Tierrasanta

Blog entries concerning the Tierrasanta neighborhodo of San Diego.

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This Crunchy PB&J Almost Works - But Not Quite

I’ve always found peanut butter sandwiches to be kind of a cute menu item, especially when they’re not listed as a kids’ item. Cute though I've considered the idea, I’d never ordered one for myself ...

$10 Lunch: Andiamo! in Tierrasanta

I was drawn in to Andiamo! in Tierrasanta, by a sign in the window advertising "Express Lunch and Early Bird Specials." I decided to take a risk and ask for a table before I had ...

If It's Not Illegal, It Should Be: Earthblend Tea & Coffee in Tierrasanta

Most days during the week, I take my daughter to school in Kearny Mesa and then make the drive down to North Park to spend the day working at one of a small handful of ...

Free Outdoor Screening of Megamind Saturday Night

Tomorrow night, the CommCinema traveling picture show stops at the Tierrasanta Community Park for Time Warner Cable's "Moonlite Movies" free outdoor screening of Megamind. I'll be projecting the show, and while it's doubtful that I'll ...

Kevin Beiser: Serra Mesan passionate about education

Just interviewed Kevin Beiser, who was recently elected to the San Diego Unified School District Board of Trustees. One word to describe him: Passionate. He's passionate about public education, students, parents, teachers. He's passionate about ...

Midnight Poopers

We Tierrasantans love our dogs. We’ve given over our parks, our streets and even some of our restaurants to them. One local man and his fluffy friend hit the streets daily, riding on a Segway, ...

There is a a young poet in Serra Mesa

Serra Mesa has a new poet who writes about the ups and downs of being a teenager in San Diego. That would me. I'm a 15-year-old sophomore at Patrick Henry High School in San Carlos. ...

Never too old to trick or treat in Serra Mesa: Countdown begins for Halloween

Halloween is only ten days away and no matter what age you get you have to admit that you still love this great day. I don’t know if it’s the chills you get at night ...

Anybody play hoops in Serra Mesa?

I've been balling my whole life but in 11 years in Serra Mesa I've yet to find a regular game. But now it's a problem. The YMCA in Kearny Mesa, where I've been hooping for ...

Story From A Barbeque

When you ask the average person what their favorite part of summertime is...you are sure to get a few "Barbeque" answer that are thrwon into the mix. Even though it has been unusually cool in ...

TTown Running Route

If I haven't met you before...HI, my name is Justin DeCesare and I am a Tierrasanta resident, homeowner in the Belsera Townhomes, an 8 year Navy Veteran and Real Estate Agent with Middleton and Associates. ...

Prop 8

In 2008, when Californians were getting ready to cast their ballots in favor or against prop 8, my neighborhood began a passive aggressive feud. The neighbors across the way placed a Yes on Prop 8 ...

The biggest fan

Gregory Page thinks I am in love with him. It all started innocently enough. In fact, I came to adore his music completely by accident. I heard a Tom Brosseau song on NPR one afternoon. ...

Harvey

When we first moved in next-door to Harvey, I thought he was a busybody. Upon unpacking our moving truck, he came over immediately. I felt like he was scoping us out, sizing us up to ...

The New Year

Sometimes I feel like my life is a never ending Saturday Night Live skit that is both hilarious and painful at the same time. The year 2009 was no exception. It started out with my ...

Rats and the Reindeer Sox Saga

it all started day before yesterday when i was up very early walking around in my usual bedware (shorts and an undershirt) when out of a "somethings in the oven" two weeks my bare feet ...

Back to School

There is something slightly humiliating about attending Mesa Community College classes at the ripe age of thirty. Most of the other students look like prepubescent junior high kids who have just sprouted arm pit hair. ...

Holy heat

I know I shouldn’t complain about the weather when I grew up Chicago, a place where the humidity could melt your face off. But it’s hot! We don’t have air conditioning because in the seventies, ...

Tierrasanta,Tierrasanta

Boy its quiet here in Tierrasanta! I first moved here back in 97' You have mission trails as your backyard and the rattlesnakes as your pets it doesnt get better than that. Im always trail ...

The Burbs

We moved to Tierrasanta from the heart of El Cajon. The townhome we rented in East County was three blocks away from the liquor-store double homicide that happened a few years back. Police helicopters were ...

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