Tag: UCSD
Events, La Jolla, California, January 2013
While much of the Northern Hemisphere is hibernating, San Diego is enjoying mild winter weather. Come, visit us, and have fun! January – April – Join naturalists from Scripps Aquarium for their 13th season of whale watching as they venture out for twice-daily cruises to locate gray whales on their round-trip migration from their Alaska breeding grounds […]
Free Things To Do In La Jolla, California, In September
September is a great time to be in San Diego. The big summer crowds are gone and the weather is great. In addition, there are plenty of free things to do in La Jolla, San Diego’s favorite coastal community. Saturday, September 8 – Mirror Mirror will be shown in Scripps Park near La Jolla […]
La Jolla’s Newest Ocean View Café
The terrace at Caroline’s Seaside Cafe on the SIO/UCSD campus is a breezy, ocean view spot for breakfast and lunch. Caroline’s is perched on a sandstone bluff and serves up a 180° blue-water panorama, as well as healthy, California-style meals. Some time ago, I wrote about “San Diego’s Best Beach Breakfast,” which described Snackropolis on […]
Famous La Jollans
Mitt Romney’s Jolla, California, home. Mitt Romney– yes the GOP candidate – is La Jolla’s newest celebrity resident. In fact, he and his wife Ann bought their beachfront home here in 2008, but no one paid much attention until he filed an application to bulldoze the $12 million house and build a much larger mansion […]
Upcoming La Jolla Events
La Jolla’s year round good weather and scenic beauty make it a perennial favorite of out-of-town visitors and San Diego residents, but spring and summer are especially wonderful. A few of the many upcoming events and activities are listed below: Now through May 15 – UCSD is offering The Campus Guide Architectural Tour in celebration […]
La Jolla Calendar of Upcoming Events
The 2011 La Jolla Motor Car Classic will take place on Sunday, April 3. Now through April 10 – Join the team from Birch Aquarium at Scripps for naturalist-guided whale watching. Twice-daily cruises will look for gray whales on their round-trip migration. Also search for seals, sea lions, dolphins, migrating birds, and more. Naturalists will […]
Debunking Myths About La Jolla
The belvederes along the coast are picturesque reminders of La Jolla’s history. Countless articles have been written about La Jolla, and when I read them I sometimes want to laugh out loud – or at least groan. To begin with, “La Jolla” does not mean “the jewel” in Spanish. That word would be “La Joya.” […]
Shiley Eye Center at UCSD
I just finished reading an article about a professor of ophthalmology at Shiley Eye Center at the University of California San Diego, who helped discover a gene associated with the dry form of macular degeneration. How on earth, you’re asking yourself, is this relevant to a blog About La Jolla? Well, it reminded me how […]
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