This year was Oceanside’s 21st annual Día de los Muertos Festival. Although the location has changed from downtown to the mission and back to downtown again (as of last year), the culture and diversity that this festival brings has remained the same. There are meticulously decorated altars (many in vintage cars), dancing, art, food and …
My favorite winery, Rancho Guejito, is trying something new. This Friday they opened their vineyard to popcorn eating, wine drinking movie goers, showing Hocus Pocus on an inflatable big screen. Typically Rancho Guejito is only opened to the public on Saturday and Sunday, their winery being a small portion of their 23,000 acre rancho which …
Rancho Guejito Winery in Escondido is a magical place. Located on the outskirts of their 23,000 acres, it feels like you are out in the country. Each Sunday they offer food services, which use their organic, grass fed beef in their recipes. Almost every weekend they are open they have live music and a jumper …
Mellano Farm Stand is a 300 acre organic flower farm along the San Luis Rey River located in a rural agricultural area of Oceanside, where Oceanside meets Bonsall. The small farm stand sells some vegetables and semi-local eggs along with tickets for the tractor ride and corn maze. The corn maze is super small, the …
The Temecula Greek Festival attracts thousands of visitors every year (except the last two) who want to celebrate and learn about Greece culture. This tradition has been taking place for the past two decades, although this is our first time attending. Luckily for us, a huge part of culture is food and drink. Feta fries, …
In 1888, the Encinitas Santa Fe Railroad Station aided travelers move up and down the Californian coastline. After WWII, when car ownership was more common and train travel less popular, the train station facilitated freights. The station closed completely in 1969, and a few years later it was moved to its current location on Highway …
Waterwise Botanicals is an impeccable 20 acre nursery that sits on a hilltop off of Old 395 in Bonsall. This is our first time here, and three hours flew by like thirty minutes. We timed our visit for Free Succulent Saturday, when Waterwise hosts an event on the first Saturday of every month. They give …
The world’s largest all-women surf event, 16th annual Nissan Surfer Girl Pro, is back at Oceanside pier. Over a hundred of the top women surfers compete to become a Super Girl, in a sport dominated by males (only 20% of surfers are females). These incredible women surfers have an opportunity over a three day period …
The San Luis Rey Mission was founded in 1798, the eighteenth of twenty one Spanish missions built in Alta California. The current church is the third one built on site, constructed in 1815. The mission was nearly destroyed after changing hands over the course of forty years, from Spain to Mexico to Luiseño Native Americans …
In 1969, San Diego voters passed (by an unprecedented 76%) a six million dollar bond to build the Wild Animal Park (now the Safari Park). The goal was to bring visitors closer to nature, in Savanah habitats that one may experience on an African Safari. When the park opened in 1972, 3,000 people came to …
Borrego Springs is just a two hour drive from Oceanside. In just 120 minutes you go from a cool ocean breeze to hot desert air. Borrego Springs is a funky, artistic, sleepy, little town with a lot of history. The town was founded in the 1880s but it hasn’t grown like Palm Springs has. With …
The San Diego Botanic Garden cleared out the 8,000 square foot Dickinson Family Education Conservatory for their new exhibit, World of Houseplants. The exhibit aims to help guests identity and care for their houseplants, so everyone leaves the greenhouse with a greener thumb. Although not as colorful as the orchid exhibit, it is much more …
Rancho Guejito is a 23,000 acre vineyard, farm and cattle ranch, located just a few miles past the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It is one of the last remaining Mexican land grants that is still a single parcel of land. Originally 13,000 acres were granted by the Mexican governor to the owner, Customs Inspector …
The San Diego Zoo takes up 100 acres of Balboa Park, 6.5 of those acres are dedicated to the Elephant Odyssey exhibit. The first elephants to arrive in San Diego came by rail in 1923. After the boat ride from Asia to San Francisco followed by a train ride to San Diego they refused to …
The Western Science Center was created from the excavation of Diamond Valley Lake reservoir in 1995. At that time the reservoir was North America’s largest excavation project. This project led to the discovery of over 100,000 fossils. It makes you wonder what scientists would find if they just kept digging. More than half of all …
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