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Top Things to Do in San Diego – September 30 – October 5, 2014

It’s the first weekend of October and it’s going to be packed with haunted houses, pumpkin patches, fall fun and these top things to do in San Diego: Fashion Week San Diego Fashion Week San Diego is the largest collaborative entertainment fashion event in San Diego that celebrates emerging designers by showcasing and highlighting the […]

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Toasting San Diego’s Wine Bars in Hillcrest and Beyond

With hundreds of wineries established throughout California, including dozens thriving in nearby Temecula Valley, San Diego enjoys a never-ending proliferation of wine bars stocked with the latest and greatest releases as well as varietals from across the globe. Wine Steals Numerous wine bars exist throughout the city’s LGBT neighborhood of Hillcrest, offering a quieter alternative […]

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San Diego’s Maritime History Comes Alive this Weekend at the Cabrillo Festival

In 1542, Cabrillo sailed the ocean blue and not only discovered San Diego Bay for Spain, but California and the U.S. West Coast as well. Yep, that’s right…San Diego is the Plymouth Rock of the West! Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed into the harbor on September 28 – almost exactly 472 years ago! – aboard the San […]

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San Diego’s Haunted Houses and Trails Invite You To Enter…If You Dare

It’s that time of year – the days grow shorter, the weather grows colder and our dearly (and not-so-dearly) departed rise again for their unwelcome annual visit. If you’re brave or foolish enough to say hello to them, head out to one of these haunted houses and trails throughout San Diego county. Just remember the […]

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Top Things to Do in San Diego – September 23-28, 2014

Spend the first weekend of Fall in San Diego enjoying the warm weather, autumn activities and these top things to do: San Diego Restaurant Week [vimeo http://vimeo.com/100744669 height=360 width=640] Leave the cooking to someone else and join over 140,000 diners in the celebration of Restaurant Week and indulge in discounted prix fixe menus including two-course […]

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Escape to the Tropics of San Diego’s Mission Bay

You don’t have to fly hours to the South Pacific to feel warm ocean breezes, see swaying palm trees and wiggle your toes in soft white sand beaches while enjoying spectacular crimson sunsets. Mission Bay, a 4,600-acre aquatic playground just north of downtown San Diego, features all that and much more: SeaWorld San Diego (celebrating its 50th anniversary), […]

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Calling all Food Lovers! – San Diego Restaurant Week is Back

It is that time of the year again, the time for foodies to gather, feast and spread some San Diego Restaurant Week cheer. That’s right, San Diego Restaurant Week (SDRW) returns September 21-26. During SDRW more than 200 participating restaurants offer a prix-fixe, three-course dinner menu at just $25, $35 and $45 per person and a two-course lunch menu […]

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Dr. Seuss on the Loose in La Jolla

There’s a tale of a Cat, so cool in a Hat, that…did you hear…was created right here! 🙂 Yep Dr. Seuss, that master smith of rhyming words for kids, lived atop a hill called Mt. Soledad in La Jolla (north of downtown San Diego) where his fantastical world of Cat in the Hat and other […]

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Find the Perfect Pumpkin Patch in San Diego – 2014

Fall in San Diego means warm days, cool nights, Halloween fun and, of course, pumpkin patches! Browse the list below to find the perfect pumpkin patch near you. Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center has been a Pumpkin Patch staple for as long as I can remember (the Bates family […]

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