http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:57:06 -0700 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:29:11 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Down-but-not-out-San-Diegos-remnant-fishing-fleet-at-Tuna-Harbor?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner The reported demise of San Diego’s tuna fleet is greatly exaggerated. Step over to Tuna Harbor Park and G Street Pier and see for yourself. While it’s not like the old days when San Diego was known as the “Tuna Capital of the World&... San Diego Bay Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:29:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Down-but-not-out-San-Diegos-remnant-fishing-fleet-at-Tuna-Harbor?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Path-to-happiness-is-found-on-the-boardwalk?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Success is measured in many ways. To most it’s a stable career with a sure paycheck and a few choice benefits. To Mike Fath, it’s a table along San Diego Bay's embarcadero creating artwork for donations. The setup is simple, consisti... Business Profiles Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:45:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Path-to-happiness-is-found-on-the-boardwalk?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d31-As-Halloween-passes-Day-of-the-Dead-begins?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Once the Halloween costumes, candy, and treats are stowed away for another year, and the carved pumpkin is unceremoniously trashed, it’s time for the real festivities to begin. The end of Halloween means the beginning of Dia De Los Muertos &nda... cemetery Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:52:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d31-As-Halloween-passes-Day-of-the-Dead-begins?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d25-In-search-of-the-elusive-Boojum-Tree?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner The boojum tree is best described as bizarre, odd, even mythical. An alien form so quizzical in appearance that no other plant on earth resembles it. In 1922, when a prestigious expeditionary force from the Desert Botanical Laboratory first saw the p... Desert Baja California Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:57:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d25-In-search-of-the-elusive-Boojum-Tree?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d18-No-time-for-retirement-for-once-fastest-barber?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Once named the fastest barber in the U.S. Navy, Fred Alfato still keeps up the pace, except when pausing to talk about his grandchildren. At 77, Fred’s been barbering for over 50 years and has no intention of giving it up any time soon. It&rsqu... Business Profiles Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:41:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d18-No-time-for-retirement-for-once-fastest-barber?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Baja-adventure-to-the-last-Spanish-mission-built-in-the-Californias?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner The Valley of Guadalupe flourishes with wine and olive trees under a light blue sky. Fertile as any region north of the border, it exists like an enclave, completely enclosed by mountains yet cooled by offshore breezes from the Pacific Ocean.Promoted... Baja California Missions Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:09:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Baja-adventure-to-the-last-Spanish-mission-built-in-the-Californias?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d4-After-141-years-San-Diego-UnionTribune-still-surviving-the-doomsayers?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner The future of the San Diego Union-Tribune may be in question, but its past as the region’s chronicler of all things trivial and major since 1868 is undeniable. Now, 141 years since its founding, the rental building the paper first occupied is a... Old Town Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:28:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m10d4-After-141-years-San-Diego-UnionTribune-still-surviving-the-doomsayers?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Gypsum-mining-keeps-Plaster-City-in-the-money?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Tourist services at Plaster City are severely lacking. Where’s the mayor? In fact, there are no services in Plaster City. No gas stations, restaurants, parks, police, or pedestrians for that matter. Plaster City gives you no reason to stop, but... mining Desert Towns Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:18:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Gypsum-mining-keeps-Plaster-City-in-the-money?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Tributes-adorn-Anita-Gillis-gravesite-but-who-was-she?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Little Anita Gillis passed into history some 150 years ago leaving a modest mention in a book and a gravesite at the El Campo Santo Cemetery in Old Town. She lies with distinguished company at the tiny cemetery including Juan Maria Osuna, the first m... Old Town Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:54:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d20-Tributes-adorn-Anita-Gillis-gravesite-but-who-was-she?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Heroic-Caborca-the-town-that-repelled-an-invasion?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Every town has a history; some have legacies. Caborca, a small farming town in the Mexican State of Sonora, propelled itself into the annals of history when it repelled an invasion from the north led by a filibuster named Henry Crabb. The event chang... Towns Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:33:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d13-Heroic-Caborca-the-town-that-repelled-an-invasion?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Sheriff-museum-chronicles-160-years-of-crime-fighting?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner The San Diego Sheriff’s Department is keeping a record on itself and it’s as long as your arm. It starts with the first sheriff, Agostin Haraszthy, who served a one-year term in 1850, and ends with Sheriff Bill Gore who recently succeeded... Old Town Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:41:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Sheriff-museum-chronicles-160-years-of-crime-fighting?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d30-AnzaBorrego-in-the-summertime-Deals-sunsets-and-Sky-Art?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Deserts like the Anza-Borrego are best served hot, say 114 degrees with 20% humidity. A deterrent for most, but some prefer their deserts sweltering like a furnace. Bearing such extreme temperatures does come with its rewards, namely in crowdless sol... Anza-Borrego Desert Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:39:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d30-AnzaBorrego-in-the-summertime-Deals-sunsets-and-Sky-Art?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d23-Korkys-Ice-Cream-and-Coffee?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Weekends at Old Town sizzle with tourists, especially in the summertime. But before 9:00 a.m. there’s not a whole lot going on and streets are generally quiet. Most shops lining San Diego Avenue are closed, except for one conspicuous little est... Business Profiles Old Town Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:28:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d23-Korkys-Ice-Cream-and-Coffee?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Bridge-to-nowhere-going-nowhere?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner  Built in 1929 of forged Bethlehem steel, the Sweetwater River Bridge once served the needs of East County commuters. That changed when Highway 94 was redrawn and the bridge bypassed in the late 1980’s. Now a bridge to nowhere, it’s ... hiking Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:09:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Bridge-to-nowhere-going-nowhere?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Baja-Adventure-Rock-art-with-a-devilish-twist?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Ancient rock pictographs come with an intrinsic mystery – who painted them and why? At El Vallecito the observer will also inquire, "what is it"? Some drawings resemble space aliens, primitive calendars, and in one case - the devil.Lo... Baja California Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:53:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Baja-Adventure-Rock-art-with-a-devilish-twist?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Backcountry-mission-won-souls-but-lost-the-bells?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Founded in 1818, the little mission of Santa Ysabel existed for less than twenty years. Then came abandonment and finally complete disintegration. It would be 1963 before the foundation of the original mission was discovered beneath overgrown weeds.I... Missions Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:53:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Backcountry-mission-won-souls-but-lost-the-bells?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d26-George-W-Marston-Civic-leader-and-naturalist-who-kept-San-Diego-green?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner George W. Marston made money hand over fist through his famous downtown San Diego department store and real estate dealings. But one way or the other, his profits returned to San Diego ten-fold, primarily in the way of parks and land d... Characters Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:38:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d26-George-W-Marston-Civic-leader-and-naturalist-who-kept-San-Diego-green?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d25-George-W-Marstons-1905-home-reopened-for-tours?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner  Tours of the 1905 home of San Diego’s ‘first citizen’ George W. Marston will begin on July 25, 2009 after months of restoration work. The home is located on Seventh Avenue in Balboa Park. Designed for Marston by architect... Homes Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:56:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d25-George-W-Marstons-1905-home-reopened-for-tours?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d19-El-Rosario-Bajas-legendary-last-stop-town?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Heading south past the densely populated towns of Tijuana and Ensenada, and even further beyond the agricultural region of San Quintin, the town of El Rosario emerges as the last stop before entering Baja California’s barren but captivating Cen... Baja California Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:11:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d19-El-Rosario-Bajas-legendary-last-stop-town?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Looking-marvelous-at-240-Mission-San-Diego-celebrates-its-founding?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner Much of California’s history dates back to that pivotal year of 1769 when a Franciscan priest named Junipero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcala. This historic milestone marked the first permanent European settlement in Alta California. A... Missions Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:55:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4820-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Looking-marvelous-at-240-Mission-San-Diego-celebrates-its-founding?cid=exrss-San-Diego-OfftheBeatenTrack-Travel-Examiner