The San Diego Traveler

July 12th, 2008

Meet Michael Antonorsi, Chocolatier

Michael Antonorsi is a certified French Chef from the École Supéríeure de Cuísíne Francaíse Ferrandi in Paris, where he also completed specialized training in Pastry and Chocolaterie at the École Lenotre. He also happens to be Master Chocolatier at Chuao (chew-WOW) Chocolatier in Carlsbad. Antonorsi will make special appearances at locations around the county over [...]

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July 11th, 2008

This Week’s Featured Photos

Looking through the latest images of San Diego, I’d like to call your attention to these winners:

Thanks to these fine photographers for sharing their art with the rest of us.
Photo #1 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgrote/2658474463/Photo #2 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/docoleg/2640791247/Photo #3 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/12530381@N07/2654985529/Photo #4 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/2651403367/Photo #5 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/coebabelghoti/2657880454/Photo #6 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewjking87/2653030190/
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July 10th, 2008

Wags for Wishes

Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego will host the 6th Annual Wags for Wishes, to be held at Otay Ranch Town Center and Otay Ranch High School all this weekend (Friday through Sunday). Wags for Wishes is one of the largest comprehensive dog shows on the West Coast, with over 1,500 dogs expected to compete!
This [...]

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July 9th, 2008

Call to All San Diego Bloggers

Calling all San Diego Bloggers - This is the official July 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. If you write about San Diego, you’re invited!
Tags: blog, bloggers, call for [...]

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July 8th, 2008

Independent Film Festival at Comic-Con

The film line-up for this year’s CCI-IFF (Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival) has been announced, with the following films:

Thursday, July 24

10:00-11:30
Comic-Con Film School 101

Action/Adventure

11:30-12:10:
A.W.O.L.

12:10-12:40:
The Living Sword

12:40-1:15:
Bookie

1:15-2:05:
ATF: Asian Task Force

2:05-2:30:
Shinobi Warriors

2:30-2:55:
Citizen

Comics-Oriented

3:00-3:30:
New York Chronicle

3:30-4:10:
Woman’s Work

4:10-5:55:
The Crusaders #357: Experiment in Evil!

Documentary

6:00-6:25:
Masked

6:25-8:00:
Independents

8:00-9:45:
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

9:45-11:00:
Night Gamers: A Tale of LARP

Tags: animation, anime, cci, comic-con, comics, [...]

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July 7th, 2008

Celebrate our Samoan Brothers and Sisters

Did you know that Oceanside is home to one of the largest Samoan populations in the United States? It makes sense then that the Samoan Cultural Celebration would be centered here in our North County, doesn’t it?
The Samoan Cultural Celebration is a week-long faith-based sports and family event that has traditionally coincided with the 4th [...]

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July 6th, 2008

Art in the Moment

The 28th Annual U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition will take place next Sunday (July 13) in Imperial Beach, and you’ve probably never seen sandcastles like these! In fact, every year brings something new and unexpected.

Sandcastle Days will kick off on Friday (July 11), with the Mayor’s Community Breakfast in the morning, and the Sandcastle Days Kickoff [...]

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July 5th, 2008

This Week’s Featured Photos

Looking through this week’s photos on Flickr, I came across some beautiful images of San Diego that I’d like to share:

Thanks for these fine photographers for capturing a bit of life here this week.
Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/slack12/2635848077/Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigjno/2625295636/Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipgibbs/2644715032/Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/badgopher/2622758370/Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianlee/2635760426/Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/annalouise/2636910262/
Tags: american idol, convention [...]

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July 4th, 2008

Happy Independence Day from San Diego!

Whether you’re headed to the beaches for the ocean fireworks show synchronized up and down the coast, or gathering with your neighbors for your own celebration, have a wonderful Independence Day!

Photo credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/olasis/723995918/
Tags: 4th of july, fireworks, independence day, san diego

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July 2nd, 2008

San Diego Area Codes

If you’re searching online for sites and events in San Diego County, how do search across all of our cities? You could enter them individually into your favorite search engine. You could also use our zip codes, but they’re just as plentiful.
Here’s another option - our area codes.
San Diego County has only three area codes, [...]

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