The San Diego Traveler

Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, LEGOLAND launches “Journey to the Lost Temple,” an interactive musical adventure comedy featuring characters from the Park’s own Land of Adventure. The first year-round musical production in the history of LEGOLAND California, this show is specifically for children ages 2 to 12, featuring a cast of five San Diego-based actors and more than 30 volunteers pulled from the audience.

In “Journey to the Lost Temple,” the audience enters a museum to witness explorer Johnny Thunder’s latest discovery – an ancient time machine found in Cleopatra’s lost temple. When Johnny’s arch nemesis, Sam Sinister tries …read more

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Welcome to the May issue of The San Diego Special Edition! We’ve got some new local bloggers to welcome this month, so please give them a read and enjoy!
business

Debra Simpson presents Microsoft’s Office Live, Small Business Event posted at North San Diego Business@Large, saying,
“These are the four interviews with the keynote presenters at Microsoft Office Live Small Business. Interviews with John Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing; Rich Sloan, StartUpNation; Susan Wilson Solovic, SBTV.com; and Karen Dayan, Microsoft’s Digital Media Expert.”

Debra’s interviews always add another dimension to our monthly gathering, and I really enjoy listening to them. I hope you’ll …read more

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Going through new photos of San Diego uploaded in the last week, I came across these notable images. I could imagine each of them framed on a wall, or paging through them in a coffee table book:

Aren’t these fabulous? Thanks and congratulations to this week’s featured photographers.
Photo #1 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/theinsecurerobot/2500499609/
Photo #2 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottandrenee/2500360233/
Photo #3 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bomber07/2480326199/
Photo #4 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/susan_w/2495414216/
Photo #5 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/2500825506/
Photo #6 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucas3d/2498820584/

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Approximately ten percent of San Diegans are “digitally savvy,” according to Scarborough Research. The real surprise is that we ranked ahead of high tech metropolises Seattle and San Francisco! We were, in fact, number four, behind Austin, Las Vegas, and Sacramento.
How About You?

Do you own:
 A PDA
 A digital video recorder
 A satellite radio subscription
 An MP3 Player
 A high definition television
 A voice-over-Internet-protocol telephone
In the past 30 days have you used:
 Online banking or bill paying
 Read or contributed to blogs …read more

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The very first annual Agua Hedionda Lagoon Celebrity Fishing Tournament will be held this Saturday (May 17th) in Carlsbad. This 248-acre coastal lagoon is the home of bass, halibut and spotfin croaker.
Frankly, I have a hard time imagining the celebrities fishing the lagoon, but it certainly sounds like it should be worth seeing.
The North County Times reports the following celebrity lineup:

Brett Cullen (“Goodwin” on “Lost”)
Married reality TV stars Christopher Knight and Adrianne Curry (VH1’s “My Fair Brady”)
“Days of Our Lives” stars Arianne Zuker, Joseph Mascolo and Patrika Darbo
Kyle Lowder of “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Richard Steinmetz of “Passions”
“Justice” …read more

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Marathons are no stranger to San Diego. In fact, it seems that nearly every weekend brings another walk or run to benefit a charity, fund a cure for a disease, or just get fit.
This weekend is no exception. It’s time to get on your running (or walking) shoes and get moving to benefit one of these causes, or just for fun:
American Cancer Society
The Relay for Life of Mira Mesa will take place on Saturday (May 17) at Hilltop Community Park in Mira Mesa, San Diego. This event honors cancer survivors an pays tribute to those lost to the disease, while …read more

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The fourth annual Barona’s $1,000,000 Quacker Dash will take place tomorrow (May 14th) at The Wave Waterpark in Vista. This quack-up of an event will benefit the San Diego Blood Bank, and features thousands of numbered little yellow rubber ducks thrown into the water to see which will dash to the finish line first.
These ducks are competing for prizes such as free gas for a year, a Disney World vacation, and a Barona Valley Ranch Getaway Package. You can purchase your Quacker online, or fill out an entry form at the General Store at Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino …read more

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According to the Chinese Service Center of San Diego, there are 30,750 Chinese people living in San Diego county (as of the last census). This represents about 1.9% of our population. But of course, you don’t have to be Chinese to relate to the victims of yesterday’s massive earthquake in China.
With death tolls climbing toward 12,000, people across the county, the country, and the world are looking for ways to reach out and help.
If you’d like to help, the Chinese Service Center in Kearny Mesa is accepting donations to assist the survivors:
Chinese Service Center of San Diego8775 Aero …read more

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If you’re ready for some great food, music and fun, head down to Little Italy on Sunday (May 18) for Festa Siciliana!

See one of the great crowd-pleasers of this event, a festive Sicilian Flag Procession leading all through the streets of San Diego’s Little Italy (as seen in the beginning of this video).
This 15th annual Italian celebration will feature Aaron Caruso as this year’s headliner. Other exciting thematic entertainment includes:

Z-Bop
Roman Holiday Ensemble
Balboa Park Italian Dance Troupe
The Peter Pavone Ensemble
Judy Ciotta and Her Sicilian Friends
The Sicilian Band
Salvatore Marchese …read more

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Whether you’re off to one of the many Mother’s Day brunches being held around the county, a Mother’s Day home tour, out to a spa for some quality pampering, or just spending the day with your mom or your kids, Happy Mother’s Day, San Diego!
Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-seljos/2479202973/in/set-72157603269449844/

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