Roll a marble from North Park to Hillcrest?

This mural was painted in 2021 by San Diego artist Regan Russell. Located at the southeast corner of Park Boulevard and University Avenue, it’s technically at the west edge of the North Park neighborhood.

Whenever I see this colorful mural, I’m reminded of that old Atari arcade game Marble Madness. If you’re old enough and remember once-popular video game arcades, you might also remember this groundbreaking game.

Using a trackball, players would try to roll a marble along a three-dimensional course around corners, down ramps, along precarious edges and through various obstacles. The isometric playing field appeared a bit like this mural!

Murals with similar geometric designs have lately become more common in San Diego. I usually don’t photograph them. This particular mural, however, allows my imagination to roll a marble along University Avenue down a colorful North Park slope into neighboring Hillcrest!

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Coffee bean smuggler mural in Carlsbad!

Okay, what’s this all about? A coffee bean smuggler mural in Carlsbad?

Yes! It’s painted on the side of Baba Coffee. As their website explains: Our name was inspired by the 16th-century mystic Baba Budan who heroically introduced the coffee plant to India by smuggling seven raw beans in his beard from Yemen.

The artists who created this unique mural in 2026 are Taylor Gallegos and Kole Trent.

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Murals on two Encinitas shipping containers.

These two shipping containers in Encinitas were painted years ago. For a long time, visitors to Charlie’s Electric Bikes could observe them in the parking lot, behind a bunch of bicycles. That eBike business no longer exists–the building is now home to Charlie’s Electric Studio. The two old containers remain.

The artwork was painted by Encinitas artist Kevin Anderson. Yes, you’ve possibly seen his work all around coastal San Diego North County. Find many of his very beautiful murals by clicking here.

During my recent walk in downtown Encinitas, I crossed the Charlie’s Electric Studio parking lot from South Coast Highway 101 to take these photographs.

You can see how the art has faded over the years, especially on the second shipping container I photographed, which was the first to be painted.

This next shipping container was the first to be painted. It’s the most faded:

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Painting murals on Imperial Avenue under Interstate 15.

Colorful new murals are now being painted on either side of Imperial Avenue beneath Interstate 15.

This public art beautifying the freeway underpass is the first part of a larger multi-location project, organized by Logan Heights CDC, Caltrans, SANDAG, Team Lewis, the Urban Collaborative Project, and local artists. This first group of murals is scheduled to be completed next month.

I swung by today to check out the progress!

One of the artists, Romeo, was up on the scaffolding spray painting his beautiful creation. His mural, like others being painted nearby, has a universally loved theme: music.

Some of the columns supporting Interstate 15 will have several sides painted. Those riding the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley will be able to view a portion of the art.

You might enjoy seeing what I discovered.

Once the murals are completed and the scaffolding is removed, I hope to return for another batch of photographs…

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The cool Redemption Ink mural in Pacific Beach.

Walking down Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach this morning, I spied this cool mural at the Redemption Ink San Diego tattoo parlor.

This is the same storefront where Funhouse Tattoo was located years ago. Another cool mural was painted in the same place, which you can see here.

This latest mural was created by Beth Emmerich and @petecasodesigns.

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Another cool Padres mural in Sherman Heights!

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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Healthcare workers as superheroes street art!

I saw this today and thought you might enjoy it, too!

Healthcare workers as superheroes has been painted on an electrical box in San Diego’s Grantville neighborhood. You can find the fun street art at an intersection near Kaiser Zion Medical Center.

Spider-Man is swinging along holding Boba Fett, apparently taking him to the hospital emergency room!

Did the web-slinging Marvel superhero rescue Boba Fett from the sarlacc? Does that explain the Star Wars bounty hunter’s survival?

We rise by helping others…

Thank you healthcare workers!

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Leftover photos: weird, unusual, sometimes amusing!

This morning I’m going through unused photographs that I’ve stored on my computer. Some of the images are years old, others are more recent.

I thought you might enjoy seeing these. They’re from all around San Diego.

The photos I’ve selected are unusual or eye-catching for a variety of reasons. A few are rather amusing!

Can you identify where some of these photographs were taken?

Here they are…

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Fun art outside Replay Toys in North Park!

How can you not love this? Enjoy photos of super fun art outside Replay Toys Boutique in North Park!

In addition to a colorful mural, there’s a column plastered with little plastic toys and figures just outside the front door.

Replay Toys is a paradise for shoppers seeking new and pre-owned quality toys and rare collectibles.

During my last walk through North Park, I paused for a moment to take these pictures…

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Xander Bogaerts mural in National City!

There’s an awesome mural depicting San Diego Padres baseball player Xander Bogaerts in National City!

I spied the street art today for the first time. I was told it was painted about a year ago.

The artwork was spray painted on a large wall beside AM Barber Studio, at 706 Highland Avenue. The artist is Mode (@mode_nbc).

Also depicted is Petco Park and the Padres mascot the Swinging Friar!

I love it!

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