by The Editors on October 9, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s Stacey Ross says she didn’t even know what a blog was when she started SanDiegoBargainMama.com.
Now, according to a story in Today’s Local News, she says her shopping savings tips for mothers site gets visited by 11,000 people per month.
The site highlights regional deals and resources for products, services and San Diego family-friendly events that are easy on the pocketbook. She sends three e-mail campaigns out each month to let subscribers know what’s on sale and writes a daily blog about her experiences in tracking down deals.
For moms searching for bargains in and around North County, San Diego Bargain Mama is worth checking out. . . especially the blog, however, it’s good to remember that much of the content is “sponsored” meaning it is paid advertising and not simply Stacey’s opinion.
[Link: Today’s Local News]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
At a candidates forum on Monday Carlsbad City Council candidate Glenn Bernard claimed that Norine Sigafoose told him that credit cards were being “wildly abused by city personnel” and that she resigned in February 2007 because she “feared a brewing credit-card scandal,” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“That’s just ludicrous. I never said it and I didn’t think it,” Sigafoose said. “There has never to my knowledge been any hint of credit-card fraud.
Bernard said he would take a lie-detector test, but it appears no one has taken him up on it. This race continues to get more and more interesting by the day.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
Here’s one of our local Carlsbadistan development companies that we’ve never heard of before: Terramar Retail Centers LLC of Carlsbadistan has just paid $115 million for El Paseo de Saratoga, a 341,000-sf open-air retail development in San Jose, California according to a story on GlobeSt.com.
Terramar currently owns and operates 3.7 million sf in 20 neighborhood, community, specialty and power centers in Oregon Washington and California, including the Target-, Lowe’s- and Kohl’s-anchored Plaza at Golden Valley now under development in Santa Clarita, CA. Bowers says the company is actively expanding its portfolio through acquisitions, new development and redevelopments of retail centers on the West Coast, including Mexico.
And Terramar is reportedly “well capitalized” and can buy all this retail space “without financing.” The big money in Carlsbad isn’t all golf and biotech, huh?
[Link: GlobeSt.com]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
Apparently, this premiere is for skateboard fans who are 21 and older.
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
While the name “Brick-Or-Treat” tends to make us think of kids weilding bricks to threaten home-owners into handing over the candy, it’s actually a fun family Halloween event being held all month at Legoland. Lego brick? Get it?
The theme park’s annual family-friendly Halloween celebration, presented by Union Bank of California, also commemorated its first-ever Brick-or-Treat Party Nights nighttime event with a special visit from nearly 600 members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad and San Marcos. This year, the Park hosts
Party Nights every Saturday in October from 5 to 9 p.m.
Just look at all those smiling faces. Brick-or-Treat only tickets are available after 5 PM. For more info click the link.
[Link: Legoland]
by The Editors on October 8, 2008
We have to be honest. We have no idea what an “ethanol fuel” really means. But Carlsbad has two new ethanol pumps at Bressi Ranch Shell. The station celebrated yesterday by throwing a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2740 Gateway Road.
And everyone was there: (Left to right) Ted Owen, president/CEO of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce; Judy Bishop, executive director of the Ecocenter for Alternative Fuel Education; Mike Lewis, general manager of Pearson Fuels; Fred Reed, owner Bressi Ranch Shell; Debbie Reed, Bressi Ranch Shell.
For a list of cars that can actually use these two new pumps click the link for a guide to reading VIN numbers for FlexFuel compatibility.
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by The Editors on October 6, 2008
Carlsbadistan City Council candidates Thomas K. Arnold, Evan Rodgers, and Ann Kulchin out campaigning together at the Rotary Oktoberfest at Holiday Park on Saturday, October 4, 2008.
Kind of reminds us of a song that we used to sing: One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong. . . let’s just say since we only have two votes we’ll probably start in the middle and move left.
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
A man was stabbed twice on Friday night October 3, 2008 near the corner of Harding and Magnolia Streets and Carlsbad police say they “believe it was gang-related,” according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The victim suffered a 3-inch cut to his arm and a 3-inch cut to his stomach. He was taken to Mercy Hospital by helicopter, where he was reported in stable condition, said Carlsbad police Sgt. Keith Blackburn.
A 24-year-old man who was running from the scene with a knife was arrested. That must have been the helicopter we twittered about at 11:06 PM.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on October 2, 2008
Our party crashing skills are seriously lagging as we missed the first two nights of the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference at the Four Seasons Aviara October 1-3, 2008. Here’s a little of what we’ve missed in addition to hanging out at the lobby bar pretending to be gigolos.
Now in its tenth year, the Summit is the world’s premiere gathering of women leaders in business, government, academia, philanthropy, and the arts. Each Fall, a select group comes together to exchange big ideas . . . This year’s theme is Extraordinary Talent, and our lineup includes PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett. Our program — no speeches! — is diverse and designed to facilitate energetic and provocative conversation. Participation is by invitation only.
Christiane Amanpour and Maria Bartiromo in Carlsbadistan in the same hotel on the same night? Is this heaven or what? Guess there is still time to crash something. . . lets see, how about playing bridge with Warren Buffet or yoga with Martha Stewart Friday morning at 6:30 AM.
[Link: The Most Powerful Women]
by The Editors on October 2, 2008
Carlsbadistan’s Stacey Ross says she didn’t even know what a blog was when she started SanDiegoBargainMama.com.
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