Power Bars & Healthy Picnic Food
by LauraWest
Just a suggestion for an easy snack or a picnic in the park or at the beach - at 1211 Garnet Avenue, there's a store that is part of an American Chain. You can find then in other cities, too - Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's is a friendly little, unusual food store. They have healthier foods, beer and wine and household products at lower prices than you will find at most other stores! There are already prepared foods to grab & go, or to pop in your microwave. A number different foods from around the world will keep your taste buds happy, too. This is great place to go for special treats (sweets & chocolate from around the world) and even for vitamins or shampoo!
May I also suggest, for the traveler, their great selection of power bars? Just pop a few in your bag, for an energy fade emergency! Or a cheap snack?
I buy the bagged raw nuts all the time, at the one in Brentwood, near my house . The prices are very good, as is the quality.
The produce selection is small, but it is the only store in America that I have ever seen bananas sold by The Each ( usually 19 cents each). Much of the produce is Organically Grown.
The store is fun to shop in and the savings are a thrill, too! Store staff and friendly and wear colorful Hawaiian style shirts for their uniform. Kids get balloons & have their own tiny carts to "help" their adult shoppers.
San Diego is probably the best...
by Cestovatelka
San Diego is probably the best place to live at. I've been there quite a few months in 1988/9 and I can't say what is best. Everything is best. The sun, the sea, the restaurants, the people,.......
Go there and see for yourself !!!!!!!! Probably the most emotional thing is boarding a tram in the center of San Diego and going down to the mexican boarder, exit the tram, walk over the bridge and you are in a completely different world. This is fascinating.
Mission Beach
by vigi
Next morning, we had a short walk along Mission Beach before breakfast. Many people were doing jogging, bicycle, and rollerblading at this hour, and all of them looks good, fit & healthy! San Diego people (or maybe tourists who come to San Diego???) really looks good compared to other part in States.
SHELTER ISLANDS TUNAMAN'S MEMORIAL
by travelgourmet
Tunaman's Memorial was sculptured by Franco Vianello and dedicated in 1988 on the southwest end of Shelter Island, facing the bay. It is truly inspirational and emotional. San Diego was the Pacific headquarters for the tuna fleet that once was one of the main businesses on the bay. The sculpture is very life like with the three tuna fishermen pulling their fishing poles united on one hook with all their might to land the huge tuna. The sculpture is 21 feet high from the base to the tip of the poles.
The inscription on the marble slab on the street side of the sculpture reads"TUNAMAN'S MEMORIAL".....Honoring those that built an industry and remembering those that departed this harbor in the sun and did not return.-Anothony Mascarenhas" Below which are listed the "Founders, Pioneers, and those Lost at Sea". Very moving.
Traffic is heavy.
by Shadownlite
Be prepared for heavy heavy traffic so when going places put aside lots of time to get there during peak traffic hours. California is a 'driving culture' place and you have to have a car to go anywhere.
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