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“When Hollywood Comes to San Diego…Wait I’m already here.”
A geek moment with Mark Christopher Lawrence Actor and comic Mark Christopher Lawrence is best known for his role as Big Mike on NBC’s “Chuck,” but anyone who has followed his career knows it is only the latest in a string of successes. As “Chuck” enters its 5th and final season, Mark Christopher Lawrence’s name […]
August Senior Ramblings
Entertainment Chat The Cygnet Theatre Company, one of San Diego’s impressive theatre organizations, presented an excellent version of the old Thornton Wilder classic, “Our Town,” first introduced in 1937 about small town American life. The Cygnet, located in Old Town, San Diego, never disappoints. Restaurant Chat Some restaurants that I’ve tried recently have been quite […]
Finding the Muse
We arrive at 10:00 a.m., glance around before opening the gate at the side of the house, follow a path around to the garden hideaway. We’re safe, no one saw us. Confidentiality is essential. We take out our notebooks, pens and pencils and begin. What is this clandestine gathering that takes place on a quiet […]
Music, Music, Music!
“Live Long and Prosper” was the title of a lengthy article in the recent “Successful Aging Expo” program, outlining dozens of activities and techniques to help all of us…age successfully. How amazing, I thought, reading it through, that the writers omitted MUSIC – the one rewarding, diverting, entertaining and enjoyable activity that we – The […]
The Jewel of the City Saved from Costly and Massive Redevelopment
Friends of Balboa Park grateful for community support What began as the restoration of Plaza de Panama, and a pedestrian friendly environment, suddenly became a major redevelopment of Balboa Park. The initial plan was to “polish” the jewel of San Diego for the 2015 Centennial of the Pacific-Panama Exposition. This past June thousands of San […]
Village Theater Opens in Coronado
Coronado, CA- The Village Theater Re-Opens after a decade. Vintage Cinemas renovation has created a classic movie experience for locals and tourists alike.
Clean up the Neighborhood with Graffiti Removal Spray!
Motsenbocker’s LIFT OFF line of Earth Friendly products is turning heads around the world. A REAL GREEN PRODUCT since 1978. The most effective removers & cleaners in the world THAT REALLY WORK and are 3 ways safe: for the environment, for any surface and for the people who use them. Invented and made in USA. […]
Amtrak California Ridership and Revenue Off the Charts
California motorists left the highways in record numbers over the past 12 months to ride two of California’s highly successful intercity passenger rail corridors, Caltrans announced today. Led by the San Joaquin corridor, which serves the Central Valley, linking Los Angeles and Bakersfield with Sacramento and the Bay Area, California’s state supported intercity passenger rail […]
The Great Bee Rescue
Upon learning our home of so many years was probably going to make it through an escrow, dependent in part on the removal of our extended bee family living in an unused chimney, I began contemplating how I was going to get them out alive-Alive and well enough to live for anther day or more. […]
