Students attending e3 Civic High were painting an electrical box on a sidewalk next to San Diego’s downtown Central Library today!
The charter school is actually located within the Central Library. It serves grades 9-12 with a mission to “Engage, Educate, and Empower” students through a partnership with the library.
After looking at the young artists’ progress painting the San Diego skyline, I walked around the corner and found another box that is nearly finished!
Today Ringer’s began pouring concrete for their new roller skating rink in Seaport Village!
I happened to walk by this afternoon and noticed the construction activity. The Ringer’s Seaport storefront is already open and offers all sorts of roller skating gear and cool gifts.
I’ve been told the new open air skating rink will be open by late July!
I discovered this cool mural during my most recent walk in City Heights. I took photographs and wondered about it.
A little research shows the mural was painted several months ago at City Workshops, a shared woodshop at 3615 University Avenue.
According to their Instagram page, City Workshops offers dedicated individual bench areas and shared big machines like wood saws, routers, sanders, planers and laser cutters. They are now accepting long-term tenants.
Notice the many artist signatures in one of my photos.
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Futurama and Bob’s Burgers have appeared again on San Diego trolley wraps for Comic-Con!
The long running shows have been fan favorites for many years now. Whether conveyed by Fox, Disney or Hulu, their popular animated characters predictably appear on San Diego trolleys during Comic-Con.
The funny Futurama graphic on the wrap declares Blob-o-rama! The characters have been placed in an old school platformer video game!
The adjacent Bob’s Burgers image is titled Burger Quest! The Belcher family appears to be ready for battle!
I caught these images on the fly. I’ll endeavor to update this post with more photos…
UPDATE!
I caught the opposite side of the wrap. It promotes The Simpsons and King of the Hill!
Better pics…
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Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific is an extensive exhibition that recently opened at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Spread over two levels of the museum’s steam ferry Berkeley, the exhibit celebrates 500 years of Black Mariner legacies in whaling, fishing, surfing, swimming, sailing, exploration, and defense shaping the U.S. Pacific.
Historical photographs and nautical artifacts transport visitors from the earliest African maritime traditions right up to the present day. The exhibition has been created with the help of UC San Diego curator Dr. Caroline Collins, so every aspect of Black history in connection with the Pacific Ocean is thoroughly covered.
You will learn about history that is too often overlooked.
Did you know that Juan Garrido, an Afro-Spanish conquistador, was the first documented Black person in what is now the United States? Or that by the mid-19th century, men of color made up to 30 percent of whalers? Or that African American blacksmith and abolitionist Lewis Temple invented an improved harpooning instrument called the Temple toggle iron? Or that thousands of African American women worked in the Pacific shipyards during World War II? Or that in 1942, Captain Hugh Mulzac became the first African American merchant marine naval officer to command an integrated crew during the war?
You’ll learn all this and much more when you visit Take Me to the Water: Histories of the Black Pacific.
In addition, with your general admission ticket, you get to explore all of the historic ships of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, including world-famous Star of India!
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Here’s a bit of colorful art you might spy while walking down a sidewalk in Solana Beach. You can find it at 129 North Highway 101.
Solana Beach’s coastal sunshine brightens a landscape filled with many different flowers native to California. Flowers include Sea Dahlia, Leafy Daisy, Morning Glory, Fiesta Flower, Prickly Pear, Padre’s Shooting Star, Fiddleneck, Frankenia, Southern Pink, Fuchsia-Flowered Gooseberry, Matilija Poppy, California Rose and California Poppy.
The artist signature indicates this beautifully painted scene was created by Bailey Valdivieso.
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The San Diego METRO Modern Quilt Guild has a great exhibit inside the Mission Valley Library. A colorful array of modern quilts represents the creative work of guild members.
The mission of the San Diego METRO Modern Quilt Guild is to help build and foster community based on the common interest of modern quilting.
What is modern quilting? It is a contemporary approach to quilt-making that favors minimalism, bold colors, and improvisational design over strict symmetry. Heavily inspired by modern art and architecture, it often features expansive negative space, high-contrast palettes, and “modern traditionalism”—the reinterpretation of classic quilt blocks.
The exhibit in Mission Valley features hangable works of art, blankets, handbags and wearable clothing. Check out some photos…
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Take a look at these very colorful fantasy characters! They were spotted roaming about the San Diego County Fair, thrilling children and adults alike!
The San Diego County Fair’s theme in 2026 is Once Upon a Fair.
The Del Mar Fairgrounds in summer is where San Diegans go for boundless fun. This year the magical place has been infused with fantastic characters from human imagination and the pages of beloved books!
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A very cool sight if you’re a Padres baseball fan! This huge Padres flag flying from the Triton catamaran was out on San Diego Bay yesterday!
I spotted it while riding the Coronado ferry. Coincidentally, Petco Park rises in the background.
The San Diego Padres are up against two of the best Major League Baseball teams this week: the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Let’s get some big victories!
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Walking in downtown and Coronado today, I found many signs that NASCAR is racing in San Diego all weekend!
It’s NASCAR’s first time in San Diego–at Naval Air Station North Island to be exact–and you could tell people were excited.
The Coronado ferry was packed to the gills. Race fans were wearing shirts and gear representing their favorite drivers. The Goodyear blimp was overhead. Shops and bars were welcoming those who’d come to see some of the world’s best drivers race a wild and woolly course on the Navy base!
As the Sunday race action came nearest downtown and Coronado, it almost sounded like an F-18 roaring its high powered takeoff from North Island!
I took these photos while walking around…
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