Before meeting up with my friend Angelica and her two daughters, I walked around taking pictures at the San Diego Zoo listening to my Photo Tunes playlist on my iPod. First ran into my friend Rick, the Zoo’s ambassador, and we talked about his upcoming Today Show appearance and about the Gibbon Conservation Center emails …
Category: San Diego
Apr 10 2012
Another Visit From Ronbo
My high school buddy, Ron, came in for his second of six San Diego visits this month. I went down to the airport to capture his plane coming in, which with how much I had to walk and that he was a few minutes early, I made just in time. He was the captain and …
Apr 05 2012
Old Town Dinner With A Saint
After our Automotive Museum visit, my visiting buddy Ron and I headed over to Old Town (second visit for me in one day) to have dinner at Casa de Reyes inside Fiesta de Reyes. Wanted to have my old favorite of a beef taco but also wanted to try something new, so I ordered a …
Apr 01 2012
Butterfly Jungle Tweet-Up At The Safari Park
Drove up to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with my mom, my nephew Stephen, and his girlfriend Jeri, to attend the evening’s Butterfly Jungle Tweet-Up gathering. We arrived early enough to walk around a little before the meetup. We checked out some exotic birds around the lagoon adjacent to Nairobi Walk and then stopped …
Mar 29 2012
Old Town Photos And Lunch
Made my way down to Old Town to walk around and take some photos before meeting up with my female friends Heather and her daughter, and Lannie and her kids. My photo spree began at the La Casa de Machado y Stewart Museum, built in 1835. It seemed to be especially fascinating to a group …
Mar 21 2012
Old Town With Stephanie
After she drove down from Los Angeles just this morning, I walked around Old Town with Stephanie, my friend from New Mexico who was at the end of her whirlwind visit of California. Took her to see the Seeley Stables museum, the restored original Casa de Estudillo adobe, took her inside the Church of the Immaculate Conception, passed the …
Mar 14 2012
Lunch At The Zoo
After leaving the Botanical Building, my mom and I walked next door to the San Diego Zoo. Since I’m a member I got us both in for free. We mainly went to have a nice lunch together and possibly stop to see an animal or two. Our lunch was at the terrific Albert’s Restaurant, by far the …
Mar 10 2012
Brand New Condor Chick For San Diego
A newly hatched California Condor chick emerged today under the watchful eyes of its parents, Shatash (mom) and Sisquoc (dad), as well as that of the San Diego Zoo’s Condor Cam. Pretty darned amazing that, thanks to Internet webcams, anyone in the world can witness this kind of event live. Sisquoc even pooped on camera, …
Mar 09 2012
The Titanic And A Crystal Skull
Met my friend Lannie and her kids at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park to see “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.” Even though photography was not allowed I enjoyed it immensely. They took great effort to add as many stories to the artifacts as they could, to make the presentation a lot more personally relatable …
Feb 29 2012
Aquatic Museums, Above And Below Sea Level
For the final day of half-price Museum Month 2012 I decided to finally visit our Maritime Museum of San Diego down by the bay. I thought this would take between two and three hours so I could maybe do one more small museum later. Seven hours and 525 photos later, I was ready to go …
Feb 28 2012
37 Acre Oxygen Factory
Visited the San Diego Botanical Garden in Encinitas today with my mom and my sister. Over 3,000 plants and trees covering 37 acres produce more than enough oxygen to help energize a person to walk the four miles of trails through gardens with authentic species from around the world including Australia, Africa, Central America, Mexico, …
Feb 26 2012
Mission Valley: Then And Now
Here are two images of Mission Valley, located here in San Diego, as viewed from almost the same vantage point. The image on the left is a photo, taken in 1885, from an exhibit in the tower of the Junípero Serra Museum in Presidio Park. The image on the right is a photo I took …
Feb 25 2012
The First Padre
Revisited Presidio Park today, this time with my mom and sister, to finally tour the Junípero Serra Museum. During the week it’s really difficult to go inside, probably because it’s only open on weekends. (See my previous post describing who Junípero Serra was. I don’t want to write all that history about who Junípero Serra …
Feb 24 2012
Now For The Earth-Bound Vehicles
After my four and a half hour/three hundred plus photo marathon visit to the Air & Space Museum, I thought I would take it easy and rest a bit…by immediately visiting the San Diego Automotive Museum right next door and taking a lot more photos. There was a very cool exhibit of classic “woodies” that …
Feb 24 2012
I Need Some Air And I Need My Space
The morning started off with a quick walk through most of Balboa Park, beginning at the Natural History Museum and continuing down the El Prado pedestrian walkway, passing the Botanical Building and Lily Pond, skirting the Plaza de Panama with its fountain and bronze statue of El Cid, passing the Japanese Friendship Garden and the …
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