It is always a fun evening when the Hillcrest History Guild sponsors the “toast”. Enjoy wine, spirits and nibbles throughout the neighborhood. Travel by foot or on the large, double-decker bus. Tickets are only $25. Buy now, or on 8/8 at CityFest (Fifth & University booth). A limited number of tickets will be available the evening of the event. This a great way to sample your way around one of America’s Top Ten Great Neighborhoods.
Join us Thursday, August 12th from 5:30-8pm!
You can purchase tickets at http://www.hillcresthistory.org/
Check out an article of San Diego. The writer, Lucy Komisar, writes about Leo Linardy one of our double decker tour guides!
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/June2010/discovering.htm
March 7, 2010 8:00 am - 11:00 am.
The Union-Tribune Race for Literacy is a fast and very scenic 8K run/walk (that’s just under 5 miles) which starts in Balboa Park, winds its way down scenic Highway 163 (closed, of course) and finishes at Pantoja Park on G. Street in downtown San Diego. After the race, a party complete with treats, entertainment and booths in Pantoja Park awaits, then a bus ride back to your car in Balboa Park. This is one of San Diego’s favorite events!
Have fun and win cash for your school! Cash awards will be presented to the largest teams based on the percentage of students in their school depending on the category (see example below). Team members may include students, teachers, parents, friends and anyone else who registers for either event under your team name. This will affect our Balboa Park Loop. We will have alternate routes during the time of the race. Tours may be delayed due to traffic.
March 7, 2010
Gran Fondos are long distance, mass-participation cycling events – not races – that have become immensely popular in Italy. In France they’re known as “cyclosportives”. Participation is open to recreational and competitive amateur cyclists, and tens of thousands of riders of all abilities participate. In 2010, Gran Fondo Colnago San Diego will offer three route options:
All routes start on the 1700 block of India Street in downtown San Diego – under the Little Italy arch — between W. Date and W. Fir Streets.
All routes finish within the expo, located in south parking lot of the County Administration Building, accessed from W. Ash St. between N. Harbor Dr. and Pacific Highway.
Gran Fondo Colnago San Diego will provide free event day parking for 750 cars in the north parking lot of the County Administration Building. This lot can be accessed from W. Grape St. between N. Harbor Dr. and Pacific Highway. These parking spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. Additional fee-based parking is available in the nearby commercial lots.
(This does mean our Old Town Loops will have alternate routes and maybe delayed due to traffic)
The Irish Congress of Southern California is proud to announce that its 30th Annual San Diego St. Patrick’s Day Parade (the largest Parade west of the Mississippi) will step off on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 promptly at 11:00 a.m. on Fifth Avenue at Laurel Street as thousands of marchers and spectators gather to celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland.
The Parade travels up Fifth Avenue from Laurel to Upas Street and then returns down Sixth Avenue to Laurel. An event filled Irish Festival will follow in Balboa Park.
There will be over 150 Parade entries including two open top double decker buses! Come and see Bagpipers and High School Marching Bands, Police and Fire Department Units, Floats, Dancing Groups, Marching and Equestrian Units, Clowns, Dignitaries and Honorees, Representatives from Ireland, Antique Cars and more. The Theme of this year’s Parade is “Unity with the Community, with special thanks to our Military and Veterans.”
The Irish Festival in Balboa Park (Sixth Avenue and Maple Street) runs from 10 am to 5 pm and features Entertainment on 2 Stages with Irish Folk singers, Irish Step Dancers, Irish Crafts, Food Booths, Celtic Village, Beer Garden, and a Kid Zone with rides. Over 20,000 people are expected to attend.
It will be a busy day in Balboa Park with the St. Patrick’s Day and Cherry Blossom Festival!!! Attend one or both cultural events!
The Japanese Friendship Garden is having a Cherry Blossom Festival. It will be held on Saturday, March 13th, 2010. Hours are 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Food, entertainment, arts & crafts, tea ceremony and koto (stringed instrument) demonstrations.
Located in beautiful Balboa Park; 2215 Pan American Road E.
The Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego has created a Japanese-style garden dedicated to the well-being of all people which provides educational programs that encourage understanding of the Japanese heritage among people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultures.
It provides a variety of seminars, classes and workshops as well as accredited horticultural instruction. Seminars for both the amateur and professional gardener are held with faculty that includes internationally prominent masters from Japan and the United States. The seminars provide an educational program of landscape gardening that enable the participants to learn the principles, skills and techniques for implementing a Japanese garden. Students learn at hands on workshops, lectures, demonstrations and discussions. A broad range of classes and workshops representing a variety of arts and crafts as well as Japanese conversation and cuisine are offered for children and adults. Through the San Diego Unified School District / Balboa Park Program, approximately 5,000 fifth grade students from the district learn about the design of the Garden and Japanese culture. Instruction includes the use of chopsticks, kimono wearing, foods and other aspects of Japanese student life. The purpose of the program is to increase understanding of Japanese culture.
