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“Are we already at Disneyland, Daddy?”

“Are we already at Disneyland, Daddy?”

You wouldn’t be the first to hear this if your small fry are looking out the window as you zoom along Interstate 5 on the way to La Jolla. The San Diego Mormon Temple rises up seemingly out of nowhere and looks a lot like Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom. The stunning white […]

June 11, 2009 | By | 2 Replies More
A Picnic Table With A View

A Picnic Table With A View

A picnic table with a view? It seems like everyone who visits San Diego wants to enjoy a meal with a good  view. Certainly several restaurants  along La Jolla’s Prospect Street offer ocean views, but savvy locals know that the show-stopper vista is up at the Torrey Pines “International” Gliderport. Here, the Cliff Hanger Café (858-452-9858, open daily) […]

June 2, 2009 | By | Reply More
Prophetic Post about the Seals

Prophetic Post about the Seals

I wasn’t serious when I suggested in my earlier post that the Children’s Pool had gone to the dogs, but now that’s exactly what’s happening. In a move that’s bizarre – even for the City of San Diego – officials have decided that the way to clear the Children’s Pool of its harbor seal colony is to […]

May 25, 2009 | By | Reply More
Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar

Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar

“The best deal in town.” That’s how a friend described the happy hour menu at La Jolla’s Roppongi Restaurant & Sushi Bar – so of course I had to go and check it out. And sure enough, my beloved Chinese pot stickers filled with shrimp and scallops and served with Tobiko caviar sauce, normally $14.95, […]

May 21, 2009 | By | Reply More
Public Art: Why Buy the Cow?

Public Art: Why Buy the Cow?

In case you fell in love with one of the bovines in La Jolla’s CowParade and feel that you must have it, I have just learned that they will be auctioned at a fundraiser on Saturday, July 11 from 6pm – 10pm at the newly opened Robert Paine Scripps Forum at Scripps Institution for Oceanography. […]

April 30, 2009 | By | Reply More
Tour Private La Jolla Gardens

Tour Private La Jolla Gardens

Have you ever wished you could tour private La Jolla gardens? If you hurry, you can still get tickets to the Secret Garden Tour of Old La Jolla taking place on May 9. This very popular annual event, sponsored by the La Jolla Historical Society, provides locals and visitors a chance to tour the spring […]

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