discoverSD.com did an interesting post today.
Read this excerpt:

Ring in 2008 with the 20th annual San Diego Boat Show. From January 3-6, 2008 the show will host 500 of the latest boats and show off the coolest marine accessories at the San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Marina…

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Angella d’Avignon got it right the other day.

Downtown San Diego is blanketed in a smoky haze this New Year’s Eve as firefighters continue to shower a warehouse fire that began early Sunday evening. The building caught fire at approximately 9pm on Sunday night, December 30, and continued to burn into Monday morning and afternoon, December 31…

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Just hours before the California Coastal Commission’s November meeting, an item that would facilitate the procession of a long awaited San Diego Westin Hotel project on the Oceanside Harbor, was omitted from the commission’s agenda…

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Steve Scheckner made a great post today on discoverSD.com.
Here’s a snippet:

Yes, the San Diego real estate market is sharing the same woes as the rest of the country with the current US credit and housing crisis. The headlines are just as prominent overseas as they are at home.

Lots more here.

Health and fitness will forever be annual New Year’s resolutions for all San Diegans, and just as universal is the breaking of that resolution a week or two into the New Year. In an effort to help you keep your New Year’s resolution and help out a worthy charity at the same time, Sun Strides has organized the San Diego Resolution Run…

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Two reports came out last week that suggest (at least to me) that the San Diego high-tech economy is doing better now that housing affordability is getting back to more normal levels.
The first story was covered by Tuesday’s U-T, which noted that the median sale price of a San Diego County home had dropped to $440,000 in November, off 15% from the peak of $517,500 exactly two years earlier. An accompanying graph shows that prices had returned almost exactly where they were in March 2004 in nominal dollars (actually lower after adjusting for inflation). Rather than gloat, the Voice of San Diego’s resident housing bear used the occasion to predict even further price drops.
Both the U-T and VoSD speculated about how to interpret the much more rapid price drop today versus 15 years ago. In the 1990s, middle class machinists and other General Dynamics and Rohr workers were getting laid […]
Lots more here.

I saw an interesting post today on discoverSD.com.

In the summer of 2007, a new and innovative retail concept hit the North Park neighborhood fulfilling a much-needed niche in San Diego. Specializing in contemporary furniture, home accents as well as men’s clothing and accessories, owners and life partners, Ari Clare and Alex Wheeler, decided to open House Boi…

Here’s a link to the rest of this write-up.

This morning I saw a pretty good post.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day can be tricky for bar hopping in some San Diego neighborhoods - but never in Pacific Beach. If you are planning on going to a few different bars like Typhoon Saloon, The Tavern, and The Beachcomber in hopes to have a night of drunken insanity…

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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day can be tricky for bar hopping in some San Diego neighborhoods - but never in Pacific Beach. If you are planning on going to a few different bars like Typhoon Saloon, The Tavern, and The Beachcomber in hopes to have a night of drunken insanity…

Here’s a link to the rest of this write-up.

I found a good post today on discoverSD.com.

While San Diego’s Little Italy may be known for its delicious Italian food and quaint cafes, it is also increasingly becoming a major stop for fashion-forward boutiques. Niche Boutique, an upscale San Diego shop offering the latest styles for men, women and children, is no exception to this new trend…

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