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Fantasy grows at San Diego County Fair!

Once Upon a Fair is this year’s theme for the San Diego County Fair. Fairy tales, beloved picture books, popular fiction and timeless classics are celebrated in fantastic exhibits throughout the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

The ever-popular Garden Show, not surprisingly, has become a place where gardening clubs from around the San Diego region have “hybridized” beautiful flowers and plants with . . . fantasy!

Walk around the Garden Show and you’re likely to discover scenes from wonderfully imaginative works like Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Snow White, The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Little Mermaid, and more.

I always delight in the huge model train layout built by the San Diego Garden Railway Society. Their display this year contains fantasy elements from many well known tales.

Check out the following photographs! What stories can you identify?

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Avengers: Doomsday comes to San Diego!

Doomsday has come to San Diego!

Street lamp banners have begun to appear around downtown San Diego promoting Marvel’s upcoming blockbuster movie Avengers: Doomsday. Comic-Con is a little over a month away!

You know the hype will be out of this world for a movie that fans are already excited about. Will Doctor Doom triumph over the multiverse’s mightiest heroes?

Will San Diego be the epicenter of world-shattering superhero action? It sure looks that way!

Stand by for much more Avengers fun in the days ahead!

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Another cool Crunchyroll trolley for Comic-Con!

New trolley wraps are appearing almost daily in San Diego for upcoming Comic-Con 2026!

I spotted another one this morning at Santa Fe Depot that promotes multiple anime series offered by the Crunchyroll streaming service.

Shows depicted in the graphics include Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, One Piece…

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My Hero Academia trolley for Comic-Con 2026!

A new San Diego trolley wrap for Comic-Con 2026 celebrates 10 years of My Hero Academia, all of which is available to stream on Crunchyroll!

The graphics represent exciting action from the long running, ultra popular anime series.

This trolley wrap celebrating My Hero Academia has rolled out just in time for “Hero Day” in Japan, which was observed on June 16th. A special 10th anniversary video can be viewed by My Hero Academia fans here. It’s titled “You Can Be a Hero.”

Meanwhile, check out what Comic-Con goers will be seeing next month on certain trolleys passing in front of the San Diego Convention Center!

UPDATE!

And on the opposite side of the car…

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Finest woodworking in the nation at Del Mar!

The most exceptional part of the San Diego County Fair is arguably the Design in Wood exhibition. Exquisitely crafted wood art, furniture, boats, musical instruments and more are exhibited in what has been described as the premiere woodworking show in the United States.

The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association produces this annual show at the fair in Del Mar. Every time I go the fair I make sure to check it out. Most of the pieces that are displayed will absolutely, positively blow your mind!

Don’t believe me? I submit for your consideration a few photographs!

You might notice a few photos of woodworkers demonstrating their craft at the show. Several local woodworking organizations participate, right there in front of curious fair visitors, making tops, model ships, toys and other objects. Some carve by hand. Others shape pieces of spinning wood using a lathe, or use woodworking scroll saws.

Going to the San Diego County Fair this year? Don’t miss the Design in Wood exhibition!

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Come enjoy free Love City Heights Day!

Everyone is invited to enjoy a free festival this Saturday in City Heights. Love City Heights Day will take place at Pop-up Winona, at 4951 El Cajon Boulevard.

There will be live music, live painting, food, community vendors and fun for the whole family!

Come by between 2 and 9 pm. Check out the above flyer for all the info.

Cool, historical Sarao jeepney in San Diego!

This was the coolest thing I saw all day! An old Sarao jeepney, displayed at the International Cottages in Balboa Park during the House of the Philippines lawn program!

Take a look at these photos!

The super fun jeepneys are slowly disappearing in the Philippines. This particular one was built in 1964 and awaits restoration. Incidentally, you can help with its restoration. Check out its dedicated website here.

Jeepneys started as abandoned World War II jeeps that were converted into mini-buses. The unique vehicles feature all sorts of bright, colorful decoration, and can be considered objects of folk art. Sarao Motors created jeepneys with metal horses standing atop the hood!

This jeepney has a complex history, including being part of a museum exhibit. A sign that was posted nearby details a campaign to restore this beauty, in anticipation of it being used in parades and festivals, or as a tourist attraction, or as an open air shuttle or party bus rental.

Enlarge my photograph of the sign to find an email address.

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Flag Day colors in Balboa Park.

Today, June 14th, is Flag Day.

I enjoyed a leisurely Sunday afternoon in Balboa Park. Could I find anything related to Flag Day as I wandered about the park?

This year there seemed to be no special activities for the day, but I did observe the red, white and blue in various forms…

I knew there would be colorful red, white and blue inside the House of USA at the International Cottages! There was a friendly greeting, too!

I learned they’ll be having a lawn program for the Fourth of July.

Now resuming my walk into the Palisades area of Balboa Park…

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Audible trolley for Comic-Con: Harry Potter and more!

Audible’s popular audiobook series Harry Potter and Dungeon Crawler Carl are being promoted on a new San Diego trolley wrap for Comic-Con 2026!

I caught sight of the new trolley wrap this morning and captured these photographs.

UPDATE!

A second Audible wrap design has appeared. It promotes original comedy series Heads Will Roll: Heir Apparent, and We Are Legion (We Are Bob), the first installment in the Audible Original Bobiverse series!

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Toyota Racing’s NASCAR festival in San Diego!

An awesome festival in advance of the big NASCAR race at North Island was held today at Waterfront Park in San Diego.

The Garage, presented by Toyota Racing, featured race cars and cool vehicles, racing simulators, a Tundra covered with 143,021 rhinestones, music, food trucks, photo ops, merch, art and even a skateboarding half pipe with Team Toyota athlete Jordyn Barratt!

The Padres happy mascot Swinging Friar gave me a high five! I said hello to Phoebe Nelson of (@pandrdesign), a local muralist whose work I’ve photographed around San Diego over the years! I tried out a video game simulator and took 40th place!

Loads of NASCAR fun!

My photos…

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