San Diego’s Surfing Dogs

When you hear the term surfing dogs in downtown San Diego, a lot of things likely go through your mind. Is this a play on words? Are the surfers simply called dogs? Are they wearing dog costumes? For most, the last thing that goes through their mind is actual dogs on surfboards. Is this even possible? Well, believe it or not, it certainly is, and it is a site you won’t likely forget!

The Details

Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition will take place on 16 June 2012 at:

Dunes Park

700 Seacoast Drive

Imperial Beach, CA 91932

Although it was a small event when it first launched, it has grown into something quite huge. In fact, there were at least 65 participants for 2011 as well as thousands of spectators.

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San Diego Walking Tours

When one thinks of downtown San Diego walking tours, they typically imagine museums, art galleries or nature trails. However, being as innovative as this city is, it should come as no surprise that very special tours are available to those that eat, sleep and breathe fashion. Sometimes going to a mall simply does not provide the shopping experience you are looking for. Whether you live in the area or you are visiting, you may not know where all the hottest boutiques are nestled away. Alternatively, if you are just getting into fashion, you likely have no idea what is in or out. These tours will help!

About

Garb San Diego is actually a sister entity of the well-known Bite San Diego, which happens to be a highly reviewed and respected food walking tour. Well, the founder of Bite San Diego just happens to be a bit of a fashion harder and thought it would be a brilliant idea to showcase the mass amount of emerging talent in the city.

These stylist-led tours venture through various neighborhoods of downtown San Diego, starting in a charming location known as Little Italy. This area is adored for its family owned Italian restaurants and quaint boutiques.

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Energy Efficient San Diego

When it comes to energy efficiency, downtown San Diego is a giant leap ahead of most other areas in the country. The city takes tremendous steps to save money and protect the environment, which are two things on the mind of most people these days. In 2001, the Energy Conservation and Management Division became affiliated with the Environmental Services Department to help realize the city’s long-term goals that were made for energy independence.

Objectives

The goal was to make San Diego a city to look up to for energy conservation and renewable energy resources. This is certainly being achieved! To accommodate this, the following objectives have been identified.

• Conservation of energy
• Management of energy use
• Enhanced energy efficiency in all city facilities already in existence
• Pursue energy independence by using renewable resources through self-generation
• Complete major remodels where necessary in new facilities

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American Comedy Co. Opens in San Diego

Downtown San Diego has always been the place to go to satisfy your need to laugh, and now that the American Comedy Co. has opened, things will never be the same again. Although the city does have three other major comedy clubs in town, this one in the heart of Gaslamp Quarter is attracting quite a crowd.

Comedy mastermind Justin Hollister saw that the city had huge potential for a customized comedy club, so he moved his family there, and planned the opening. He holds auditions at the end of the month to scout out new talent. Don’t think you will be seeing a lot of amateurs though, the line-up already consists of Ari Shaffir, Doug Benson, Dave Foley, Harland Williams, Thai Rivera, Brian Posehn, Rex Navarrete, Dov Davidoff, Kevin Shea, Jasper Redd, Drew Carey, Felipe Esparza, Johnny Sanchez, Harland Williams, Tom Green, Kris Tinkle, Tim Meadows, Kevin Dealon, Tom Rhodes and JB Smoove.

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Car2Go Service Gains Traction in San Diego

There is a long list of reasons why Car2Go service is gaining traction in downtown San Diego, and an even longer list why all heavily populated areas should follow in the city’s footsteps. Whoever thought it would be possible to rent affordable and environmentally friendly transportation by the minute?

Car2Go launched on 18 November 2011, and in only 100 days, they acquired 6,000 members and over 25,000 trips were taken! That is certainly something to get excited over! They introduced 300 Daimler electric smart fortwo cars to public parking spaces throughout the city. Users only have to pay for the minutes the car is in use, and at a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Californians welcome this opportunity. This allows locals and visitors to leave their vehicles at home, or even in their parking lot at work if they need to go run errands on their lunch hour.

Get In and Go

Nearly everyone in the downtown San Diego area is offering rave reviews over how easy it is to use the Car2Go service. You can reserve a car, or pick one up spur-of-the-moment using your phone or the internet. Click on Car Finder on the website or their Android or iPhone application, and you will know immediately where the closest car is.

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