Cat Dirt Sez is blogging the fire. Anyone else? Post your links.
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According to Forbes, San Diego is now the most overpriced home market in the county. From America’s most overpriced home markets:
San Diego has plenty of sunshine but little affordable housing. Only 5% of local residents could buy a median-priced home — one reason the city grabbed the dubious honor of ranking No. 1 on […]
Continue reading San Diego is the Most Overpriced Home Market in America
In a follow-up to our May 2006 discussion Nearly Empty Downtown and a few comments, downtown San Diego will finally be getting a 2nd grocery store. This Friday at 7:45 AM there will a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Albertsons. The new grocery store will be on the corner of 14th Street and Market. […]
Driving around San Diego this week I’ve seen a few speed traps on city streets. Up until yesterday the only traps I’ve seen have been on freeways. Be careful if you find yourself traveling …
Banker’s Hill on 6th Avenue
Santee on Mission Gorge
I-15 North between Rancho Bernardo and Escondido
Anyone else spotted a speed trap?
Some homeowners inside downtown’s El Cortez created a web site to explain their battle to stop construction on a building 40 feet away. From Save the Historic El Cortez:
There is no right to build anything on the El Cortez block because of a covenant that protects it until 2025.
That isn’t stopping Peter Janopaul and […]
This Saturday I will be giving a demonstration on how to roast coffee using a popcorn popper at Caffe Calabria for the San Diego Home Coffee Roasters. This is open to the public and is a free event. It starts at 10 AM and will run 1 hour. It will be held […]
Anyone know what movie or TV show is being filmed downtown right now? Last night there was a night shoot near Union and Ash. The front of a local dessert place had a fictional sign in front of it to make it look like a night club. I’ve seen TV filming before downtown, this looked […]
Downtown on Friday September 22th will be the San Diego Festival of Beer.
Event date: Friday, September 22, 2006
Event time: 6pm until 11pm
Cost: $25 entry (includes ten tastes; each taste is 4 ounces)
Location: Downtown San Diego, at Columbia […]
Now that I’ve committed to a 50 mile bike in 2 weeks, I suppose I should train a little before the event.
What are some good places in San Diego County to bike ride safely? Ideal location would be away from traffic and tourists.
Continue reading Ask San Diego Blog: Places to Bike Ride Safely?
September 30th is the Rosarito Ensenada 50 mile Fun Bike Ride.
Head to Baja California for this award-winning 50 mile bicycle ride along the Pacific Coast and inland through rural countryside from Rosarito Beach to Ensenada.
While planning another trip, I stumbled onto Roadside America. It’s tagline reads Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions. Of course San Diego has a few entries. Some of the highlights include:
World’s Largest Lemon (Lemon Grove)
Shoe Tree on Frisbee Course (Balboa Park)
Gravity Hill (La Jolla)
Muffler Man (Escondido)
Can you think […]
Most of the people I’ve met in San Diego either haven’t been to Tijuana in many years or have never been. What are your thoughts about Tijuana? For those that go, what do you do when you get there? Favorite restaurants? Travel tips?
I’ve now lived in San Diego for 6 years and I have yet to run into a single celebrity. How about you? Have you had any celebrity sightings here in San Diego? Who, where and when?
What books should belong in the personal library of San Diego citizens? As a hiker, my 2 favorite local hiking books are 60 Hikes with 60 Miles San Diego and Afoot and Afield in San Diego County. What are some of your San Diego book favorites?
Business 2.0 put out their list of the 100 fastest growing tech companies and six local companies made the list.
Invitrogen (Medical, Military)
ResMed (Medical)
Websense (Software)
Qualcomm (Telecom)
Biosite (Medical)
INC Magazine wrote a great piece on Buck Knives, which is now available on their web site. The Buck Stopped Here tells the story of a successful San Diego company that was driven from California due to the high cost of doing business here. Buck Knives relocated from El Cajon to Idaho Falls, Idaho at […]
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 […]
Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, writes in today’s Yahoo! Finance about the cooling real estate market.
A friend of mine, a very seasoned real estate investor, says in San Diego County, once one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, thousands of new condominiums are getting ready to come […]
Wikipedia has a page for June Gloom, which accurately describes this week. I got so sick of the gray skies today, I got in my car and drove east. By the time I got to Alpine the sun was out. Ended up hiking in the Laguna Mountains.
Here is a link to a video I shot of the Hotel San Diego implosion this morning. I could say the video was shaky due to the explosions, but the truth is I had 4 shots of espresso prior to the event.
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