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September 23, 2010 By Suzzanne

Get Your Culture On During National Museum Day

Saturday, September 25th is National Museum Day. What is National Museum Day you ask? It’s an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Media in which participating museums across the country open their doors for FREE to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket. Sounds like a good idea to me! The great thing is there are over […]

September 21, 2010 By Suzzanne

Local Beer Makers Bring Home Big Awards at National Fest

You may not realize it, but San Diego is home to some of the best craft breweries in the Country. And to prove our point, over the weekend at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Pizza Port Carlsbad was named large brewpub of the year (for the 2nd year in a row!). The brewery […]

September 20, 2010 By Benjamin Eastman

Bye bye diet – It’s Restaurant Week!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I LOVE RESTAURANT WEEK! “Why the heck is he telling us this today?” you ask, well uh, yeah…it’s Restaurant Week THIS week! I recently realized that I don’t take my girlfriend out to nice sit-down restaurants for dinner nearly enough (see previous posts on my love of taco shops!). So, I […]

September 16, 2010 By Katie S.

5 to Try: Weekend Edition

Need weekend plans? With weather averaging 75 and sunny all weekend, there’s plenty to do outdoors! From full-throttle fun watching powerboat races in Mission Bay to a knee-slapping good time listening to bluegrass music in the scenic mountain town of Julian. • Banjos twang full force in the historic town of Julian during the 40th Annual […]

September 13, 2010 By Suzzanne

Ode to Legoland

There is a place in San Diego I have been to many, many times. It’s a place we go when we have friends and family visit. We go when the weather is nice and we go when the weather isn’t so nice. We go during the holidays, on weekends, weekdays and even for a field […]

September 10, 2010 By Suzzanne

Sheraton San Diego Officially Earns Green Seal Certification

Recently, Green Seal awarded its highest award certification: Gold level. After five months of preparation, a rigorous on-site audit followed by two months of follow-up and verification, they officially received the news on August 5th. This marks the first hotel in San Diego to achieve Gold status from Green Seal. At the time of their […]

September 9, 2010 By Suzzanne

5 to Try: Grandparents Edition

Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 12th! In honor of all the grandparents out there, here are our 5 to Try with the grandparents. Our kids and the grandparents have tried all of these activities and I think all would give them two thumbs up! Reuben H. Fleet Science Center: On Sunday, September 12th, the Science Center […]

September 8, 2010 By Guest Blogger

Just Call Me Gidget

As some of you know, I won a group surf lesson with Surf Diva via the San Diego Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website. Surf lessons? Me? BWAHAHA! But in the spirit of Embracing the Crazy this summer (it’s been a doozy!) I did just that. I took the challenge and just went for it. My family […]

September 3, 2010 By Suzzanne

5 to Try: Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day: the last long weekend of the summer. What comes to mind when you think of Labor Day? I think of the beach, barbequing and having fun with friends and family. Be sure to have some fun before school starts and we all have to start looking into fall and shorter days. Festival of […]

August 30, 2010 By Suzzanne

Sunny Jim Cave

Recently, our blogger extraordinaire Stephenie wrote an entry about interesting historical sites in San Diego. I realized after reading it my kids might actually get a kick out of seeing them (and learn something too!) I decided our first stop would be the Sunny Jim Cave, located in La Jolla. If you haven’t been or […]