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A Very Gassy Golf Course

Balboa Park | City Lights
Published April 9, 2008

Standing at the tee pad of hole 15, a Frisbee player on Morley Field’s Disc Golf Course can’t see the basket he’s aiming for. It’s hidden in a thicket of trees 246 feet away. Players searching ...

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The Fence Grows

Balboa Park | Calendar Highlight
Published Jan. 2, 2008

“The Mexican fan palm is obviously from Mexico, but those plants don’t really know boundaries,” says landscape architect Steve Wichmann. “The Mexican palm is fast-growing, and it is a palm that will easily regenerate itself from ...

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Balboa Park Carousel, 1957

Balboa Park | Picture Story
Published Oct. 4, 2007

The ride arrived in the West from New York in 1910. The operator of Coronado's seasonal Tent City bought it from an L.A. owner soon after. Some say the carousel was moved between the Tent City ...

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Explore Balboa Park's wilder east side on foot or by mountain bike.

Balboa Park | Roam-O-Rama
Published Feb. 1, 2007

Balboa Park has plenty of "tame" places to walk, such as landscaped sidewalks on the grassy west side, paved trails inside the San Diego Zoo, and a number of semiwild trails in canyon bottoms near the ...

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The King's Things

Balboa Park | Crasher
Published Oct. 5, 2006

'It's a Budweiser and badminton bash," Brandon said when he invited me to his son's birthday party at Balboa Park. I had plans that day but had to know what people called a "shuttlecock" after a ...

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Wordsmiths and Shutterbugs

Balboa Park | Crasher
Published March 9, 2006

Local paper Word San Diego invited me to their 3rd Annual Anti-Social Writers Party. I was told the $10 cover at the door was to keep the publication running. I threw in the cash and $15 ...

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Two For The Price Of None

Balboa Park | Crasher | Pacific Beach
Published Oct. 20, 2005

I went to two parties in one day that tested my crashing ability. The first was a luncheon at Balboa Park. The ticket was $40, but I weaseled in without paying. I did feel guilty, since ...

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Best of 2003: Best Public Display Of Bosoms

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park www.sandiegohistory.org/bpbuildings/casabalb.htm You can't touch them and you won't see any suckling infant, but there they are -- big, pendulous breasts -- out in the open for the whole world to see. ...

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Best of 2003: Best Place To Learn Rose Pruning

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

San Diego Rose Society's Annual Hands-On Demonstration, Balboa Park www.sdrosesociety.org 619-235-0004 Come January, it's possible to find a half-dozen sources of rose-pruning instruction throughout the county. But none provide as much inspiration as the free sessions ...

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Best of 2003: Best Urban & Coastal Stargazing

Balboa Park | Oceanside | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center www.sdaa.org 619-238-1233, x6 Oceanside Photo and Telescope I-5 and Mission, Oceanside www.optcorp.com 800-483-6287 On the first Wednesday of each month, the San Diego Astronomy Association sponsors free evening star parties near ...

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Best of 2003: Best Place To See A Double Feature

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park www.mopa.org/film.html 619-238-7559 Not only is MoPA the only film house in town that regularly offers double features (for a mere $7), but curator Scott Marks reveals ...

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Best of 2003: Best Mojito

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Prado Restaurant House of Hospitality, Balboa Park www.pradobalboa.com 619-557-9441 There's a new drink in town, kiddies. The mojito. It's a Cuban hottie that sailed into San Diego a few years ago and is giving the martini ...

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Best of 2003: Best Place To Buy Historical Pictures Of San Diego

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

San Diego Historical Society Research Archives Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park www.sandiegohistory.org 619-232-6203, x127 Hunting for an early San Diego picture of whaling ships in the bay, the neighborhood your family grew up in, or downtown ...

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Best of 2003: Best Edible Plants

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Foraging in San Diego's Canyons Balboa Park Could you live off Mother Nature in San Diego? Maybe, says Jon Rebman, curator of botany at San Diego's Natural History Museum, but only if you know what you're ...

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Best of 2003: Best Inexpensive, High-Quality Art

Balboa Park | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

C Note Sale San Diego Art Institute 1439 El Prado, Balboa Park 619-236-0011 This semiannual event (June and December) features paintings, photographs, and sculptures created by local San Diego artists, many of whom are in attendance ...

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