Niki de Saint Phalle is a French born, US raised, world renown artist known for her creative “outsider art”. Her only American sculpture garden, Queen Califa’s Magical Circle, is located at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, California. Every time I come here I notice something I hadn’t noticed before. Every time I come here I …
Ellen Browning Scripps (an American journalist) was one of the first San Diego Zoo philanthropists. She paid for the framework of the Scripps Aviary to be built, in 1923. Back then, it was the world’s largest aviary (measuring 95 feet high and 115 feet long). Although it has been remodeled a few times, the exterior …
The Vista Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum has more to offer than just tractors, cars, farm equipment, steam engines, saw mills, grist mills, blacksmithing classes, and fiber arts classes. Within the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum is the West Coast Watch and Clock Museum (only open on Saturdays from 10:00 to 2:00). This …
On Friday, starting at 5:00pm, Martin Luther King Park in Oceanside turns into a roller rink, complete with music, lights, and very talented skaters. This is something that Oceanside_rollerskating has been organizing for months, but the first time I participated. It won’t be the last. I love Oceanside.
What started off as a small stage and open seating in the middle of Brengle Terrace Park to celebrate the nation’s bicentennial would develop into the Moonlight Amphitheater. In 2009, the amphitheater received millions of dollars for a complete renovation, and the rest is theater history. Spectators now get the opportunity to watch the sky …
Just a few minute walk from the San Diego Zoo are a couple more San Diego treasures (as if going to the zoo itself isn’t enough…). The Balboa Park Miniature Train has been operating since 1948. The model G-16 train (a semi-rare antique) takes you on a three minute loop through four acres of Balboa …