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Gates Buys Craig’s

From the utsandiego.com: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has purchased weight-loss icon Jenny Craig’s 229-acre thoroughbred training center in Rancho Santa Fe, which he plans to turn into a grand prix circuit for hunters and jumpers. Gates, whose teenage daughter jumps...

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La Costa Film Festival

Some of us nobodys who hope to be in a film festival someday will appreciate this weekend's La Costa Film Festival, which is underway: http://lacostafilmfestival.org/2014-film-program/2014-schedule/ It looks like a great collection of films, and The Signal Hill Speed...

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Petco Seats

The two tickets to see Sir Paul at Petco Park are in Field Box 112, Row 11, where this photo was taken - the stage will be in center field.  The winners will be sitting above the people on the field, and about eye level with Paul! Two other photos taken yesterday -...

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Join Jim’s Club!

To help build the Jim's Club membership, we're having a drawing for two tickets to the Paul McCartney show at Petco Park! For those who would like to receive my monthly newsletter by email, click on the image above, register your email address and check the yes box,...

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Carlsbad’s Downtown Plan

From the utsandiego.com: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/09/carlsbad-village-barrio-master-plan/ CARLSBAD — Carlsbad is set to host a series of events beginning Wednesday asking the public to share their ideas for future development in the Village and Barrio...

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Be Prepared

Thanks daytrip! http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-adv-bel-air-disaster-20140905-story.html Tucked beneath green tennis courts in a hidden corner of Bel Air Crest, a 10-by-20 shed holds enough emergency equipment to stock a small hardware store — a 13,000-watt...

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La Jolla MCM

Check out the exhibit in La Jolla on the local mid-century moderns - this is the last weekend! La Jolla (pronounced "La Hoya" for the non locals and non-hispanically inclined) is a small, exclusive resort town just north of downtown San Diego. As far as architecture...

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Thank You Ben!

Ben at HousingTracker has called it quits: Update 8/25/2014: It's been 9 years since I started HousingTracker as a personal project to try to gain insight into rapidly changing home prices during the housing bubble. There wasn't nearly as much data available then as...

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