Tag: San Diego
All the articles with the tag "San Diego".
San Diego from a Cessna
I was lucky to join in on a quick flight over San Diego county. We flew west to the ocean, roughly following HW 8, then north along the coast to Carlsbad before heading east to Escondido and then sout…
Eversweet pomegranate
I planted an eversweet pomegranate tree about a year ago in a very hot and sunny part of the yard. It seemed to enjoy it and the still small tree has produced 5 fruit this year. They are quite unique,…
25th Street Renaissance in Golden Hill
The Examiner notes that this is the year work starts on a large number of changes to 25th street in Golden Hill , San Diego. I am looking forward to seeing the changes when completed, it will give the…
Stone Brewery's expansion south
Stone Brewing's Escondido location is one our favorite places to spend an afternoon. Located in a business park wasteland, the gardens and open air bistro are unexpected and delightful. However, the h…
Uptown San Diego trolley
SD Urban linked over to a story at SD Uptown News about the “Restoring the Magic” trolley project concept . It seems like a great idea - bring back the old school trolley cars, run them downtown for a…
Salps and jellyfish at the Yukon
Photos of pelagic invertebrates at the Yukon Last weekend I did two dives on the Yukon with Pete, Paul, and Matt. I wasn't expecting much, as the water can be green and brown this time of year. We wer…
Cedar Creek Falls hike
Photos of the Cedar Creek Falls hike Your knees take a beating on the way there, your thighs on the climb back, but the Cedar Creek Falls hike (aka Devil's Punchbowl) is lush and gorgeous this time of…
Recent diving photos
2009.08.06 Diving Yukon and Ruby E Heather, David, and I had some great dives on the Yukon and Ruby E at the start of the month. Visibility was the best I had seen on the Yukon and it was a lot of fun…
Tacos Yaqui
Anna and I were down near the border for some shopping and had a hankering for tacos. I used yelp on my phone to see what looked interesting near by. Surrounded by mall land I wasn't optimistic. One t…
Diving with seal bombs
There were about ten bright boats anchored just outside of the marine preserve, about a mile from where we were. They are there for the same reason we were - the squid run. Lisa, Mani, and I went for …