Where you should take my friend Vanessa if you want her to like you and grace you with her presence in the future.

The San Diego Festival of Beer is Friday. That's this Friday, September 21, 2007.

Doesn't San Diego understand that I'm not there yet and until such time they should postpone everything until I am full moved in and ready to go?!! San Diego, how could you?

The San Diego Festival of Beer takes place in the streets at Columbia and B Street in downtown San Diego. This is the same location as in previous years. This year we added discounted parking at the 5 Star Columbia Garage, at Columbia and C Street. There is enclosed, well lit parking with a maximum clearance of 7' for the event rate of $5.

Or you can watch the plane, the plane!

The Red Bull Air Races are this weekend, down at San Diego Bay. I've seen a billion commercials for this thing, apparently it's pretty exciting watching some of the worlds best doing all that death defying stuff that makes people ooo and ahh.

I'm on deadline so *insert your own Red Bull gives you wings joke here*

Here comes Street Scene, only it's not on the street... only kind of a scene

Street Scene was the first big San Diego event I went to when I moved to America's Finest City. I didn't know what to expect. In fact I wore my cutest black, high heeled boots to the event. And then proceeded to have the best time of my life (going stage to state, place to place, and making a quick stop off at the techno rave tent) and finally ending the night with a "I can't feel my toes" hailing a cab and going home.

Needless to say, I too miss the old street scene.

New new street scene is this weekend at the Coors Ampitheatre. Perhaps they'll find themselves a new home...

San Diego gets it...

The San Diego City Council joined "other California cities" in supporting same sex marriage by supporting a lawsuit that challenges the same sex ban. (LA, Santa Cruz, San Jose and Long Beach are the others in the coalition of the willing)

The mayor plans to veto.

The City Council plans to give the mayor exasperated looks and be generally silent at dinner answering the "what's wrong" question with a quick "nothing," followed by "it's just that you never support me and care about the things I care about... and you hate my hair. I know you hate my hair!"

My San Diego: Smooth, Sensual and Salty

Guest contributor Joseph Depuy, sensual and salty painter, tells us about his San Diego.

Joseph DePuy
Artist/Painter
Northwest Clairemont

My San Diego is sensual, smooth, and salty! What’s not to love about why most people reside here, that beautiful salty place we call the ocean, those lovely little salty snacks called Edamame we find in the sushi houses that line Convoy street, or running the trails of Rose Canyon that was occupied by American Indians and then Mexican ranchers, of course I get a little sweaty and salty.

I feel pretty smooth riding my old bike with limited brakes in the mossy water canals along the I-5 and watching Pelicans fly along the coastline in La Jolla, wow those birds are as smooth as butter, you know? What’s a day without going to the UCSD library, not only one of the most amazing examples of stunning architecture in the city, but also an on point art department where I do a lot of concept research.

Oh and sensual, Tacos of course. I love tacos T.J. style. Rolling over to Los Palmitos in Clairemont for some asada, or oh Tacos El Gordo in Chula Vista for cabeza, and the taco truck that's in Joes 99 cent store parking lot in Linda Vista for some delicious adobada, yum.

How about the sensual swing of the suspension bridge in Bankers Hill, I used to drink beers there when I was a kid, wait, retract that I still do sometimes. Incredible view and feel to that historic bridge. Finally the view from the Glider Port south of Torrey Pines. It has amazing trails, gliders and birds and occasional jets whipping by overhead, a great place to hang out without alot of people around. Really sensual, smooth, and salty!!!!!



Joseph DePuy is a self taught painter who spent five years traversing the globe working in the music industry. The exposure to such a wide variety of cultures had a huge impact on his art and inspired him to research and explore other cultures and ideas foreign to the west.

You can catch his work at the Oceanside Museum of Art Oma Regional 5 opening September 23 – November 11. (One of 20 San Diego artists selected by a distinguished panel of jurors!) or at the Brand 36 National Juried Exhibition in Glendale, opening October 6 – November 15.



If you would like to be featured on mysandiegoblog and tell us about your San Diego email cutchawrites@gmail.com for details.

And JC Penny too...

High Fashion is infiltrating Fashion Valley Mall... welcome Jimmy Choo, Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, and Barney's (and paparazzi?).

Area residents and tourists will be able to shop at the following luxury retailers in 2008, all of whom have chosen Fashion Valley to open their first store in San Diego. These desirable locations include: Barney's New York COOP, CH Carolina Herrera, Hermes, Jimmy Choo, Just Cavalli, M Missoni, Michael Kors and Tourneau.

Granted I'm not a huge fashion buff (everything I know I learned from Sex and the City, BIRKIN!) but always liked staring in to the store window, like that poor orphan kid looking in the window wishing he could afford just one more Wonka Bar. I'm am the Charlie, Barney's is my chocolate factory .

I know "air-mays" sells handbags right?
"Let's see what her-mees is offering." "It's air-mays."

Some Michael Kors for fall... in case you want to get a start on your shopping list people who have way more money than me...

What you know you've been looking for...

My brother and I were addicted to "The Making of Thriller". We watched the damn video all the time, from the humble Mickey Mouse shirt wearing beginning of Michael as he learned the dance moves to the final yellow contact lenses and wolf makeup. We knew the music, we had the all important "claw hands to the air" dance move DOWN... but never managed to master the all important choreography. Oh but if YOU TUBE was around back then. Kids these days don't know how lucky they got it.





On another/ yet the same note. They are planning a world wide thriller dance off... I' m not even kidding. You know the Philippines Prison group will be there. Check out the plea for San Diego to get their team together. If you're feeling like being the leader to greatness, you should get a hold of them.



And scared!

For Science!

Ladies...join this research study and allow the "research coordinator" to explore your erogonous (sic) zones...

FOR SCIENCE... sheesh, get your mind outta the gutter, it's FOR SCIENCE.

(via craigslist)

And in "Transfer doesn't need an award, we just KNOW they rule" news

The San Diego Music Awards were tonight. As I am currently not able to attend the local music scene event... I had to read the live blog done on signonsandiego's blog Street. Maybe it's just the jaded existance of the lucky person who gets paid to live blog the awards, but it felt as if there was a certain excitement missing... come on JASON MRAZ, that's quality progamming and an OUTLET SHOPPING MALL?! (Perhaps sign on doesn't allow for excessive beer consumption whilst live blogging, which is a tragedy in itself).

Anyway, the list of winners is here.

After party is probably still moving on through the fast lane (I don't know what that means, I'm getting old and it's past my bed time). Somebody buy Transfer a shot for me, tell them I voted for 'em...

Number 2...

So, we actually got a comment from a reader today! (Woo... go readers, leaving comments) and it says this:

you need to get out of P.B. more. this is the most boring piece of poop I have ever read.
-Anonymous

Congratulations anonymous on being mysandiegoblog's first public comment! Tell your friends!

*posting is not intended to goad anonymous. Editors acknowledge we are PB heavy in our best of San Diego answers, but it's mostly because we lived in PB and think that it is high time PB have a reputation for some good neighborhood joints (besides the ones that involve a college kid throwing up in the back, or an overly dressed up 40 year old hitting on said college kid). We encourage anonymous to submit his/her own best of San Diego list, and we'll publish it. Yep, we will. Join the poop anonymous... give us your best #2! (submissions are excepted from those who are other than anonymous as well... FYI other people).