On Sunday April 5, 2008 the San Diego Golf Academy which they claim is the “oldest and largest golf college in the world” (and we won’t argue because we don’t golf) is throwing an open house to celebrate the opening of their new campus.
The onsite radio broadcast by 101 KGB-FM will feature the classic rock station’s on-air personality Bromo, who is widely known for the bizarre acts he performs during broadcasts typically due to losing bets on rounds of golf with co-workers. The open house will also include facility tours, prize giveaways, food and refreshments. . . . “We are very excited to have Bromo attending this event. He is an entertaining disc jockey and an avid golfer who always has a good time on the course, win or lose,” says Richard Iorio, SDDGA’s San Diego campus director. “SDGA teaches many concepts surrounding the game and business of golf, and among the more important lessons is simply to enjoy the game.”
The party runs from 11 AM to 5 PM at 1950 Camino Vida Roble. While we can’t really figure out a reason why we’d want to go, we’re sure golfers will be able to figure something out. They’re so good at rationalizing pointless exercises.
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.
Carlsbadistan’s favorite action sports superstar Shaun White won his third consecutive US Open of Snowboarding halfpipe today at Stratton Mountain, Vermont.
Coming off a win at Friday’s Slopestyle, the reigning US Open Halfpipe Champion would once again destroy the competition and end his day with a victory lap. Shaun’s winning run consisted of a first-hit frontside 10 stale to cab 10 into his signature frontside 5 stale, McTwist, frontside 9 with a backside 9 ender—all HUGE and flawless.
According to BrandWeek, Carlsbad-based company TaylorMade is suing competitor Nickent over ads that the company has been running on TV and in print that “lead consumers to believe that its 4DX driver is the No. 1 driver model on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.”
“Occasionally fringe companies in the industry try to encroach on our territory as the No. 1 driver in golf by misrepresenting the facts,” said Bob Maggiore, TMaG’s vp-marketing. “Being the No. 1 driver model at a Nationwide Tour event does not equate to being the No. 1 driver on tour. TaylorMade has been the No. 1 driver brand on the PGA Tour, as well as the Nationwide Tour, since 2001. That more than qualifies us to question Nickent’s logic and judgment in making claims that are misleading at best, and blatantly false at worst.”
See what tough times in the golf industry lead to? Semantics battles.
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.
Carlsbad’s Museum of Making Music is presenting an evening with performance artist/musician Laurie Anderson on Monday April 7, 2008 at 7 PM. Ms. Anderson takes a break from her current Homeland Tour to present a “casual discussion and violin demonstration” as part of MMM’s newest exhibition, The Violin in America. For those who don’t know her:
Laurie Anderson is an American experimental performance artist and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single “O Superman,” reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film, Home of the Brave. –from Wikipedia
We know her best from the song Excellent Birds (performed with Peter Gabriel). Ms. Anderson is a pleasant reminder that the 80s New Wave scene (that we loved so much) had moments of depth and artistic integrity. This is a don’t miss evening.
Tickets are $25 for general admission, $15 for students and Museum Members.
Futurist and best-selling author Joel Kotkin will speak the morning of April 15, 2008 at the first “Momentum Breakfast” hosted by the Leadership North County Alumni Association at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort and Spa.
Kotkin will explain the powerful trends shaping urban and suburban development today and in the future not just locally but around the country and around the world. Kotkin’s most recent book, ‘The City: A Global History’ studied what cities since the beginning of recorded history through to the present needed in order to become great. Kotkin found that healthy, reliable infrastructure such as roads, schools, medicine, food and water supply were the best indicators of future success.
We’re hoping all the members of the City Council will attend this breakfast. Tickets are $30 each (including food) and can be purchased on the Lncalumni.org website. More details after the jump. [click to continue…]
We’ve caught the Parthenon’s glow during a roof-top dinner at The Fresh Hotel, cringed as Hollywood stars hit on Canadians from a waterbed on the roof of The Standard Hotel, and waved from the deck of Mr. A’s as jet airliners flapped past. We’ve even shared a pitcher on the roof of the old Margarita Rocks in Oceanside, but we’ve never, ever watched the sun set from a roof-top restaurant in Carlsbadistan. That may change when the new Lumiére Carlsbad Village Hotel goes in on Ocean St. at Offshore.
lumière hotel group is currently entitling a proposed four story, fifty-five key ocean front hotel in Carlsbad, California featuring an opulent rooftop restaurant, lounge, and pool with unforgettable views of the Pacific Ocean. We will be offering a small number of oceanfront residences for purchase.
According to the project description filed with The City, the hotel will feature 39 hotel rooms, 10 condominiums, and two affordable apartments (you know, for the help). We haven’t seen the plans yet, so we really have no idea what the hotel will look like, but either way, it will be cool to look out over the Paciic from a rooftop restaurant in Carlsbad.
The Paddle Out Campaign is raising funds to build out the interior, including new exhibits and displays, of CSM’s soon-to-be new location at 312 Pier View Way. . . . There will be live music with Super Wave, fabulous Hawaiian-style buffet and a silent auction with many limited-edition items.
Tickets are $55 for members, $65 for non-members and are available right here.
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