Whether you’re familiar with the illustrious Italian Opera, La Boheme, or just the famed American semi-adaptation, Rent, you’ll probably sense the irony clinging to the nomenclature of the new North Park luxury condominium development, La Boheme. But if you’re not living the true bohemian life, there’s no reason not to take a look at the mixed-use project.
Continue Reading Live the (Upscale) Bohemian Life in North Park
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Many people would like to volunteer in the San Diego community, but have no idea where to begin. How about volunteering at the YMCA, the largest nonprofit community service organization in America? The Mission Valley YMCA is always seeking volunteers. They offer such a wide variety of opportunities, anyone can find their humanitarian niche, from coaching youth basketball to driving a bus
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Want an original way to fill your Saturday? Make haste to the Miramar Speed Circuit, San Diego’s favorite indoor kart-racing spot. If you aren’t familiar with the sport, just picture a souped-up version Little Indy racecars at your neighborhood family fun center. Next, picture them on a quarter-mile indoor track, considered one of the finest in the country. Now crank up the speed.
Continue Reading The Need for Speed: Miramar Speed Circuit
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Scripps Ranch, an upscale community to Mira Mesa’s immediate east, still feels the burn from the tragic Cedar Fire that devastated so many homes. The community is dedicated to ensuring it will never happen again—and have proved they will take any measure necessary. This summer, the residents banded together and executed one of the most creative brush-clearing plans ever imagined: Goats. Three hundred and fifty of them.
Continue Reading Scripps Ranch Takes the Goat by the Horns
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Have you ever heard of Stickball? Likely as not you haven’t, unless you’re a New Yorker—or a resident of San Diego’s Little Italy. Just like New York City’s original urban Italian community, Little Italy has embraced the resourceful sport, hosting a seasonal league and a yearly tournament Labor Day weekend.
Continue Reading Little Italy Steps to the Plate City-Style
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Early this October, Little Italy will come vibrantly alive with to community’s annual Precious Festa, one of the largest single-day Italian American festivals west of the Mississippi. For twelve years running, Festa has been a swirling success of a celebration, and this year will be no different. The streets will churn with pedestrians, crafters and artisans, enjoying Italian food, artwork, and three stages of entertainment.
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Locals are rejoicing the arrival of VIDA Gourmet, La Jolla’s newest culinary sensation. The enlightened establishment provides time-saving home delivery of oven-ready and fully cooked meals, all made with extraordinarily healthful and organic ingredients. VIDA’s motto is, “Making your life naturally delicious”, and they seek to do so by serving a “diverse array of meals, so that our customers can enjoy a culinary adventure every day of the week in the comfort of their own home.”
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La Jolla culture centers upon the community’s scenic seas. Visitors and locals alike pack themselves daily onto La Jolla beaches: Black’s Beach, La Jolla Shores, Windansea, and the La Jolla Cove. But sometimes the crowds can be a little exhausting. How about seeing the ocean from a different angle for a change?
Continue Reading Observe the Ocean From a New Angle at the Birch Aquarium
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For farm-fresh cuisine, organic produce, and unique gifts, nothing beats the Hillcrest Farmer’s Market. Held every Sunday from 9am to 1pm in the DMV parking lot (Lincoln Street, between Cleveland and Normal), the market is a colorful bazaar that attracts health-conscious crowds from all over San Diego’s metro.
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The Ruben H Fleet Science Center, located adjacent to the Hillcrest community in Balboa Park, is one of San Diego’s most memorable museums. Although many San Diegans assume the Fleet Center is geared towards kids only, adults who gamble a visit will be pleasantly surprised at how downright entertaining its exhibits and hands-on experiments can be.
Continue Reading Who Knew Science Could Be So Fun?
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The Gaslamp Quarter is San Diego’s epicenter for entertainment, so it’s only natural that the yearly San Diego Film Festival would be held in the lively district.
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Admit it. You long to know more about those fancy horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping down the streets of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. Everyone has seen them, and everyone has wondered what it would be like see the city like royalty.
Continue Reading Gaslamp’s Truly Royal Tour
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As any San Diegan knows, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is the stuff of legends. In terms of attendance and handles, it’s been recognized as North America’s leading racetrack for over a decade. Over the span of its six-week season, average attendance has climbed past 37,000, with average daily handle soaring past $13 million.
Continue Reading And We’re Off to the Races!
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In June, Forbes Magazine ranked the top ten most expensive homes in the American West, and it’s no surprise a beachfront home in prosperous Del Mar made the cut at number eight. On the market for $50 million, the home is a incredible compound of five separate structures including family residence, a health spa, theater, pool, tennis court, greenhouse and two guest houses.
Continue Reading The Eighth Most Expensive Home in the West
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