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Gonzales Canyon Cleanup Project

February 21, 2012 No Comment

February 11, 2012. Gonzales Canyon. Torrey Pines High School Key Club has been volunteering all over San Diego in the month of February. As the biggest community service club at Torrey Pines High School, the Key Club never fails to gather groups of eager and dedicated high school students to help the community out in […]

Healthy Chats for Girls

February 15, 2012 No Comment

Mothers and Daughters Have Fun Learning About Puberty and Womanhood The Parent Connection presents “Healthy Chats for Girls,” a fun approach to the sensitive topics of puberty and growing up with Dr. Chrystal de Freitas. The three-hour seminar for mothers and daughters (ages 9-12) will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 2 p.m. […]

Canyon Crest Academy’s Envision Program

February 14, 2012 1 Comment

Music, theater, photography, video film, and dance, oh my! Behind rows of lockers and the bustling of students hurrying to their next class, the melodic ring of instruments and notes being harmonized can be heard if listened for carefully. The Envision program at Canyon Crest Academy encompasses all of the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) […]

A Simple Valentine’s Dinner for the Romantic

February 13, 2012 2 Comments

Interested in preparing a Valentine’s lunch or dinner for your Carmel Valley Sweetheart that requires no cooking? Want to impress that special someone in Carmel Valley for Valentine’s Day? Here’s the perfect solution for a girlfriend, boyfriend, mom, dad or whomever is dear to you. What could be more thoughtful than preparing a special lunch or […]

Travel Writer & Resident Endorses Project

February 10, 2012 3 Comments

No one likes change. If everyone liked change, would we need to vote for new ordinances or presidents? For some, change is a bad thing because it introduces a new environment in an unknown territory while others may feel that change is good because it’s fresh and a way of moving forward. Recently, Carmel Valley […]

Miss Representation: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See

February 9, 2012 No Comment

Local Non-Profits Present the Documentary Film, Miss Representation; aims to Empower Youth to Speak Out Against Stereotypes and Labels Created by the Media. It’s those millions of TV viewers, magazine subscribers, and web surfers everyday that are subjected to the exploitation of women. It’s right under our noses, and yet we fail to think twice […]

Reality Dance Shows – Guilty Pleasure or Just Guilty?

February 8, 2012 No Comment

Reality television is everywhere. From early beginnings with Big Brother, The Bachelor and MTV’s The Real World to all of the now popular Housewives of…., Stage Moms and Toddlers and Tiaras, reality television promises the viewing public a kind of voyeuristic insight into the lives of the people involved as they go through their ‘everyday’ life – […]

10 Year Old Critic Reviews “The Adventures of Tintin”

February 6, 2012 No Comment

Have you ever wondered what the life of a young journalist is like? Of course, you could probably hear my story, but my career as a journalist is far less dangerous, mysterious, and exciting than that of Tintin, a boy reporter with spiky orange hair in the movie “The Adventures of Tintin” directed by Steven […]

One Paseo Receives New Endorsement

February 3, 2012 3 Comments

Earlier this month, the proposed mixed-use project One Paseo – A Main Street for Carmel Valley, was officially given the “seal of approval” by MOVE Alliance. This makes One Paseo the FIRST development project, in all of San Diego, to receive an official endorsement from Move San Diego‘s newly established endorsement program. As the saying goes, “if you don’t move, you rust.” […]

San Diego Zoo – A Carmel Valley Staycation

February 1, 2012 No Comment

Taking advantage of the amazing winter weather in January, my wife and I headed over to the San Diego Zoo to delight in a day of watching the animals and enjoying each other’s company. With the San Diego Zoo being so closely located to Carmel Valley, it makes for the perfect little, fun-filled getaway without […]

2012 Launch & Benefit Event

January 24, 2012 No Comment

You can tell a lot about a person by the things they volunteer their time towards. Why you may ask? Well, when someone volunteers to do something, they usually do so because the underlining cause resonates with their overall mission in life, and the reward of participating is more than a good enough reason to […]

San Diego Restaurant Week Review: Roppongi

January 23, 2012 2 Comments

It’s the 7th annual San Diego Restaurant Week (Jan 15-20, 2012) and I went to Roppongi in La Jolla to review some delicious dishes exclusive to this week! I frequently go to Roppongi, one of my favorite restaurants, and try some of my favorite foods like the Polynesian Crab Stack and Mongolian Duck Quesadilla, but […]