Runners, friends, and families flocked to the Westfield Plaza Camino Real parking lot today to pick up numbers, t-shirts, gift bags, and load up on socks, energy bars, and self-massaging devices in the Carlsbad Marathon Health and Fitness Expo. We rolled by the big white tent to see what was going on the day before the stampede. Click the link for all the photos, and click the photos to see them at full size.
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This morning at 8 AM more than 2,500 of Carlsbadistan’s youngest runners (aged 3 through 12) busted off the starting line in the Keebler Kids Marathon Mile at Legoland. The one-mile loop through the Legoland park as part of the weekend-long festivities of the Carlsbad Marathon. Everyone who participated got a gold medal.
Though we do not condone the seedy, underground, baby-racing scene, there was also a “diaper dash” for babies who still travel on all fours. For more on the weekend activities surrounding the Carlsbad Marathon click the link.
[Link: Carlsbad Marathon]
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According to the Job opportunities website at Apple, it looks like the company is preparing to open a new retail store at The Forum in Carlsbad.
Currently, the company is looking for people to fill the following positions: Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Business Consultant, Cashier, Concierge, Creative, Inventory Control Specialist, Mac Genius, Mac Specialist, Operator, and Personal Shopping Specialists.
We spend so much time in the Fashion Valley Apple store that we might as well cut the commute and get paid at the same time.
[Link: Apple Computers]
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Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub & Grill owner Matt Hensley has had a storied career that spans the world of professional skateboarding, music, and now the hospitality industry.
Skateboarding Magazine music writer Arlie Carstens recently interview Matt for the February 2008 issue of the magazine and found out why Matt just couldn’t stay off the road.
Flogging Molly tours really hard. I mean hard-touring bands look at our schedule and go, “Goddamn, you guys are f—kin’ crazy.” Ten years of that just got to me; I was missing too many of my kid’s games, and I just got manically depressed over all of it. One day I just freaked the f—k out and said, “I’m gonna walk away, I just can’t do this anymore.” And then I had to do something with myself, so I started a pub—a musical place—so I could be around music still and kind of keep it together. But I dunno, after doing it for a while and taking some time away from it (the band) I kind of came to the realization that the grass is always greener no matter what you do. Not being in the band anymore just kind of screwed my whole gig up; it’s such a big part of my life and who I am, it’s just weird to not be part of that anymore. It just doesn’t feel right. So after talking with those guys and going back and forth, they were happy to have me back.
And if all this makes you thirsty for some Guinness and “sweet piano playing” blonde rocker then stop by Henley’s tonight, January 18, 2008 from 7-10 PM to check out Taryn Donath. This girl can tickle her some ivory. Seriously.
[Link: Skateboarding.com]
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When the 2008 Carlsbad Marathon starts at 7:30 AM on Sunday morning 10,000 runners of comically diverse shapes and sizes will be pounding the streets of Carlsbadistan.
After the starter’s gun goes off, Marathoners will head for the coast passing the Buena Vista Lagoon through the village of Carlsbad to Carlsbad Boulevard (Highway 101). You’ll head south on the 101 to Palomar Airport Road (PAR). After a 3 mile trip inland on you’ll return to the coast and again head south on 101 to a quick U-turn near La Costa Avenue back up the cost to the finish line.
We’ll be out watching along the course. If you’re running let us know how it goes.
[Link: Carlsbad Marathon]
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Stock of the Carlsbad-based golf manufacturer Callaway Golf “jumped 11.8” on Thursday January 17, 2008 when it was announced that announced a 10 percent gain in net sales to “$1.25 billion” for 2007, according to a story in BusinessWeek.
But that gain isn’t as impressive as it first appears when you consider that the stock’s value had dropped 20% over the past two weeks after a couple of golf retailers said that the momentum of sales in the category had slowed substantially, said James Hardiman, an analyst at FTN Midwest Research in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sadly, some of the gains the company has made have come from “shifting its manufacturing operations” away from Carlsbad to Massachusetts and other locations overseas.
[Link: BusinessWeek]
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We mourned the loss of frequent Carlsbadistan visitor Ike Turner when he was found dead in his bed on December 12, 2007. And we were even more bummed to find that the San Marcos Medical Examiner’s office reported on January 15, 2008 that Turner died of an apparent “accidental cocaine overdose.” Let’s just say this, anyone who is still doing blow at 76 is seriously living on the edge. And that’s apparently where Ike liked it. Rock on.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Blaming rising oil prices, US Airways announced Wednesday January 16, that they will no longer be offering up daily roundtrip flights to Phoenix from McClellan-Palomar Airport, according to a story in the North County Times. Company spokesman Morgan Durrant said they have no plans to reinstate service “In the near future.”
“It just didn’t make sense, looking at the proximity of the San Diego International Airport,” Durrant said. “We’ve got a lot of folks here who scrutinize markets and our service and aircraft allocation. … It seems to be the way it’s going to be for a while.”
We wish we could say we were going to miss US Air, but honestly, in our experience they have been the worst airline in terms of equipment failures and delays. In fact, according to a July report on twenty airlines only five were worse that US Air when it comes to being on time. Their on-time percentage was only 66.3. In their defense, Mesa Airlines, the company that ran the Carlsbad to Phoenix route ranked number five on the list.
[Link: North County Times]
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A survey released Wednesday January 16, 2008 reported 58 percent of us are “very satisfied” and 33.5 percent were “somewhat satisfied” with with the City of Carlsbad’s overall job of providing services, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The study, performed by Carlsbad-based BW Research Partnership, is commissioned by the City every year to chart their progress.
The overall rating is identical to last year’s results. . . “That’s quite high compared with other cities,” said Josh Williams, president of BW Research.
Not bad at all. Congratulations to the City.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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When the golf clothing market is tanking what does Carlsbad-based golf clothing company Ashworth, Inc do? They acquire another golf clothing company (Sunice) and set it up a wholly-owned subsidary.
Sunice Holdings, Inc., which will own the Sun Ice and Sunice trademarks and be entirely focused on the new technical outerwear line. The product line will be concurrently marketed by the Company’s existing sales and marketing team dedicated to Ashworth®-branded apparel. FLG will provide design services for Sunice Holdings, Inc. and facilitate sourcing relationships for the new outerwear line.
To Ashworth’s credit they got Sunice for pretty much nothing. Rolling forward they’ll just have to share the EBITDA with the former owners and it also gets them into the booming ski outerwear market (please note sarcasm on the world “booming”).
[Link: Businesswire]
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