Archive for April, 2012
Mission Hills Garden Club’s Annual ‘Garden Walk,’ May 12
The Mission Hills Garden Club, a non-profit organization that promotes good gardening practices and beautifying San Diego’s neighborhoods, invites horticulturalists-at-heart to the 2012 Garden Walk, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12 for a self-guided tour of a dozen gardens in one of the city’s most beautiful neighborhoods. Gardens at each home were selected […]
Foot Washing Ceremony
Ocean Beach’s first Interfaith Community Foot Washing will be hosted by the Episcopal Church Center at 2083 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Christians commemorate the Thursday before Easter as the night of Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples. Jesus washed the feet of His disciples and instructed […]
Mission Hills Native Shares Gift of Music
by Denise Montgomery Anna Robitaille gestures with a seahorse puppet while singing an ocean-themed song. Enthusiastic toddlers follow her lead, singing and waving seahorse finger puppets while sitting in parents’ and nannies’ laps. She tells the kids they will get to dance under a large blue parachute, which they will pretend is the ocean, and […]
ASID’s ‘Spring Spruce Up’ Has Arrived
The American Society of Interior Designers’ annual “Spring Spruce Up” event is underway now through the end of May. For a discounted rate of $85 per hour, the public can arrange for a professional designer to come to their home or business to consult on their remodel or design project and obtain advice, direction, and […]
Local Artist Promotes Mission Hills Concerts in the Park
Mission Hills resident and artist, Barbra Rhoda, wants to remind her neighbors that the 19th Annual Mission Hills Concerts in the Park are soon approaching. The first concert is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, July 6. The free event is a great place to visit with neighbors, enjoy great music and a picnic on the […]
San Diego Designer Releases Inaugural Line of “Superbright” Clothing
Californians with bold style and an inspired fashion-sense need look no further than Volga Verdi: a rising clothing brand with unbridled color and character. The newly-launched brand is the brainchild of twenty-six-year-old designer Peter Green, a San Diego resident who has left the realm of graphic and interactive design and brought his art to the […]
Rev Your Engines for a Hot Rod Fundraiser
Guests can don their leather or poodle skirts at the Silver Gate Elementary School’s 17th annual Hot Rods and Hogs fundraiser. The hot rod and motorcycle-themed silent auction, dinner and dance takes place Friday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Liberty Station Conference Center, located at 2600 Laning Avenue in Point Loma. The fun-filled […]
Mark Christopher Lawrence and Friends Rock the House of Blues
When Mark Christopher Lawrence, probably most familiar to audiences as Big Mike on the NBC hit series “Chuck,” promises to “Bring da funny,” you can take that to the bank. On Wednesday, March 14, Mark and his friends brought plenty of funny to the House of Blues in downtown San Diego. With talented young singer/songwriter […]
Industry Veteran Joins Union Bank
Union Bank, N.A. recently announced that Terri Caffery of San Diego has joined its residential wholesale team as an account executive for the bank’s Consumer Lending group. Caffery is responsible for building and managing mortgage broker relationships in the greater San Diego area. Union Bank’s Consumer Lending group originates and services the bank’s loans to […]
San Diego Business Owners Call for Legal Reform
California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), a nonpartisan grassroots movement fighting against lawsuit abuse in California, recently continued its “Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” tour in San Diego at a luncheon with citizens concerned about the economic cost of lawsuit abuse. Numerous small businesses in the San Diego area, as well as the city itself, have […]
