As a way to kick off the opening of their new Carlsbadistan location Henry’s Farmers Market will hook up the first 200 people who make it in the store on opening day, September 2, 2009, with a free bag of pre-selected groceries. The store, located at 2618 El Camino Road(the old Smart & Final location), will open at 8 AM.
The full service grocery store. . . giving a pre-selected shopping bag of free groceries to the first 200 people who arrive (with no purchase necessary). “In these tough economic times, that’s sure to attract a good number of people who need some help,” says Janet Little, Henry’s Farmers Market’s nutritionist and spokesperson. . . Grand opening ceremonies take place at 7:45 AM with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the public and executives from Henry’s, as well as local civic officials, all with official proclamations.
And if your first name is Henry (and you can prove it) you get a free deli sandwich. [click to continue…]
On September 18-19, 2009 will featured The Dark Knight & Iron Man, and September 25-26, 2009 will be Night at the Museum II and Slumdog Millionaire.
The event is being sponsored by a variety of local businesses and vendors in order to offer this family friendly event at no charge to the public. Audiences are encouraged to arrive early and bring their own chairs and blankets. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be allowed on the premises. Vendors will also be onsite selling everything from candy and popcorn to Mexican street tacos and pizza. Locals are encouraged to “go green” by riding their bicycles to the field. A bicycle valet service will be available for a small charge.
It will be just like the drive-in, without driving in. Hopefully, it’s still warm enough to enjoy being outside.
According to a Michael Burge story in the San Diego Union-Tribune a 517-page report released last week on the call the rehabilitation efforts at Carlsbadistan’s Batiquitos Lagoon “a milestone project in environmental restoration.”
“Overall, the enhancement of Batiquitos Lagoon should be viewed as a huge success,” says the report by Merkel & Associates, a biological consulting firm in San Diego. . . “I think it’s been an incredible success,” said Ralph Appy, the director of environmental management for the Port of Los Angeles, which put up $57 million to restore the lagoon and maintain it as a swap for environmental damage at the port in San Pedro.
We can’t disagree. The trail along the Northern edge of the lagoon is one of our favorite places to escape hustle of Carlsbadistan and dive into the wilderness. And to think, we owe it all to an ecological disaster in San Pedro. If destroying LA means more habitat restoration for Carslbadistan, we’re all for it. . .
Carlsbadistan’sPeggy Padilla was crowned the Ms. Senior America of California at the 23rd Ms. Senior America of California Pageant held Saturday night August 22, 220 at the Rose Center Theater in Westminster, California, according to a story on CBS2.com. The pageant is held for “women who have reached the ‘age of elegance’ (60 years or older) and are citizens of the United States.”
Sadly there is no swimwear category in this competition.
Padilla beat out finalists Norma Morein of Long Beach and Judy Lamppu of Granada Hills. . . Padilla will compete for the Ms. Senior America 2009 title at Harrah’s Resort Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City from October 4 through 8.
We wish her luck and hopes that she sends a story and some photos from the pageant.
Not that anyone would have to go to Bryan Snyder’s gallery to see his art, as it seems to have been showing up all over Carlsbadistan for the past couple years, but for those who don’t get to see it as much as we do, Bryan has “created, organized, and promoted” his own show (catered by the makers of Carlsbadistan’s best fish tacos Senor Grubby’s) on Saturday August 29, 2009 at Snyder Art from 7 to 9 PM at 2695 State St, Carlsbad, CA.
For more information contact Snyder Art at 760/521-8713 or Snyderart2009.com
This Thursday August 27, 2009 is the second installment of the Carlsbad Village Association’sThursdays On The Coast art walk. The free community event held the last Thursday of each month features visual and performing artists and “will include original art in Carlsbad Village’s permanent galleries as well as, village merchants acting as temporary “phantom” galleries.”
The video above features a not-so-short overview of the event. For more information, call (760) 434-2553 or click here for meetup information.
For the second week in a row we snuck up to the Carlsbad Sheraton for an epic view of the Legoland fireworks at 8:30 PM on Saturday night. From the lower parking lot we could see the fireworks from the ground to the sky and be so close we could almost feel them exploding overhead.
Definitely a great way to kick off an evening in Carlsbadistan, but next Saturday night August 29, 2009 at 8:30 PM is the last fireworks show for the summer. Don’t miss it.
Apparently, Carlsbadistan’s Ponto Beach is becoming a regular stop on the panga tour of Northside. On July 17, 2009, 20 “mexican nationals” were arrested after being dropped off by boat at Ponto. The boat and drivers, oddly enough, got away.
Early this morning, agents on patrol spotted a vessel, described as a panga boat, as it was traveling towards the shoreline of Ponto Beach in Carlsbad. The vessel dropped off 18 males and five females before fleeing the area. The subjects were quickly apprehended by Border Patrol agents with the assistance of Carlsbad police officers. The illegal aliens were taken into Border Patrol custody and sent to a Border Patrol station for processing . . . The United States Coast Guard and CBP Air and Marine units conducted a search of the area but were unable to locate the vessel.
Nice to know that pangas (and their captains) can just flow in and out of the country without ever getting caught, isn’t it? Just think if these boats arriving at Ponto Landing were filled with something more dangerous than simply men and women eager to work hard at bad jobs?
Carlsbad Municipal Water District will be doing testing on their system on Monday August 25, 2009. So they want everyone to know that there may be some water pressure issues during their tests.
During the testing, water customers might notice a slight decrease in water pressure. Testing in each location will only last about five minutes. Tap water where testing is being done might temporarily look a little cloudy as well. . . During the testing water district staff will use the minimum amount of water necessary to gather the required information. Water released from pipes and hydrants will be dechlorinated and discharged into the nearest storm drain, in compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
Looks like we’ll be sticking to our Arrowhead Mountain Spring water for a couple days. For questions or more information, please call 760-438-7100. [click to continue…]
A wreck involving at least four cars and a passenger bus closed two lanes of Southbound Interstate 5 in Carlsbadistan just south of the Chinquapin overpass today at approximately 12:40 PM.
Carlsbad Police and California Highway Patrol were on the scene at 12:45 and Carlsbad Fire Department was on its way. Traffic north of the accident was still at a near standstill 1 PM.
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