Group 2010 January

Downtown San Diego archive for January, 2010

Update Little Falls 1/27/2010

Good story on ethanol and a new ethanol-burning engine that can out perform a traditional gas engine. Ref: USA Today,1/26/10 ...

Update Little Falls 1/26/2010

I see the marines don't forget the past!. They were in Haiti from 1915 to 1934 governing it with non-commissioned ...

Hexagonic dining

This time around, we dined at only 1 restaurant during Restaurant Week. We chose Hexagone because it was new to ...

Update Little Falls 1/22/2010

We may have found Princess Eadgyth of the English Royal family, half-sister to King Athelstan. The remains are in the ...

Update Little Falls 1/20/2010

Just a note that Haiti's presidential Palace, a Beaux Arts structure was built by U.S. Navy engineers in 1918 and ...

Update Little Falls 1/21/2010

Well Irwin Jacobs will be moving on with Carver yacht and marquis Yacht in Pulaski,Wis with the recall of 200 ...

CCDC and other disappointments

The internet can be interesting and with the economy we seem to look for deals. So, I signed up with ...

Update Little Falls 1/14/2010

World's most energy-efficient skyscraper. A 71 story building, The Pearl River Tower will feature solar energy and wind turbines to ...

Common sense is not common

A friend sent me the 'joke' entered below (beginning with A woman) & the comment preceding is by me. Sometimes ...

Update Little Falls 1/13/2010

If you put all your plug's in one outlet you will be blacked out, as in Venezuela's hydroelectric power plants. ...

Update Little Falls 1/12/2010

Good story on gaming revenues in Macau. With just over one-half as many visitors they spend almost three times as ...

Update Little Falls 1/09/2010

Well Platinum Equity just bought Little Falls for $70E6. Mr Irwin Jacobs is going to the rich side of the ...

Just walking, downtown

On a recent walk, a friend and I stumbled on a section of sidewalk on 9th between F & G, ...

Update Little Falls 1/08/2010

Mediteranean Sea was a dry mediterranean basin 5.6E6 years ago. England was connected to Europe by a dry English Channel ...

Food and fun Downtown/Gaslamp

I went to dinner on Wednesday night with friends. This outing was in response to the Cohn restaurants' special of ...

Update Little Falls 1/07/2010

We have all heard of methane and carbon dioxide. What about sulfur hexafluoride. As a greenhouse gas ,it is 23,900 ...

Economic Woes

I saw this as a quote to end a MahJongg game: "If you can't learn to do it well, learn ...

Update Little Falls 1/05/2010

The reported 2684 feet height for the Burj Dubai, now is 2717 feet. That is 33 feet more hieght. Also ...

The Expendables: Winter Blackout Tour

Giving a little shout out to The Expendables. They will be coming through San Diego at the House of Blues ...

Update Little Falls 1/04/2010

Regulatory failure, not low interest rates caused housing bubble. Ref: The Wall Street Journal,1/04/10 pageA3 World's tallest structure called Burj ...

Update Little Falls 01/02/2010

Well it's January now. Walked to Burger King for breakfast this morning. It is -18F with a windshield of lower ...

Places to Shoot in San Diego

San Diego North Harbor Drive offers many interesting photo opportunities. Here is a recent video of me wandering about snapping ...