by The Editors on September 14, 2007
This Sunday, September 16, is Party In-Your-Park day in Carlsbadistan. All you have to do is show up at one of the following parks with whatever you want to bring: Pine Park, Stagecoach Park, Hidden Canyon Park, or Poinsettia Park.
Free admission for all. Just bring your own picnic, family & friends and plan on meeting all of your neighbors. There will also be old-fashioned, picnic-style games for all ages.
As much as we prefer hanging out in the park when they are empty, if you’re a social family you’ll probably have a great time.
[Link: Click On Carlsbad]
by The Editors on September 13, 2007
The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will be holding their 17th Annual Carlsbad Business Expo in the parking lot of the Westfield Mall at 2525 El Camino Real on September 19, 2007. The event begins at 12 PM and ends at 6. Apparently, this is a great place to “make connections” with other people who are trying to make a living here in Carlsbad. Unfortunately, the Expo is now closed for exhibitors. . . damn, we didn’t even get a $570 booth to hang out in. How is Carlsbadistan.com going to meet anyone now?
More expo details, after the jump.
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by The Editors on September 11, 2007
San Diego Coastkeeper and I Love A Clean San Diego are partnering with the California Coastal Commission to host the 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday September 15. The event is a major part of International Coastal Cleanup which includes all 50 states and almost 100 countries. According to organizers it is one of the world’s largest volunteer events.
If you’d like to help clean up the beach in Carlsbadistan (we’d love it if you would) please register for the Frazee Beach site (at Pine Ave. and Carlsbad Blvd.) The event starts at 9 AM and goes until noon. So far more than 143 volunteers have signed up for the Carlsbadistan location. For more info click the link.
[Link: Cleanup Day]
by The Editors on September 7, 2007
If you happen to notice a lot of people walking down PCH in south Carlsbad today it’s not an evacuation. It’s day one of the three day Sprint MS Challenge Walk. Starting at 6 AM this morning at the Flower Fields participants will walk 20 miles south along the coast. Day two is a walk from Del Mar to La Jolla, and day three will see the walkers ending up in downtown San Diego.
The Sprint MS Challenge Walk may be the greatest journey you will ever take. It will definitely be unlike anything you have ever experienced. It’s an event that will test your spirit as much as your strength. Carlsbad to San Diego, California
The goal of the walk is to raise $1.2 million for multiple sclerosis research. And currently they are only a couple hundred thousand short. If you’d like to donate money to sponsor a walker, click here.
[Link: Sprint MS Challenge Walk via Click On Carlsbad]
by The Editors on September 7, 2007
Jennifer Semmes and Andrew Wilson will happily open Carlsbad Village’s The Wine Spot today with special wine and food events going on all weekend.
Join us to celebrate the grand opening of downtown Carlsbad’s fun, new wine store and tasting room. All weekend, we will be pouring a complimentary, sample of wines and serving appetizers. We would love to see you here! Friday- 4-8, Saturday- 11-8, Sunday-11-5
The Wine Spot is located at 2801 Roosevelt Street. Free Complimentary wine and appetizers, in Carlsbadistan? Yes, please!
[Links: North County Times and Local Wine Events]
by The Editors on August 31, 2007
Want to test out 15 different Carlsbad restaurants in one afternoon without being a total pig? Then roll up to the 11th Annual Taste of Carlsbad on September 22, 2007 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Armada Drive above the Flower Fields.
Participating restaurants include some of our favorites: Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, Knockout Pizzeria, Tuscany Ristorante, Pelly’s Fish Market and Café, Lola’s Mexican Market and Deli and the startlingly tasty Tri-City Medical Center Cafeteria (no, we’re not kidding.)
Tickets cost $20 and are on sale now at the Carlsbad Educational Foundation office 5651 Palmer Way, the Carlsbad Unified School District office at 6225 El Camino Real and the Convention and Visitors Bureau at 400 Carlsbad Village Dr. or to order tickets call: (760) 929-1555.
[Link: Taste of Carlsbad]
by The Editors on August 30, 2007
On Friday evening August 31 the Leo Carrillo Ranch Friday Night Film Festival will present the 1931 film Guilty Generation which follows 1930’s era gangsters in a premise based William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. In this film, Leo Carrillo plays Mike Palmiero.
John Smith is a young architect who changed his name from Marco Ricca when he realized that being a notorious bootlegger’s son was not likely to help his career. Maria Palmiero’s father is also a bootlegger, and she’s finding that the high society circles she wants to move in are not very welcoming to her. Naturally, John and Maria’s fathers are waging a brutal gang war back in New York, and naturally John and Maria fall in love.
Bring a low back chair, warm clothes, a flashlight, and a blanket. The movie starts promptly at sunset with a showing of the Cisco Kid before the main feature. Admission is free and hot dogs, chips, popcorn, cotton candy, and sodas can be purchased at the Barn Theater.
The next two Fridays will feature the following films: If You Could Only Cook, and I Promise to Pay.
[Link: Friends of Carrillo Ranch]
by The Editors on August 27, 2007
Sorry about the short notice, but tomorrow morning (August 28) starting at 12:53 AM the moon will begin its trip into the shadow created by the earth. By 3:37 AM the moon will be completely eclipsed. The good news is that Carlsbadistan is one of the epic locations to watch the entire event. Here’s what NASA has to say:
All of North America will witness some portion of the eclipse, but western observers are favored. The early penumbral or umbral phases will be in progress at moonset for observers in Maritime Canada. From the eastern USA, the Great Lakes region and Ontario, the Moon sets in total eclipse. Only observers to the west of the Rockies (including Alaska) will be treated to the entire event.
If we’re up (which we doubt) we’ll try and snap a photo. All the Monday night revelers might want to stay up a little longer after stumbling home from Dini’s and check it out from the sea wall.
[Link: NASA]
by The Editors on August 22, 2007
The Leo Carrillo Ranch Friday Night Film Festival continues this Friday August 24 with a showing of the 1929 classic Mr. Antonio. In this film, Leo Carrillo plays Antonio Camaradino.
In this romance, an organ grinder falls in love with a corrupt mayor’s daughter. The mayor, worried that the organ grinder will reveal his knowledge of the politician’s illegal activities, does all he can to persuade the organ grinder that the girl is not interested in him, but the intrepid street performer is not dissuaded.
Bring a low back chair, warm clothes, a flashlight, and a blanket. The movie starts promptly at sunset with a showing of the Cisco Kid before the main feature. Admission is free and hot dogs, chips, popcorn, cotton candy, and sodas can be purchased at the Barn Theater.
The next three Fridays will feature the following films: Guilty Generation, If You Could Only Cook, and I Promise to Pay.
[Link: The City of Carlsbad]
by The Editors on August 22, 2007
Those who have put Jazz In The Park off all summer get one last chance to make it happen this Friday night August 24 as Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers bring their own brand of Southern California blues to the lovely Calavera Hills Park at 2997 Glasgow Drive.
According to an old saying, when you’re on top, there’s nowhere to go but down. However, Rod Piazza, one of the nation’s top blues performers and multi-winning Handy Award winner as best blues harp, remain at the top of his game and continue to look for ways to climb.
If you miss this one, you won’t get another change until summer 2008.
[Link: Carlsbadca.gov]
This Sunday, September 16, is Party In-Your-Park day in Carlsbadistan. All you have to do is show up at one of the following parks with whatever you want to bring: Pine Park, Stagecoach Park, Hidden Canyon Park, or Poinsettia Park.
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