Category: Kid-friendly LJ

SeaBreeze Vacation Rentals, La Jolla
If I didn’t own a home in La Jolla, I’d rent one from SeaBreeze Vacation Rentals. Their houses, condos, and beach cottages are well-maintained and located in prime spots around town. Many offer ocean views and some come with pools or hot tubs. Traveling with Kids? No problem. Pets? Usually no problem. I’ve already written […]

Birch Aquarium and Whale Watching
Birch Aquarium at Scripps is the public exploration center for the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the aquarium showcases fish and invertebrates from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical waters of Mexico. My family and I particularly enjoy […]

Win a Messy Sundae from Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza
Win a Messy Sundae from Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza by leaving a comment on this post about the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival. Just tell us what sounds best to you about this popular street fair? The beer and wine garden? The chance to meet 150 artists and take home a new painting or a piece of […]

Things To Do With Kids in La Jolla
The shade cover over JJ the whale was made possible by Friends of La Jolla Shores. San Diego’s favorite coastal community is the perfect place for a family vacation because we really care about kids. The popular Open Aire Market that takes place every Sunday was started in 1998 by a parent who thought La […]

Seal Pupping Season in La Jolla, San Diego, California
The Children’s Pool ranger monitors seal and human activity. What to do in La Jolla? The most popular activity these days is hanging out at the Children’s Pool, where the harbor seal rookery is starting to resemble a maternity ward because it’s seal pupping season in La Jolla, San Diego, California. You can view the pups […]

Seals at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool
A colony of harbor seals live at The Children’s Pool Beach in La Jolla, California What to do in La Jolla, California? The most popular free activity in the village – especially if you’re traveling with kids – is visiting the seals at The Children’s Pool.The rope barrier that went up here recently indicates the […]

What to do in San Diego in October?
This is a great month to travel in Southern California. The weather is cooler, but the “rainy season” hasn’t started, and daylight savings time doesn’t end until November 6. In La Jolla, San Diego’s favorite coastal community, visitors can expect daytime temperatures of about 75°F (22°C) and overnight lows of around 58°F (14°C). La Jolla […]

La Jolla: Rainy Day Activities
Hmmm…It seems that in my enthusiasm for describing our beautiful winter high and low tides, I forgot to mention that November to March is also our rainy season. In my defense, it’s an easy oversight to make. The average annual rainfall in San Diego is less than 10 inches. However, if you are visiting now […]

La Jolla’s Children’s Pool – the Back Story
La Jolla’s Children’s Pool – the Back Story: To fully appreciate La Jolla’s Children’s Pool – the lovely little cove along Coast Boulevard where the seals hang out – it helps to know the back story. In 1931, philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps funded the construction of a sea wall around the cove so that La […]
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