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Checking Another One Off the Bucket List! It’s debatable which is more fun – sitting down and creating a “bucket list” of activities one wants to experience before “kicking the bucket” or actually getting to check off items on the list?! It’s a tough call but I have to say that checking off the experiences […]

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The Ocean Air Recreation Center and neighborhood parks are ready for summer with exciting classes, camps, and FREE activities.   Bring your blanket, pillow and/or beach chair to these fun, free, and fabulous family activities. SUMMER KICK OFF PARTY: Sunday, June 9, 2013, Noon-4 PM, Ocean Air Park, 4770 Fairport Way Bounce Houses, Face Painting, Demonstrations, Activities, […]

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I’d like to tell you today about something new and something old.  The something new is a hose.  Yes, I  know, a HOSE??  Maybe you’ve seen commercials for this hose on TV; I hadn’t, I was introduced to the Xhose by a friend who raved about it.  Regarding hoses. . .they are sooooo irritating, especially if you use a long […]

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Carmel Valley residents, are you ready to get down and dirty?  While the Del Mar Mud Run doesn’t descend on the Del Mar Fairgrounds until October, registration has already started! If you weren’t sold at the words “mud run,” the details that follow are sure to convince you that this is the greatest charity run […]

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Del Mar Beach Welcomes Visitors 365 Days of the Year The beach in Del Mar is one of the most beautiful and enjoyable in San Diego.  The two plus miles of sandy beach offers a great place to relax, walk, or run.  This area is home to many Triathletes – and why not – here […]

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Hello, gardening friends, I hope you’ve answered your garden’s call to come outside and play in the dirt this month.  I have finally begun to emerge from gardening hibernation and have been planting, tidying up and fertilizing. I spent a productive afternoon last week at the Walter Andersen’s Nursery in Poway (12755 Danielson Court Poway, […]

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Grab Your Camera: Sign- Up For Summer Workshops & Camps Grab your camera and join Outside the Lens this summer for hands-on workshops and summer camps.  Learn to navigate the buttons on your digital SLR or master the elements of a great film, our classes will take your media skills to the next level.  Any […]

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Gila Rut Aveda Salons Make San Diego Part of Global Effort.  Behind ‘Earth Day’ Cut-A-Thon Fundraiser, April 22: For Local ‘Surfrider Foundation’ to Protect Ocean, Beaches, Waves. WHO:   Gila Rut Aveda Salons (Torrey Hills location) will host a local ‘Earth Day Cut-A-Thon’ to benefit the Surfrider Foundation/San Diego Chapter in its local effort to […]

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Are you a foodie?  A foodie is defined as a person keenly interested in food, especially in eating or cooking.  I don’t know about you, but I fall cleanly into both categories.  So last week, when my cousin suggested “Taste of Leucadia” for our bi-weekly “date,” I was all in.  For those of you who […]

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On April 5, 2013, Carmel Valley residents – as well as residents from all of San Diego – had the opportunity to participate in a guided tour of  the beautiful Gonzales Canyon.  Gonzales Canyon is home to some of the most beautiful and scenic hiking trails in all of San Diego, CA.  Hikers can choose […]

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As an estate planner, I often get to see the benefits of charitable giving, and have been inspired to become involved with my local community and to start charitable giving efforts myself.  Being a coastal resident of San Diego and frequent visitor of our beaches, it was only natural for me to volunteer with the […]

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April is one of the two best months of the year for planting in the garden (October is the other one).  Now is the time to be thinking ahead for summer.  If you like to plant seeds, beans, beets, carrots, chard, corn, cucumbers, edamame, eggplants, herbs, leaf lettuce, melons, peppers and chilies, potatoes, radishes, summer squash, sunflowers, […]

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