About San Diego's Seaport Village

The Challenge of Perfect Balance

In all of our lives we endeavor to keep things in balance. Between home life, business and our outside hobbies and interests, balance sometimes alludes us. I watched the gentleman that created this and I still have no idea how he actually made this happen. I have seen rocks piled up and that would be hard enough but as you can see, some of these rocks are on point. They seem to defy gravity.

Surfin' Santa arrives November 26
at San Diego's Seaport Village

With so many children being Internet-savvy, I wonder how parents explain Santa arriving in 500 cities simultaneously.....

Santa arrives here in San Diego around 1:00 p.m. on November 26 at Seaport Village. One of today's luxury pirate ships will bring him close to shore, and I guess he'll ride his surfboard the rest of the way in.

Get the holiday season off to a spectacular start with holiday music, live entertainment, holiday treats, face painting, and balloon sculptures. The historic Seaport Village Carousel will be open and running for everyone's enjoyment.

For more information, visit Surfin' Santa.

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Tall Ship Parade Delights San Diegans

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The Tall Ship Parade on the San Diego Bay thrilled watchers from Shelter Island to the Coronado Bridge and over to the Embaracdero where they moored up for the beginning of today's Festival of Sail. Sponsored by the San Diego Maritime Museum, this late summer event is one the most impressive events during the year.

The Bill of Rights

The HMS Surprise below is a reprodction of the the Royal Navy Ship named the Rose. She manuvered in very close to where I was taking photos so getting close up details was very much easier.

HMS Surprise

The Festival of Sail will last through Monday Sept 5th ( Labor Day) at the Maritime Museum on the Enbaracdero.

Here are a couple more of the Ships participating

San Diego Celebrates July 4th

Fireworks for San Diego Big Bay Boom will be discharged this year from 5 Bay locations. Shelter Island, Harbor Island, the Embarcadero, Seaport Village and Imperial Beach. All to the accompaniment of "Celebrate America" music provided by FM Radio, station 105.7FM

The excitment starts to build throughout the day with picnics and kite flying and it culminates at 9:00 PM with a " fireworks show to beat all fireworks shows".

San Diego county has so many fireworks locations, it doesn't matter if you live in mountains, coastally or in the inland valleys, there should a Fireworks celebration not too far from you.

For an up to date list of times and locations near you in San Diego Country, go to Sign-On San Diego

Balanced rocks at Seaport Village

One of the great things about living in a major tourist trap like San Diego is that there are also lots of free things to do — walk along the beach, walk along the downtown waterfront, go window shopping...

One of the best places to do a little window shopping is Seaport Village on the downtown waterfront:

On any given day you can watch balloon makers make little children happy, watch parrots and parakeets dashing here and there at the behest of their owner, and various free events each weekend.

One of the things I like to see is the guy who balances rocks. It never ceases to amaze me, especially when a gust of wind comes along and blows them down. I'm pretty sure he plans it to make believers out of any doubters.

The guy who balances the rocks, picture at right, is not always there, which is a shame because every time I've seen him there, he has a huge crowd watching.

Since he's not always there, I can't tell you when to go to see this balancing act, but if you're in the neighborhood, especially on a weekend, stop by and see if he's there.

It's worth a visit, and you just might find something else you like at the many Seaport Village shops and restaurants.

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