by The Editors on September 22, 2007
[Click HERE for all the photos] Today around noon the “big winter storm” that had been forecasted began loading up some clouds off shore with close to six water spouts. The clouds moved on shore just in time for Carlsbad’s Art Splash on Armada Drive behind the Flower Fields. Though it rained for about 20 minutes, it was not enough to slow any of the dedicated chalk artists .
We lost a little in the rain, but it wasn’t bad, ” said Eugenia Bizzaro as she and her husband Blane worked under the bright sunlight.
She and Blane (Bizzaro Creations) are artists who take this transitory art form very seriously.
“This is a true art form pasted on from generation to generation,” Virginia said. “It’s great for the kids to watch and learn because the way school art programs keep getting cut back these days kids rarely get to see artists at work. That’s why we are here. We want to encourage kids to be more interested in art.”
Several thousand people enjoyed the first day of the two day event. While there wasn’t that much chalk art to see today, there were booths showing art of all mediums and style. For the completed chalk art be sure to check it out tomorrow.
Follow the link for all the photos.
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by The Editors on September 16, 2007
As much as we love books, we hate smelling old, bathed-in-other-people’s dead-skin dust used books. That’s why the First Annual Used Bookstore Crawl on Wednesday September 19 is so horrifying.
Founded by Patricia McFarland, the owner of Encinitas’ Book Tales, this event will see 26 people load up on a chartered bus for an all-day tour of eight of San Diego’s dusty, cracked-spine, used book stores, according to a story in the North County Times.
[McFarland] looked at the bookstore scene and found many store owners like her were disappearing. “It’s kind of scary on our part,” she said. “I’m one of the last, if not the last, used bookstore in Encinitas right now. There are not much of us left out there. And it’s not because there’s no reading public.” . . . Figuring much of the malaise was because of a lack of public awareness of used bookstores’ enduring existence, she was inspired to create the crawl.
The tour begins at 9 AM in the parking lot of The Ocean House in Carlsbad with Fahrenheit 451 as the first stop, then moves on to The Paperback Book Exchange, Ducky Waddles, Book Tales, Earth Song in Del Mar, Pennywise in Pacific Beach, and then downtown to San Diego’s Wahrenbrock’s Book House before finishing at Mysterious Galaxy in Clairemont. All this for $36.50 including lunch. For more on the Used Bookstore Crawl, contact (760) 436-7892.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 15, 2007
Dave Boerlin and a truck load of trash. . . including a beach chair and a toy truck.
We’d like to send out a special Carlsbadistan thank you to the 210 volunteers who gathered at Frazee Beach (at Pine Ave. and Carlsbad Blvd.) this morning at 9 AM as part of 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Under the guidance of Dave Boerlin they picked our beach clean and left it a much better place for everyone.
“We had 210 people signed up,” Boerlin said today while packing up. “We removed between 300 and 400 pounds of trash.”
We all appreciate the work everyone put in this morning. Thank you very much.
by The Editors on August 10, 2007
Today, August 10, 2007, is the final day to register for the Snores & Smores Family Camp-Out at Calavera Hills community Park on Saturday August 18-19. It’s like going camping in the city.
We are heading back in time to meet and live alongside these great animals. You can participate in some fun family activities, like having your own mini fossil excavation, family competitions, awesome arts and crafts and so much more. We will be heatin´ up the BB-Q, so come with a hearty appetite (or you can bring your own goodies), and we will end the evening with a family movie, including s´more making, pop-corn and bonfires.
For more information and to sign up (but hurry) click the link.
[Link: Carlsbad Connect]
by The Editors on August 9, 2007
On Sunday August 12, the Village of Carlsbad will be transformed into a sea of pop-up tents filled with items that stretch the definition of the word “art” to all knew lengths as Kennedy Street Faire Consultants brings in their annual Art in the Village street fair to Carlsbadistan.
We’re on the lookout for our favorite piece of art: a pastel blue, howling, coyote doorstop with a macramé tail. Let us know if you see one.
[Link: Shop Carlsbad Village]
by The Editors on July 18, 2007
We have friends who used to ride motocross out near this zone so we’ve never really thought about it being great hiking, but Paula Story writes in the San Diego Union Tribune that Calavera Lake is a “gem of open space.”
On just about any day, you’ll find early morning runners or mountain bikers pounding out the miles, moms taking their kids for an after-lunch stroll and the post-work crowd walking their dogs. Some folks fish in the lake, too. . . The actual number of trails in the area is not defined; many are unofficial, and some have been created for convenience, increased technical difficulty or just because. Preserve Calavera reminds users that off-road vehicles are prohibited in the area, which is home to numerous plant, bird, mammal and amphibian/reptile species – six are threatened or endangered, including the California gnatcatcher.
Guess our moto friends were breaking the law, breaking the law. Follow the link for all the details on great hiking right here in Carlsbadistan.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
She and Blane (Bizzaro Creations) are artists who take this transitory art form very seriously.
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