Tag archives for La Jolla
Tide Pooling!
by Donna Amis Davis - @donnaamisdavis Winter Low Tides Are Best For Tide Pooling Fall and winter in San Diego is Tide Pool season. The lowest tides of the year are perfect for exploring one of the local tide pools. Tide charts help you find the best day and time of day for the necessary low tides. You need to…
Windansea Sunset
San Diego was hit by an unusual heat wave this summer. One evening Bill and I escaped to the beach for a Windansea sunset. A week or two before we'd attended a memorial service at Windansea for Matt, a family friend. We had gathered on the rocky bluffs of Windansea beach. Matt's friends, family and pastor all shared memories and tears. Then…
U is for UCSD – University of California, San Diego
(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge. My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is U.) Today, I won't go all-Wikipedia-on-you about UCSD. I'll just tell my story. UCSD's Iconic Spaceship-Shaped Library…
L is for La Jolla Cove
(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 ;My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego ;Today is L. Today we head to the coast, to one of the outstanding scenic spots in the world, La…
La Jolla is for Lovers. . . and Seals
La Jolla is home to many wonderful things - the University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the late Dr. Suess, the venerable La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla Cove, gorgeous views and scenery. But my favorites are relative newcomers -- the colony of Pacific harbor seals. La Jolla began to be settled by modern settlers in the late…
San Diego, California
by Donna Amis Davis / @DonnaAmisDavis Big Waves at La Jolla, the January Swell Come along today, and we'll venture across the Pacific Ocean from Palawan, Philippines to visit my hometown. I was born and raised in San Diego, California. Well, I was actually born in La Jolla, the gorgeous upscale village on a jewel of coastline. That's what my…
La Jolla Coast Walk – Could Anything Be Prettier?
La Jolla Shores View from Coast Walk If you visit San Diego, don't miss the views from the La Jolla Coast Walk! You'll see surfers, ocean kayakers, sea lions, pelicans, bluffs, and the wide Pacific. A quintessentially Southern California experience. I'll admit, I took these pictures in April, on a beautiful spring day, nasturtiums and daisies blooming. If you visit…