As I am sure most of you are familiar with by now , I have not always been a native San Diegan . I lived just outside of Los Angeles for the better part of my existence and moved to San Diego In 1997 . It Is now home for me and I love the San Diego lifestyle . The weather Is consistently good . Our baseball team Is consistently bad . However they do have a really nice ballpark downtown . And a couple of pretty killer dance clubs just walking distance from there.

Now this Is a city that has so much to offer In the way of your entertainment dollar , and like most of us across these United States we here In my humble little town are not adverse to the economic troubles that have beset all of us nationwide . And In our local paper on Sunday they announced more or less that we are In financial Armegeddon with a pension fund for city workers that Is deep In the hole . To the tune of 174 million or as our new adminstration would call It a down payment on the stimulus . So In the midst of this fiscal crisis I asked myself what I could contribute to the betterment of my beloved adopted home .

So I decided since I cannot count on our civic leaders for any solutions I would have to take matters Into my own hands . So what I Intend to present to you Is a tour of my town and perhaps persuade you to visit and take In some of the sights . So I am gonna be your tour guide and Ambassador for San Diego because as usual I have to do everything by myself ! Now mind you I had a rough day at work ! So please forgive me If I am a little short and curt but I am one tired brother ! Anyway hurry up and lets get this thing rollin !

The San Diego Zoo came to being In 1915, and Is now one of the most famous zoos In the world . It Is located In the Balboa Park section of town , between Hillcrest the uptown part of our city and downtown . Great place to take the family ! And features Monkey trail exhibits , and a Panda station that Is second to none ! They just had a newborn Panda a few weeks back and are having a contest for naming that cute little critter ! This world class zoo also boast a couple of other top notch exhibits such as the Polar Bear Plunge , the Ituri Forest , and also a neat little bird exhibit along with many varieties of non native trees from the animals native habitat .  

     The San Diego Zoo boasts more than 4000 animals and 950 species .And all of this Is presented to you over 107 acres of land  . A premiere destination If ever there was one ! But we gotta lot of ground to cover so lets get movin !!! 

    Seaworld opened up In 1964 . A group of 4 science graduates brought this to fruition . Now Seaworld takes up 189 acres over In the Mission Bay area of town . Mission Bay Is generally a place I like to ride my bicycle at on my way to the Boardwalk at the beach  . Seaworld has a fantastic Orca exhibit and do quite a few shows during the day . Also they have a great penguin exhibit , and a show with Dolphins as well as a petting zoo of sorts for the kids to pet and feed the dolphins Plus 2 water rides that are quite refreshing during the Summer months . And also during the summer months a nightly fireworks show Is presented at approximately 9 PM and I know because I get to see It every night from my front porch . And I have not once complained or called the cops about It ! Any way If you want a fantastic and memorable experience for the children , you cannot go wrong with Seaworld ! Its a great F*&^Nn place for the kids OK ?!! Any way we gotta get movin , lets go on to the next stop !

San Diego has some great beaches . And I have spent alot of time at the boardwalk as It Is one of my favorite places to hang out . The picture there Is the Crystal pier and I used to live a stones throw away from It . But along with Pacific Beach , we also have La Jolla Shores , Coronado and Imperial beach as well as Torrey Pines State beach . All of our beaches are first class and by the Crystal Pier there Is a little place called KONOS that serves a fantastic and Inexpensive breakfast . If there Is one singular aspect of San Diego It Is definitely our beaches !

Also just south of Pacific Beach Is Mission Beach and Belmont Park which has a good old school rollercoaseter and I am a junkie for thrill rides ! And La Jolla cove Is northing short of breathtaking ! Anyway I do not want to start cooing all over the place so lets move on !

   Old town San Diego Is another great place to take In while you are In town . It has a lot of neat little art shops and also a couple of really neat little historical sights you can take In to see what life was like In the Old West ! And If you are a fan of Mexican Food like I am there Is an Abundance of great places to eat like Cafe Coyote and Old Town Mexican Cafe and Casa Guadalajara ! An all around fun way to kill a few hours and get some good food . And they always have some great entertainment from some of the local musicians who present you with some of our native music of this region ! And by the way you are so lucky , as I live real close by and would be happy to show ya around . All I ask Is that you don,t disturb me while the Chargers are playing , I have a couple of em on my fantasy team and I have to make sure they score points , OK ? Thank you ! Anyway we got one more stop ! HEY , Im tired too man !

     The Gaslamp District  downtown  Is one of the great places for all you grown ups to check out ! And It also became the focus of redevelopment for our downtown area In 1982 . The Gaslamp District Is a playground for all of us big people . You can get an exquisite meal on both 4th and 5th Avenue at any one of a number of Trattorias as well as some great Mexican and Chinese food too ! And all of It Is presented In a sophisticated fashion as well as getting great musical Entertainment at anyone of a number of musical venues . And for the younger adults the Gaslamp District has a ton of dance clubs for you to get your groovething goin !

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 You wanna go to Tijuana ? You can take the trolley from one of any number of trolley stops , that will take you to the border ! Also Torrey Pines Golf Couse Is world class and hosted the US Open a couple of years ago . I was,nt Invited though for that event , I guess they saw some of my game ! And from the last couple of weeks of July to the first part of September we have the Del Mar horsetrack open . My sister won $400.00 bucks once because she liked the horses name ! While I made $11.00 after much handicapping and study . Go figure ! Now also as a side note I am still allowed In all these places as well. I have not gotten on peoples nerves yet at all the places mentioned . so dont worry everythings cool ! Well this Is my tour of our fair city here . Sorry I did not have more time , but as most of you know I tend to be kinda cranky and I am tired so I am already kinda annoyed ! So If you end up In San Diego , feel free to look me up and I promise I am a nice and well behaved In person . And If you have Heinekens on ya and see some strange guy following you , do not worry Its just me . Anyways have a good night hubbers . And be safe and be well . Later !