Nothing says Fall fun like a day out on the pumpkin patch. San Diego’s many great pumpkin patches offer hay rides, mazes, petting zoos and other great hands-on activities for kids of all ages to enjoy. Just make sure to bring your camera as you head out Charlie Brown style, in search of the Great […]
A Restaurant With A View Even An Apollo Astronaut Loves
A friend recently asked me for a recommendation of a great place to dine in San Diego to impress a VIP coming into town. The VIP happened to be Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who was in town to sign his autobiography, Falling to Earth, at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Since I […]
September Restaurant Week 2011 Extended
Did you want to try second restaurant or did procrastinate for too long and now can’t get a reservation for the last night of restaurant week? Well fear not, San Diego Restaurant Week has been extended for a second week running from September 25th to the 30th, 2011. Now you have no excuse. If you […]
La Jolla Is a Best Beach Get Away
Emphasis of this blog post title should be on the “Is” because this is not much of a surprise to those who have been to the beaches of La Jolla. Sunset Magazine recently rated La Jolla as the 2nd best beach getaway. Here is what they had to say: Anyone ready to try stand-up paddleboarding […]
Art & Culture Throughout San Diego this September
During the whole month of September, visitors and locals alike can enjoy the vibrant local arts communities and help celebrate “Arts Month San Diego” with a variety of exhibitions and events taking place across the county. You can find out everything you wanted to know about Arts Month San Diego here. Below are few highlights: […]
Exploring San Diego Bay in a Speed Boat
Yesterday, San Diego Speed Boat Adventures invited a few ConVis folks to spend the afternoon jetting around and exploring San Diego bay in a speed boat. How can you say no to that? After our guide Tommy gave us the safety speech and showed us the route, we boarded our speedboats (which can hold 2 […]
OB’s Dog Beach Has National Recognition
I know my dog loves going to the dog beach in Ocean beach. The area is huge allowing him to run in the sand and the water while my wife and I can keep our eyes on him. MSN recently highlighted dog parks and beaches throughout the country and of course ocean beach made the […]
Video Sand Art for New Non-Stop Flight from Europe
There is a new non-stop flight from Europe to San Diego on British Airways. What better way to advertise the beach destination of San Diego than with sand art: If you still need more convincing, here are the Top 5 Reasons to Fly to San Diego from Heathrow.
OB Hodad Burgers Invade Downtown
After starring on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (check out the video), the local favorite Hodad’s became an everyone favorite. With its new-found celebrity, the popular Hodad burger expanded into downtown San Diego. The new location brings all of the fun (no shoes, no shirts, no problem) and interior design of OB into downtown. […]
Geometric Fun at the Fleet
Scientists six and up (including me in my late 20s) can enjoy hands-on and educational fun with the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s new exhibition Geometry Playground. The main piece, A Stack of Stars, is a stack of Stellated Rhombic Dodecahedrons (SRDs) that young scientists can climb through. I think of it more as a […]