by The Editors on April 1, 2008
Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2008) After only seven months in business and weeks of negotiations with civic leaders the City of Carlsbad has decided to take The Crossings At Carlsbad private.
“We just weren’t seeing enough revenue,” said Carlsbad Mayor Bud Louis. “Math mistakes were made. At currently usage and pricing ($100 a round) it would have taken us nearly 147 years to break even. And obviously that is not a workable solution. It’s an unfortunate necessity of the times.”
What had once been hailed as the finest municipal course in the world will now cost more than $120,000 to join and upwards of $350 a month to play. But that is not seen as a problem by The Crossing’s management. “The majority of Carlsbad residents don’t even golf, but they do enjoy driving by the rolling grassy fairways, and dinning in our award winning Canyon’s Restaurant,” said General Manger Geoff Parry. “None of that will change.”
Many are happy about the change. “There were just too many hacks out on the course,” said course pro Stevie Von. “A $75 million course is wasted on the average golfer, so I’m glad we’re kicking them out.”
Cec Vaurnet has lived in Carlsbad for 14 years and he couldn’t care less. “Golfers are a–holes,” he says “If the City can take more money from those idiots I say go for it. Then they can take the money and build a proper skateboard park near the Village.”
The Crossings at Carlsbad becomes The Crossings Country Club on April 15, just into time for taxes.
by The Editors on April 1, 2008
Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2008): After nearly ten years of entertaining the kids, a popular Carlsbad theme park has teamed up with Vivid Entertainment on a new 17 acre, $28 million themed attraction whose main thrust will be adults.
Modeled after the back streets of the San Fernando Valley, the all-new 18-and-over Pornoland, will feature rides and services to thrill even the most hardened theme park aficionado. “After several market research studies we found that while people will spend a hell of a lot of money on their kids, they will spend even more on sex,” said Liam Andleson, VP of Product at Mervin Entertainments. “What better way to succeed than by collaborating with the leading brand in adult entertainment.”
Vivid sees this as just one more way to legitimize their business. “We are very excited to have been chosen to help design and staff this new park feature,” said Steve Hirsch, President of Vivid Entertainment. “Like us, the park’s staff have proven that they know the ins and outs of the business and are deeply interested in satisfying their customers.”
While many of the new attractions will remain under cover until opening day, Carlsbadistan has seen tentative plans for several of the new rides.
In one feature called “Coed Pool Party” visitors will float in condom-shaped canoes down a river lined with dioramas (made entirely out of colorful interlocking blocks) re-inacting scenes from some of Vivid’s most memorable videos. Another attraction called “Bangkok Nights” will celebrate the street markets of Thailand, while giving visitors a chance to interact with (and even film) some of the park’s hottest characters.
“When it all comes down to it, we have bent over backwards to provide quality entertainment,” Andleson said. “Now, with attractions for the adults we’ll no longer be known as just a kids park. With Pornoland we’ll be able to focus on the family.”
The park plans to open June 9, 2008.
by The Editors on March 31, 2008
A 29-year-old man drowned March 30, 2008 when he fell from an unstable dock while fishing in a Carlsbad Pond.
His friends told police they tried to rescue the man, who could not swim, but had trouble finding him in the murky water.
The pond is located at 3004 Sunny Creek Road.
[Link: Fox6.com]
by The Editors on March 27, 2008
Pieces of the old Lake Arrowhead area Santa’s Village have made their way to Carlsbad’s Flower Fields according to a story in The Press-Enterprise. The old tourist landmark (which opened before Disneyland in 1955) closed in 1998, but a couple pieces have made their way to the beach.
The Flower Fields is another family business. Its CMO, Paul Ecke III, remembered Santa’s Village from childhood and bought many of its structures at auction after it closed. . . .According to a press release, he was bidding against comedian Paul Reubens, of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” fame. . . . Ecke came away with the Gate House; the Crooked Treehouse; tiny picnic tables with seats made from pouring cement into five-gallon buckets; and many of the giant mushrooms that dotted the landscape.
That explains it.
[Link: The Press-Enterprise]
by The Editors on March 27, 2008
If it was up to us, we’d rather be greeted at Vons by Girl Scouts selling cookies.
by The Editors on March 27, 2008
The annual Carlsbad TGIF Jazz in the Park series has gotten so popular that it is outgrowing its venues according to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times. So event planners are going to change things up a bit.
The plans will be unveiled at a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stagecoach Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches. . . . Under the city’s tentative plan, no concerts will be held at downtown’s Pine Avenue Park, because it isn’t big enough to hold thousands of people, Gordon said.
But it appears that some aren’t too happy about the changes. Especially news about moving the stage at Stagecoach Park. Or in our case, we’re not happy about not being able to walk to any of the TGIF events next year (which ruins half the fun in our opinion). Maybe Carlsbadistan will just have to start their own concert series.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on March 25, 2008
Sadly, we were unable to attend the 54th Annual Miss Carlsbad Pageant the evening of March 22, 2008. If we had we would have seen Dana Ducommun grab the crown, the roses, and $2,000 in cash from the Carlsbad Lions Club.
First runner-up in the Miss Carlsbad contest was Allison Pechter; second runner-up was Erin Langford; third runner-up Alison Mart; Miss Photogenic was Dana Ducommun; and Miss Congeniality was Juliette Orozco.
Congratulations, Dana, and all the girls who put in the hard work to keep the pageant alive.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on March 21, 2008
Thanks to the Carlsbad Lions Club. the 54 year Miss Carlsbad tradition of scantily clad, pretty young things parading around on stage is alive and well.
Tomorrow night, March 22, 2008 at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center at 3557 Lancer Way, we’ll see the girls competing in “sportswear” and “evening gown.” Swimwear and talent competitions are gone, but as we said before, these teen and miss contestants are going to do their best for the judges, because thousands of dollars in cash “scholarships” are on the line.
[Link: Miss Carlsbad]
by The Editors on March 19, 2008
From MotocycleUSA.com:
Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., earned his fifth win in San Felipe in Class 1-2/1600 in a VW-powered Mirage. Class 1-2/1600 had the largest field in the race with 28 starters.
Adam finished 15th overall among the cars and trucks in the 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 with an average speed of 46.46 MPH. Sounds a little like Pfankuch dominates his class.
[Link: Motorcycleusa.com and SpeedTV]
by The Editors on March 19, 2008
Maybe we’re the only one’s who haven’t done this yet, but Google Maps now has “street view” images of Carlsbad Blvd. all the way through Carlsbadistan. A simple click, click, click and you’re down the coast from Off Shore To Vigilucci’s. Looking at all these images kind of makes us wish we’d been on on the sea wall when the camera car rolled by. Better check the photos, maybe you were.
[Link: Google Maps]
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