San Diego
The San Diego beer scene grows yet further
People who enjoy beer and happen to live in San Diego have been getting a treat this week. It’s been “Storm Week” here – meaning the influence of Stone Brewing Co can be felt far and wide. Churchills, an english pub in San Marcos recently opened up their new renovated bar area – which has... »
Bloggers take over nuclear sub USS Hampton
What dangles when you angle? What slides when you dive? How many ladders can they fit in one sub, and must I climb all of them? This and many other questions were answered Friday when a group of 8 bloggers were invited aboard the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine U.S.S. Hampton for an all-day distinguished... »
Storm + palm tree = sad car
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BarCamp San Diego 6 is this Saturday!
It’s THIS Saturday! And I don’t even have my talk prepared yet! Here’s the critical info: January 16th and 17th Intuit, Santa Fe Campus in Carmel Valley our wiki If you’d like to help out – show up around 8:30 am to help the planners unload and setup. Some tips for those of you for whom this is not... »
Gulp! Navy invites San Diego bloggers onto submarine
I recently got a most startling email: the U.S. Navy would like me to come aboard one of their submarines and blog about the experience. Lt. Denise Garcia, public affairs officer for Submarine Squadron 11 based at Naval Base Point Loma, invited me and 7 other bloggers to an all-day embark aboard one of their... »
Tattered sails on the Star of India? Must be Halloween
While driving past the Star of India this foggy morning, I thought I spied a certain laxness in sail maintenance. This couldn’t be, though, as the dedicated volunteers at the Maritime Museum of San Diego take such good care of the old girl (and besides, she just came out of dry dock). I suspect... »
20th Annual AIDS Walk San Diego this Sunday
If you like getting up early, enjoy a walk in the park, and want to support a worthy cause, you’re in luck this week. The 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Diego, the largest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser in San Diego County, is being held this Sunday. The 5K walk starts at 8:05 AM, and the 10K... »
Tough Getting Ahead in Real Estate in San Diego
Real estate prices have been steadily rebounding over the past four months in San Diego, particularly for homes suitable for first-time homebuyers. An $8,000 federal rebate, which is set to expire soon, could be what has stimulated demand in this tier of the market. It’s sort of a good news-bad news thing – the... »
Brief Updates from MBHQ
You’ve no doubt by now noticed that the sites got a bit of a re-design and some things got changed around last week. We wanted to highlight two changes to make sure everyone knows what changed. The first and biggest is COMMENTS! Registration is no longer required to post a comment on any post. Of... »
Early review: Station Tavern & Burgers
You’re probably familiar with other bars and restaurants run by Sam Chammas: Live Wire, Whistle Stop, the Turf Club (where “grill your own steak” was invented), and Riviera Supper Club (where it was perfected). So expectations for his latest venture, the long-awaited Station Tavern & Burgers, have been high. We got a preview recently during... »
Cool As Ever Tech SD Tweetup now FREE!
The next SD Tweetup on August 8th was already shaping up to be a doozy: the site is the Del Mar Racetrack, the entertainment is swing band Big Time Operator, and attendees will get private seating, private betting booths and tech swag galore. TechZulu is providing live streaming and will debut their show TechPunch with host Amanda... »
Proper use of Twitter, and its beneficiaries
Everyone and their mother is getting on Twitter. In droves. People are writing code which creates thousands of fake users which follow them, and serve only to artificially inflate their follower count. In this gigantic, ever-growing ocean of Twitter who are examples of folks who are NOT DOING IT WRONG? I have a couple... »
Secret “Alice in Wonderland” Tea Party details – *UPDATED*
UPDATE 7/25 – My photos from the exhibition: http://tinyurl.com/nrn55z Okay, so it’s not so secret if I’m publishing it. But if you’d like to attend what promises to be the best Comic-Con party this year, pay attention to the following tweet from @importantdate: Tea Party will be held at 338 7th ave, between J & K... »
Has it really been 25 years since the San Ysidro Massacre?
In the summer of 1984, I had just turned 18. I remember July 18th very well. I’d been spending the day with my friend Stacy by her pool in Bonita, recovering from a party we’d been to the night before. The party had been way out in the sticks in Bonsall and the drive... »
San Diego, did you feel the earthquake?
I’m usually not awake at 7:35 AM on a Saturday, but today was an exception. While propped up reading a collection of humorous horror stories (”Blood Lite”) with Husband 1.0 snoozing beside me, I suddenly felt like our house had been lightly tapped by a semi. It lasted no more than two seconds. “Did you... »