Do Classic California Diners Still Exist? Yes! We Found One — 101 Café in Oceanside!

Have you ever been on an outing and then discovered a unique location that you otherwise wouldn’t have known about? This happened to me last week when we were running an errand for my husband’s work in Oceanside, about 30 miles north of San Diego. We were driving on South Coast Highway in Oceanside and […]

How to Step Back in Time – No Time Machine Necessary!

If you have ever wanted to step back in time, but didn’t have access to a time machine, look no further than a visit to Old Town San Diego. This “birthplace of California” offers events year-round for its visitors to experience pueblo life of the early 1800s. In Spanish American history, a pueblo is a […]

10 Tips for Celebrating at Disneyland’s Diamond Celebration

  “To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be […]

5 Ways to Enjoy Comic-Con Without an Official Badge

The comic and pop culture world converges on San Diego this weekend for Comic-Con 2015 and there are ways to celebrate city-wide even without an official badge (i.e. ticket) to the event being held July 9th – 12th. It’s hard to believe that the Comic-Con we know today – with 4 full days plus a preview night […]

4 Tips for Watching Big Bay Boom from Aboard the USS Midway

Independence Day weekend for this year has just wrapped up and the countdown has already begun for next year’s Big Bay Boom in San Diego. This year we enjoyed the 4th of July festivities from the flight deck of the USS Midway. Last month when we visited the Midway, we saw the announcement about being […]