The exhibit will be celebrating 60 years of powered LEGO trains!
I learned about the upcoming exhibit today during my visit to the museum. Michael was demonstrating a portion of what will be an operating train layout, built mostly of LEGO bricks!
Members of the San Diego LEGO User Group will be working on the layout, which will open just in time for the holidays. You know it’s going to be awesome!
Check out what Michael showed me!
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The City of San Diego has issued an official proclamation, signed by Mayor Todd Gloria, declaring that September 8th, 2026 is Star Trek Day! On that day Star Trek will celebrate its 60th anniversary!
Star Trek first aired in the United States on September 8, 1966, on the NBC television network. Numerous television series and movies later, the Star Trek franchise continues to thrive with millions of fans!
I became aware of the Star Trek Day proclamation through comic book fanzine collector extraordinaire Larry Thomas. You might recall his very cool fanzine exhibit at the San Diego Central Library during Comic-Con this year. He’ll have another expanded exhibit in 2028.
There’s more!
From September 4 through September 10, 2026, several San Diego movie theaters will have 60th anniversary Star Trek double feature showings. Various showings will be at Regal Edwards Mira Mesa, AMC Mission Valley and AMC Fashion Valley. You want to check out their websites and get your tickets early before they sell out!
Like Star Trek itself, may you Live Long and Prosper!
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I discovered something cool today while walking through Liberty Station in Point Loma. Pisano Artistry, located in a building adjacent to the Dick Laub NTC Command Center, will soon have a Star Wars exhibit!
I learned the fun news while peeking through the window of artist Joe Pisano’s gallery.
You’ve seen Joe Pisano’s unique and patriotic drywall screw art on Cool San Diego Sights previously. Here and here and here.
I haven’t spoken to him about it, but it definitely appears that he’s a Star Wars fan.
Can’t wait to see it!
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I hadn’t walked this way through Sherman Heights in a long while. Look what I found!
Another cool San Diego Padres mural painted on the side of Universal Radiator at 20th Street and Imperial Avenue!
This one features images of Padres legends Goose Gossage, Dave Winfield, Benito Santiago and Tony Gwynn.
I saw an older, equally cool mural years ago on the same wall. View those photos here. That artwork was painted by DYSE ONE AND HASLR. The one I spied today was created by the same artists, plus SHARK.
As I walked by, DYSE himself came out of the building. He informed me he’d be painting a new mural on this wall very soon!
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Few visitors to the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park successfully join the top-secret Mindbender Society. You, too, can become one of the elite members!
But do you have what it takes?
Visitors young and old are invited to step into Mindbender Mansion and solve “rooms” full of puzzles. Most of the puzzles can be solved geometrically or mathematically. At least one that I noticed requires a little bit of physical coordination.
By solving the brainteaser puzzles and unlocking secret passwords, museum visitors can be featured on the Mindbender Mansion’s digital Wall of Fame and achieve everlasting glory!
Mindbender Mansion is an awesome new feature of the Fleet Science Center. It’s located in the museum’s old box office area. You might recall how I blogged about the museum’s major redesign and remodel. The kid-friendly museum is now better than ever, with lots of cool new things to see and do!
A few photos I took today…
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It’s been well over a year since I visited the Artist Alley in downtown Oceanside. I walked through it again today!
Look what my camera found!
Most of this art must be fairly new, because it was painted in places where earlier murals existed.
(The two murals just inside the entrance of the multi-suite building that opens into the alley might have been there a long time–I don’t know. My first four photos are of those.)
I love how the artwork changes in the alley over time. Every time I walk through it I discover new creations!
Oceanside’s very cool, very magical Artist Alley can be entered directly south of the city library and civic center. Simply cross Pier View Way and you’ll find it!
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The Bonita Museum has had some huge changes in the past year. A bunch of cool public art has appeared outside the museum, including the striking blue building exterior! I enjoyed seeing it all a few days ago.
I’ve already posted photographs of two works of public art by the museum’s parking lot: the WR This Cats Smarthorse sculpture that debuted in 2021, and the Inner Strength sculpture, which debuted earlier this year.
The Inner Strength sculpture was created by Chula Vista artist Michael Leaf. He is also responsible for the new blue museum exterior composed of differently cut aluminum panels, whose appearance is transformed as the day’s light changes. This unique building “skin” was created with special paint that changes hues. It’s appropriately titled Chameleon IT.
Some photographs on a fairly sunny day…
Michael Leaf has also contributed these two unusual seats, which he designed and built. They seem to be erupting vertically with energy. They’re titled Communication Chairs…
And he created this happy sculpture: Lead with Your heART!
I had intended to rest a day or two after San Diego Comic-Con, but I became restless this morning. Still in the Comic-Con mood, I wanted to check out some finished street art painted during the Meeting of Styles event held the week before Comic-Con 2026.
On July 16th I walked along Commercial Street east of downtown San Diego and saw how international graffiti artists were painting several approved walls with cool pop culture images.
Three of the walls in particular contain characters from Marvel’s X-Men, Dragon Ball, and Transformers.
If you want to see more from these murals, and compare the finished art that I’m sharing today, you can find my previous photographs by clicking here.
First photos are of the X-Men wall….
Cyclops street art.Cable and Wolverine street art.Deadpool street art.
Next, photos from the Dragon Ball wall…
Goku and Bulma street art.Shenron street art.Zeno, the Omni-King street art.King Kai street art.Vegeta street art.
Finally, the Transformers wall…
Arcee street art.Starscream street art.Bumblebee street art.Optimus Prime street art.Megatron street art.
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It’s Saturday. It’s Comic-Con 2026. What does that mean?
That means Fifth Avenue in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter has become the center of the cosplay universe!
Every character imaginable from popular culture comes to life before your eyes.
Some of the costumes are extraordinary. Many of the cosplayers have devoted a lot of time and effort preparing for San Diego Comic-Con.
Enjoy this collection of photographs taken late Saturday afternoon…
Knight on Fifth Avenue.Ghostbusters.Unusual musician!Tonto, Lone Ranger and Wyatt Earp.Wolverine Ultimate Warrior.Batman and Harley Quinn.Art the Clown.Blue Power Ranger.Bird Furry.Chainsaw Man.Princess Bride.Morpheus.Constantine.Limbus Company Dante.The Mask.Powdered Toast Man.Olaf.
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