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4th of July Celebrations
29 July 08 01:49 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
In San Diego there is never a lack of events on the 4th of July. Fireworks line the Harbor and bay and numerous other San Diego spots. What are you doing? Not sure yet? Here’s a list of San Diego 4th of July events close to downtown. North County...
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Free your Mind
27 June 08 01:47 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Living in the city is a blast. There is never a dull moment between Padre Games, nightlife and the constant movement that an urban life provides. Between work and city play many of us city-dwellers may find it necessary for some R-and-R. Yoga is a great...
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Doggie Surfing Competition
26 June 08 12:38 PM | 92101urbanliving | 3 comment(s)
This weekend is the 3rd Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition. Spend this weekend at the beach while helping raise money for a good cause. Saturday, June 28th See Spot surf during the Loews Dog Surfing Competition – the nation’s...
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Italian Planner looks to San Diego for Smart Growth ideas
23 June 08 01:44 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
I recently read an interesting article in the Union Tribune titled Italian planner marvels at San Diego’s smart-growth tenets . It was fascinating hearing a European’s point of view on San Diego’s city planning and development. It is...
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Green Port Program
20 June 08 01:42 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
The Port of San Diego was formed in 1962 to serve as a sort of steward for San Diego Bay. The Port of SD is in charge of managing the Bay’s valuable social, economic and environmental resources. If you live in San Diego, or have even briefly visited...
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FHA Financing Just Got a Little Easier for Bank Owned property Buyers
18 June 08 01:37 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Many of you have called and written info@92101urbanliving.com with questions about the low 3% down FHA financing that is currently available. In the past, FHA financing criteria have excluded bank owned properties for 90 days as well as certain communities...
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East Village’s Cowboy Star
17 June 08 01:36 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
Ah yes…another genius business now in the East Village…Cowboy Star. This will be the first restaurant in the East Village to be servin’-up a contemporary American-Western cuisine. The atmosphere is urban-sheik-cowboy, with exposed beam...
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2008 San Diego County Fair
14 June 08 01:34 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
The 2008 San Diego County Fair will run from Saturday, June 14 through Sunday, July 6 and closed two Mondays, June 16 and 23. This years theme is ”Summer of Sports” which will celebrate a wide variety of sports at all levels, from youth to...
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Beautifying Our Streets
13 June 08 01:33 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
This week Little Italy becomes the inaugural site in a series of beautification plans for Downtown San Diego. 400 brightly colored planters and hanging baskets began to line India Street. The project is aimed to provide a softer urban feel by adding more...
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Keeping San Diego Bay Clean: Volunteers Needed This Weekend
06 June 08 01:32 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
This weekend, you can take part in keeping San Diego clean. Hundreds of volunteers will gather at San Diego Bay to participate in one of California’s largest environmental clean up events. Operation Clean Sweep , presented by the San Diego Port...
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Location Location Location?
06 June 08 01:31 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
San Diego County is filled with such diversity. There are over 90 sub communities that make up the Real Estate Residential Market. Each individual sub market performs based on its specific price points and location. I guess it should stop surprising me...
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How expensive are we compared to other destination cities?
06 June 08 01:29 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
I n an article in Yahoo Finance today, it discusses the cost per square foot of the top ten most expensive cities in the world. Guess who is not in the top ten? San Diego. Coming in at the number 1 spot is London, at a whopping $6,191 per sq ft. A $1...
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Live Green…Live In Cities
05 June 08 01:28 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
In this month’s issue of Wired Magazine, there was a very interesting editorial that I thought I should share. It is titled “Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What it Means to be Green” . In the article, we are challenged to...
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New Downtown San Diego Children’s Museum
04 June 08 01:28 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
It is great to be parents living In Downtown San Diego! We took our girls to the new Downtown San Diego Children’s Museum on Memorial Day. It was awesome to see all the kids and families that had come down from all over the county to check it out...
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Foodie Blog: The Corner
03 June 08 01:27 PM | 92101urbanliving | with no comments
To take an exerpt from Common’s hit, “the Corner”… “ The Corner was our Rock of Gibraltar, our Stonehenge, Our Taj Mahal, our monument, our testimonial to freedom, to peace, to love, down on the Corner” … the...
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