Tag: california
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California Friday: at the Living Coast Discovery Center
Last week I discovered a nature center type place that’s south of me, right on San Diego Bay, called the Living Coast Discovery Center. It’s connected to the National Wildlife Refuge and sounded really interesting, so my friend and I drove down to see what it had. We found out that this place has been…
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Wildlife Wednesday: What are these ducks?
So this photo is from a couple of weeks ago when I went out for an afternoon at the lake with some friends. I’ve been encountering plenty of California wildlife that isn’t quite like the stuff I’ve seen other places, so I snapped this picture and saved it to blog about once I’d figured out…
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BEDA Day 2: California Friday
Day TWO! Friday is going to be California Friday this month where I tell you about something local that I’ve done recently. When my folks were here last month, my dad and I visited Old Town. I’ve been there a few times (my tea shop is there), but I always enjoy it, and usually…
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A visit from the folks and hanging out at the Hotel del Coronado
In the last part of June, my folks came to visit. They stayed at the Hotel del Coronado, which is gorgeous, and I got to hang out there a little bit. It’s very FANCY. The Del opened in 1888 and has hosted almost all of the US Presidents since then. It’s got a room with…
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San Francisco and the Muir Woods
The day after our visit to Monterey, J and I continued up the coast to San Francisco. Since we were so close and we’d both always wanted to visit, we couldn’t resist. We picked a destination (the Muir Woods, but I’ll get to that next) and headed north. In less than two hours, we found…
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
Last weekend, J and I took a roadtrip north to Monterey and San Francisco. You can see all of the photos here. The main destination on Saturday was the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Housed in an old cannery, the Aquarium is now home to a huge collection of California’s native marine species, from fish and turtles…
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Taste of Hillcrest
Last Saturday, J and I set out to explore a new-to-us (but within walking distance of our house) part of San Diego. Namely, we got tickets to the Taste of Hillcrest event, with over fifty vendors (mostly area restaurants) offering bite-size portions of their food along a walking route of a couple of miles. The…
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Earth Day 2013: Balboa blooms and birds
This is one of the first Earth Days in a while that I haven’t been working or volunteering at an event of some sort, which is a little weird. I hope I can get outside and enjoy the sunshine today at least. In the meantime, here are some photos I took in Balboa park last…
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Sunset Cliffs and California Wildflowers
Last week J and I spent an afternoon at Sunset Cliffs. Our friends had recently gotten portraits done there, and the photos were beautiful, so we decided to go exploring. Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is adjacent to Point Loma Nazarene University, and consists of meandering cliff-side trails, wide spans of open space, and a long…
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An Afternoon at Birch Aquarium
A couple of days ago I visited the Birch Aquarium with a friend. It was a very nice little aquarium with a focus on local (southern Californian) sealife. I learned a lot about local fish and a bit more about the tide pools (that I still need to re-visit). My favorite exhibits were of the octopus…
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