The best Louisiana Cajun & Creole food in San Diego! Today is the start of Restaurant Week here in San Diego with over 180 restaurants participating. One of those that is participating happens to have the best Louisiana Cajun & Creole food in San Diego, so if you haven't been to Mardi Gras or Southern Decadence in a while and have a craving for some good Louisiana food, head on over to … (7 comments)
2010 MCAS Miramar Air Show The annual MCAS Miramar Air Show takes place in just a couple of weeks, October 1-3. This year is celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a theme of Marines: A Tradition of Uncommon Valor. Cost is always free although you can get preferred seating and various special packages for anywhere from $8.50 to $195. Gates open daily at 8:00 a.m., although I … (3 comments)
Monday, September 19, is the start of six consecutive days of fine dining with over 180 of San Diego's best restaurants offering a three-course meal for either $20, $30, or $40 per person. You don't need any tickets or passes. You just need to enjoy fine food and fine dining. Reservations are not required but are encouraged because Restaurant Week is popular! Restaurant week is … (3 comments)
Do you know where YOUR rabbit is? Sunday, September 26, is International Rabbit Day, a day dedicated to promoting the care and protection of rabbits both in the home and in the wild. It is held each year on the fourth Saturday or Sunday of September. Festivities in San Diego this year, Bunnyfest 2010, will be hosted by San Diego's chapter of the House Rabbit Society (HRS), a nonprofit rabbit rescue and education … (7 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Mission Valley Realtor — 2010 Festival of Sail
- 09/05/10 04:08 PM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer, your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this series by clicking on Out & About. 2010 Festival of Sail San Diego has a large population of military personnel, and during September and October one can usually find a lot of activities honoring our military personnel and San Diego's part in the military history of our nation. The first such event is the Festival of Sail which is currently going on at the Embarcadero on downtown San Diego's beautiful waterfront. There are about twenty tall ships in town, and … (9 comments)
out and about san diego: Building sandcastles at the 30th U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition in Imperial Beach, California
- 08/09/10 04:57 PM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer, your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this series by clicking on Out & About. This past weekend in Imperial Beach saw tens of thousands of people invade the Imperial Beach pier and sands for the 30th U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition. Along with lots of vendors selling unusual wares, there were many more vendors selling fair-style food, of which two of my favorites are the Oriental shishkabobs and the grilled corn on the cob. I walked through the vendor and food area once (and got a shishkabob and … (12 comments)
Dog Beach is in the San Diego community of Ocean Beach, and according to legend, verified by a commemorative plaque, Dog Beach was the first leash-free dog beach in the nation. Although you can … (11 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About with Jim Frimmer, your Realtor in Mission Valley — No telling what you'll see at Comic-Con
- 07/21/10 09:56 AM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer,your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this seriesright here. One of San Diego's largest annual conventions begins tomorrow and plays through Sunday at the San Diego Convention Center downtown. The convention has been sold out since for a year now, so unless you have a ticket, you won't be getting in. However, you can go downtown, eat in the Gaslamp Quarter or sit at the Trolley stops, and do some people watching, which is what I'm going to do. There is no telling what you'll see. Attendance at Comic-Con this year is … (7 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Realtor in Mission Valley — 36th Annual San Diego Pride Parade and Festival July 17-18, 2010
- 07/16/10 03:39 AM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer,your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this seriesright here. San Diego's annual LGBT Pride Parade and Festival began 36 years ago as a small protest parade. Today it is one of the premier LGBT Pride events in California, and is also the fifth largest LGBT Pride event in America (behind San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago). The parade starts at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and is scheduled to end at 1:00 p.m. Plan on it going a little longer; it always does. There are usually … (4 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About with Jim Frimmer, your Realtor in Mission Valley — The San Diego Nighttime Zoo
- 07/03/10 06:49 AM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer,your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this seriesright here. The San Diego Zoo just started its summertime hours, which means that, through September 6, the Zoo opens every morning at 9:00 and closes every night at 9:00. Twelve full hours of fun in the San Diego sun with wildlife from throughout the world! If you go at dusk, you can often find that many of the animals that sleep during the day are waking up in natural preparation for doing their hunting. The owls are out of their box nests, … (5 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About with Jim Frimmer, Your Realtor in Mission Valley — Claude Debussy: Flower child, Impressionist, Revolutionary
- 06/24/10 03:16 PM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer,your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this seriesright here. If you're up in the area around Del Mar, California, Saturday evening around 7:00 p.m. with nothing to do, well, I'll be performing at that time with my chamber trio at St. Peter's Church, 334 14th Street. The program, titled Claude Debussy: Flower Child, Impressionist, Revolutionary, features piano and vocal music by Claude Debussy, as well as narration feature the life and interesting tidbits about Debussy. Following is the concert program: Claude Debussy: Flower Child, Impressionist, Revolutionary Joanne Regenhardt, NarratorJanelle DeStefano, … (5 comments)
Balboa Park is the nation's largest urban cultural park, and the Spreckels Organ Pavilion is the world's largest outdoor pipe organ. The Spreckels Organ Pavilioin was built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition and was dedicated on December 31, 1914. It was built by Austin Organs of Hartford, … (6 comments)
Balboa Park had its beginnings in 1835 when California was still under control of Mexico. New San Diego City officials set aside 47,000 acres of land for recreational purposes. Part of that acreage is now Balboa Park, making it one of the oldest areas in the country dedicated to public recreation. … (4 comments)
out and about san diego: Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Realtor in Mission Valley — March Field Air Museum
- 06/14/10 01:55 PM
Today is Flag Day. Whenever I think about the flag of the United States of America, I can't help but think about all the military personnel who fight to make Old Glory stand for something great. Not average. Not like everyone else. Great! Just a hundred miles north northeast of downtown San Diego is the Riverside National Cemetery where my father is buried, the March Air Reserve Base, and the March Field Air Museum.
Along with over 70 historic aircraft on the grounds, its location right next to March Air Reserve Base means that you could … (6 comments)
If you make a trip to downtown San Diego this weekend, you might see a new tall ship in port. It looks like this:
That's the N.R.P. Sagres, a 294-foot, three-masted, barque-rigged military training ship from Portugal. It is a sister ship to the United States Coast Guard's ship Eagle. It is named for the Cape of Sagres, the southwest end of Portugal where explorers throughout history left for the high seas and the unknown. … (7 comments)
Sidewalks in and of themselves don't make a city walkable. Because of it's topography, San Diego is not the most walkable city I've visited. However, there are many areas of San Diego that are walkable, such as the beaches, Mission Valley, and downtown at the waterfront. I enjoy a weekly walk along the waterfront just to see what cruise ships are in town, what war ships are docked at the Coronao Naval Air Station, and what new … (8 comments)
About 45 miles north northeast of downtown San Diego is the Wild Animal Park.
The Wild Animal Park is part of the Zoological Society of San Diego, which also operates the San Diego Zoo, but at 1,800 acres, the Wild Animal Park is about 18 times larger than the San Diego Zoo. Many people don't realize that in addition to being world-class zoos, both facilities are also internationally recognized botanical gardens. Together they have … (11 comments)
No trip to San Diego would be complete without a ride over San Diego's signature piece of public art: the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge.
Most of us know it simply as the Coronado Bridge because it lets us get quickly to the magnificent island of Coronado without having to buy a boat or drive around San Diego Bay — 15 miles down one side and then 15 miles back up the other side. … (7 comments)
Mission Bay Park is the largest manmade aquatic park in the country and the ninth largest municipal park. With 4,235 acres, there is lots of room for lots of people to do lots of things — sailing, skiing, swimming, walking, biking, jogging, picniks, kite flying, watching wildlife, and more. Located in the Park or in close proximity are hotels, restaurants, and Sea World. East of Sea World and near the South Shores boat ramp off of Sea World … (6 comments)
Mother's Day is just around the corner, so if you're planning to go out to eat, it's time to make reservations! Mother's Day in San Diego means that there are Mother's Day brunches throughout the county, and I'm always checking them out since my mom loves to go out to eat. Following are the best that I've found so far, but times and prices vary widely, so call ahead with questions and to make reservations. Anthology1337 India … (3 comments)
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