What’s doing what for the 4th?  Where are the best fireworks displays? Who makes the best picnic?  I’ll be in Washington DC watching the fireworks from the grounds of the Iwo Jima Memorial….

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Yo! San Diego! What are you up to for today, for the weekend? For the 4th?

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Back in 2004 I wrote a short piece explaining what the Stingaree was, basically it was San Diego’s red-light district in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Come to find out that the Stingaree is back as the name of a nightclub down on 4th Avenue. Everything old is new again!

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Kevin sent us:
Here is a video of the spy satellite launch from Vandenberg that flew
over San Diego, past the crescent Moon as well as Mars & Saturn. The
tropical sunset was nice enough, but the rest of this made for a
spectacular evening.
http://eyespot.com/blogs/kevlar?postId=2692
Thanks!

He also put some nice pix on flickr.

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It was damned hot yesterday. 104 in El Cajon. It actually got hotter later in the day.
The highs came uncharacteristically late in the day. A shallow marine layer had been pushed out to sea by easterly winds earlier in the day. So it made it all the way to the coastal waters and then the […]

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I dig her work:
Hello everyone just a reminder of the art show this
thursday!
June 29th rock n’ roll will be….
f**cked up inside
this will be a solo show
at M-Theory Music
Mission Hills store
915 W. Washington St.,
San Diego CA 92103
www.mtheorymusic.com
artist reception,
thursday June 29th from 7-9pm
show will run through July 13th
I have a preview of some of the paintings up […]

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Great shot by MathewWithAT from the San Diego Pool:

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This question is for those of you that go to the San Diego beaches.  How do you secure your keys and wallet while you are in the water?  I’m going by myself today, so I can’t have someone watch my stuff.  What beaches have the highest and lowest theft rate?  Any tips to avoid becoming […]

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Chat about any content on the web by adding gabbly.com in front of any URL.
e.g.: http://gabbly.com/http://sandiegoblog.com/
(of course, there may not be anyone there, but still, a clean implementation of an older idea).

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San Diego Podcast.com says, of San Diego Blog:
This is a great blog.
Well, they said it some time ago, but we don’t mind.

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Unassigned seating is sort of a differentiator for them. Interesting move:
Southwest to Test Assigned Seating, Southwest Airlines to Test Assigned Seating on About 200 Flights From San Diego - CBS News
Southwest Airlines Co. will test assigning seats to travelers, another indication that the maverick carrier may get in line with other U.S. airlines by junking […]

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Summer time.
and the livin’ is easy……
OK, I won’t sing, I promise, but here’s a link to Summer Music in the Parks
Do grab a blanket, a picnic, and enjoy!!

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An Afternoon of Words & Music
2 - 5 pm, Sunday, June 25
at  My Back Yard Nursery Art & Garden Center, 4017 Swift Avenue (at University), San Diego (North Park)
 
All are welcome to enjoy this free Sunday Afternoon Repast at My Back Yard in the gardens.
 
Reading presented by San Diego Writers, Ink
Poetry with Jihmye Collins, Olga […]

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Sandy Bagri passed along to us, via MAS:
Pirates of the Pacific Yacht Party - July 29, 2006
San Diego, California - July 2006 - Sandcastle Events
A night to remember! A party on one of the biggest yachts in San Diego. Cruise around the bay listening to live reggae music, watching exotic bellydancers, playing on […]

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San Diego moblog company textamerica has a heckuva PR problem.
Boing Boing: Textamerica goes fee-only, will delete all old, free moblogs
Textamerica goes fee-only, will delete all old, free moblogs
I bet they could figure out how to put those old blogs back, and make them pay, and not be such unilateral jerks about it all. Yes, it […]

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Reposted from websandiego:
http://www.socalcodecamp.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDJUG-Announcements/
June 24 & 25, 2006 at UCSD Extension on the La Jolla campus.
Code Camp is a place for developers to come and learn from their peers. This community driven event has become an international trend where peer groups of all platforms, programming languages and disciplines band together to bring content to the community. […]

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When it comes to San Diego’s Old Town, and the carpetbagger New York based Delaware North’s big old ideas to turn the state park into a semi-historic recreation of the mid-1800s they neglected to mention when they bid for the contract that the revenues would be reminiscent of mid-1800s San Diego as well.  Revenues are […]

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Headline news today over at the UT, “We’re now No. 8″ referring to the fact that San Antonio, Texas has knocked San Diego off the number 7 spot according to the latest Census Bureau estimates.
In 2004 and 2005, the city actually lost population–  8,276 people, to be exact– for the first time this decade.  San […]

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We go every year to the OB Street Fair. Be sure to stop by Ocean Beach Books on Cable Street and say hello to good guy owner Keith.
This years music appears at:

Blues Alley is hosted by KPRI again this year and is located on Bacon Street in front of Nati’s Mexican Restaurant.
Artists Alley Stage is located […]

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I have a google news alert for “san diego blog” and this was an interesting one that popped out at me as a unique use of blogs:
thedesertsun.com | Valley Episcopalians weigh in on female bishop’s election
Thomas chaired the delegation from the San Diego diocese, which includes Episcopalian churches in the Coachella Valley.
“We were thanking God, […]

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