The San Diego Traveler

May 10th, 2008

Singin’ About San Diego

AJ Rafael has uploaded an original song “How’s San Diego Pauli,” followed by another original composition “Johnny Rockets.”

Hmmm. This gives me an idea for another series…songs about San Diego. If you discover any videos that we should include, please send them in!
Tags: aj rafael, how’s san diego pauli, johnny rockets

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May 9th, 2008

This Week’s Featured Photos

Looking through Flickr, I came across these wonderful new images of San Diego uploaded this week. Perhaps I’m feeling a bit blue…

Each of these pics shows off something special found in San Diego county. Great work by these excellent photographers!
Photo #1 (PB (Pacific Beach), San Diego) credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/chilsta/2477753459/
Photo #2 (This Is Not Jill!) credit: [...]

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May 8th, 2008

Call to All San Diego Bloggers

Calling all San Diego Bloggers - This is the official May call for submissions to:
The San Diego Special Edition
San Diego County bloggers, as well as bloggers writing articles about their travels here, gather together here once a month to share our favorite articles.

Our distinguished, and ever growing, list of past participating blogs include:
Tags: blog, bloggers, [...]

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May 7th, 2008

Is San Diego America’s Most Sparkling City?

Yellow Tail Wine surveyed a sample of 900 adults across America in order to determine which are the ten most sparkling cities. 
What makes a city sparkle?
More than half of survey respondents said that what makes a city sparkle is “breathtaking scenery” (61%) and “great night life” (53%).
According to Yellow Tail’s definition:
“It’s the [...]

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May 6th, 2008

Party School Crackdown

Long known as a party school, San Diego State University (SDSU) was the target of an undercover drug probe that culminated in the arrest of approximately 100 people, primarily students, today. The arrests were made at several homes and fraternities.
Dubbed “Operation: Sudden Fall,” the school was first targeted for investigation as the result of [...]

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May 6th, 2008

Women’s Film Festival Tomorrow

LUNAFEST is a national traveling festival of short films by, for and about women. Tomorrow (May 7), this film festival comes to Cardiff by the Sea.
The nine films selected for this year’s festival include:

My Other Mother
Make a Wish
Dona Ana / Mrs. Ana
Happiness
Godir Gestir / Family Reunion
Daikon Ashi
Breaking Boundaries: The Sondra Van Ert Story
The Guarantee
Pockets

This [...]

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May 5th, 2008

Before You Head to Mexico

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo south of the border might seem like a great idea, but you should be aware that there is a current Travel Alert on Mexico, issued by the U.S. Department of State. It begins:
“Violent criminal activity fueled by a war between criminal organizations struggling for control of the lucrative narcotics trade [...]

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May 2nd, 2008

Preview of the Red Bull Air Race World Series

Today was practice day for the Red Bull Air Race World Series over San Diego bay. A viewer was kind enough to capture some of the excitement and share it via YouTube:

If you’re in San Diego this weekend, be sure to spend some time outdoors so that you can watch this event live.
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May 2nd, 2008

This Week’s Featured Photos

Looking through Flickr, I came across these wonderful images of San Diego uploaded this week:

Great work by these excellent photographers!
Photo #1 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/slack12/2458167262/
Photo #2 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathaninsandiego/2444210458/
Photo #3 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/susan_w/2446717215/
Photo #4 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-seljos/2458326235/
If you take any great photos in San Diego that you’d like to share, please send them in, or [...]

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May 1st, 2008

Cinco de Mayo

Are you looking for a Cinco de Mayo celebration? In addition to just about every bar and Mexican restaurant in the county, check out these fiestas:
Old Town
Head down to San Diego’s Old Town this weekend (May 3 and 4) for Fiesta Cinco de Mayo, one of the largest Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the U.S. [...]

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