smith Liars Contest http://www.borregospringschamber.com/pegleg_liars-contest.html Know any good story-tellers?  Come to a celebration of telling tall tales. “Young Scientists” – Dynamite Dinosaurs – Fossils http://www.rhfleet.org/ This weeks hands on experience for kids and parents at the Science Center Accomplice: Interactive Crime Drama http://lajollaplayhouse.org/accomplice-san-diego Groups of ten navigate Little Italy in search of clues to [...]

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Free, Interactive Art At Chicano Park – FIGMENT

April 4, 2013

Have you ever seen a piece of art, and really wanted to climb right in?  Just like my fav writer HST blurred the lines between journalism and fiction; just like Jimmi Hendrix blended his early blues training with the psychedelic movement; and kinda like the way I neglect the obvious difference between a napkin and [...]

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