From the monthly archives:

January 2010

North County Sprinter

by Jacque on January 29, 2010

North San Diego Sprinter

The North San Diego Sprinter runs between Escondido and Oceanside every half hour.  For $2 you can ride to the beach ($1) for seniors.  Just hop aboard at one of the stations located all along the route and enjoy the scenery of areas never seen before by car, have lunch, shop, or watch the ocean waves.  Take your children or grandchildren with you (under 6 years old travels free).  What a great way to spend a couple of hours and save gas.

Video provided by North County Transit District

North County Sprinter

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Books I love!

by Jacque on January 28, 2010

Books I love!

Even though this blog is mostly about things North San Diego, every now and then I’ll post something that I am doing that I am enjoying and think others will too.  This post is about a book I am reading titled “eat, pray, love” by Elizabeth Gilbert.  I’m about half way through it.  It’s a  woman’s book about ” A celebrated writer’s irresistible account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life”

In a nutshell, she takes off on a one year journey to Italy, India, and Indonesia (4 months emersed in each place) and chronicles her adventures and personal discoveries along the way.  She enjoys wonderful Italian food and learns to speak Italian in Rome, meditates and prays in India and learns to love in Indonesia. It’s exceptionally well written and absorbing and I can’t wait to get to the next chapter.  I’m listening to it on audio book while I walk each day.  Keeps me going.

eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Books I love!

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San Marcos Creek District

January 23, 2010

San Marcos Creek District
The City of San Marcos has been working on making a downtown area, complete with shops, restaurants, and homes for many years- actually decades.  Finally within the past 2 years great headway has been made on this wonderful addition to San Marcos which not only provides a wonderful meeting and shopping place [...]

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Rainy Days in Sunny North San Diego

January 22, 2010
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Rainy Days in North San Diego
Uncharacteristic.  But we love it…for a day, maybe two!  We don’t get winter in Southern California so when the weather man says we are going to have a storm, most of us love it.  Until it becomes a bit too much….as it has in this El Nino year.  Inches and [...]

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Double Peak Park in San Marcos

January 2, 2010
Lake San Marcos westward towards the Pacific Ocean

Top of the City of San Marcos with 360 degree panoramic views.  On a clear day you can see Catalina Island.  Just opened in 2009,  Double Peak Park is a must visit when you come to San Marcos. You can drive all the way to the top where you will find a picnic area with [...]

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