Where? What? Wednesdays week 05/16

FAMILY SUNDAY
Mingei International Museum
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA


It's the third Sunday of the month and you know what that means: Family Sunday at Mingei! This fun family oriented event allows guests to explore the Museum's colorful exhibits of folk art, craft and design in addition there is a treasure hunt and this month you can paint murals with Lucera Gallegos!!! 


DATE: Sunday May 20th
TIME: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COST: $5.00/family or $3.00/individual
AGES: All ages welcomed!


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SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK 40TH
Escondido, CA

The San Diego Zoo's Safari Park is celebrating 40 years since it first opened its doors! There will be many activities to participate in, but the one that we think is the best is the Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt using your smart phone to scan the QR codes and maybe even win some prizes!

DATE: Friday May 18th, Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (please check website for exact time of each activity}
COST: For accurate pricing click here
AGES: All ages welcomed!

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THE NEW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 4TH
200 W. Island Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101

Celebrate 4 years of fun, playing and learning! among the fun activities there will be waste wind chimes making, sounds of garbage, tin can phone tap and more!

DATE: Sunday May 20th
TIME: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COST: FREE with paid admission
AGES: All ages welcomed!

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OTHER EXCITING AND FUN EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:

IMAX EN ESPAÑOL

Where? What? Wednesdays week 04/13

ART ALIVE 2012
San Diego Museum Of Art
Balboa Park

Every spring for the past 30 years the San Diego Museum of Art hosts a special event where masterpieces from Picasso, Matisse, etc. are recreated using flowers. It is a fantastic event to share with your family.

DATE: Friday April 13th
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
COST: $15.00 Adults / $5.00 ages 7 - 17
AGES: All ages welcomed!

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FAMILY SUNDAY
Mingei International Museum
Balboa Park

Every third Sunday of the month the Mingei International Museum hosts a day full of family fun! with a scavenger hunt, hands-on craft and a prize at the end of the hunt. This month's activity is making an African instrument out of gourds.

DATE: Sunday April 15th
TIME: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COST: $5.00 per family / $3.00 individual
AGES: All ages welcomed!

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San Diego

Are you relocating to San Diego? 

Are you considering moving to San Diego? 

Are you about to travel to San Diego for a job interview and subsequently move your family to San Diego? 

Then,

Welcome to beautiful sunny (roughly 340 days out of the year) San Diego!

Congratulations you have just made one of the most important decisions in your life! You have decided to give another city a try. You based your decision on work mostly {I'm guessing} but also on what is best for your family and that should be your priority: YOUR FAMILY.

Moving is always filled with emotions. You are happy, elated, excited, positive, optimistic and at the same time you are sad, anxious, nervous and afraid. Believe me, I know.

How do I know? 

Well let's just say I am in the midst of relocating our family to the other side of our Golden State. 

Believe me we are happy, but the moving part is a bit of a challenge considering we are still roughly 500 miles away and each City, works differently. So let me break it down for you here in San Diego.

All over San Diego you have nothing but friendly people, great schools, great places to live and lots of places to enjoy with your family. There are lots of events to choose from every weekend.

Traffic is ok, all you have to know is that I5 and I805 heading North will have mid-heavy traffic from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. and then Southbound you will run into mid-heavy traffic from 4:00 pm.. - 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. So allowing yourself 30 minutes from point "A" to point "B" should be sufficient. 

Downtown San Diego is always fun it is home to the Historic Gaslamp Quarter which has lots of restaurants and delicious bakeries to choose from. You will also find Petco Park  in the Downtown area which is home to our MLB team Padres. There is also Seaport Village which is a very nice place to enjoy a meal while watching the bay with boats pass by and also works for a great walk, bike ride or flying a kite. Seaport Village has restaurants, unique gift shops, live entertainment and a carousel. They have private parking in their lot for a fee or you may choose to park on the street and use the many parking meters {make sure you have quarters with you}.

The Convention Center is also in Downtown San Diego as well as Amtrak Santa Fe Depot which allows you visit Downtown without driving through scenic views of our county. I highly suggest upon arrival and when you are finally settled in at your new home to take a nice train ride from Santa Fe Depot to Solana Beach and enjoy the scenery then walk around the beach in Solana Beach, have lunch and finally enjoy the beautiful sunset at around 5 p.m. and then take the train back home. You are sure to enjoy this! I guarantee.  San Diego International Airport (SAN) is also located in the downtown area. 

Balboa Park is located East of downtown San Diego. You don't know what Balboa Park is? Let me give you a little bit of a description: Museums Galore and lots of entertainment for the whole family for just about every weekend of the year! and no I am not exaggerating. Picture this 16 different Museums that range from art to photography to science to craft to history to railroad. Amazing right? Then of course you have the world famous San Diego Zoo home to roughly 800 species of animals that means about 4,000 resident animals {that is a lot!}. To visit I suggest at least 3 hours and still you will not finish the whole zoo in that amount of time just so you know ;) 

I know you might be feeling excited after reading about San Diego, I still haven't finished. There is more to share with you like more places to visit, housing and groceries {yes this is key because if you didn't have the same stores we have you might feel lost} but we will cover all of these in a separate post. So continue to check on us as we share more information for you. :)

And don't forget to relax, take a deep breath and enjoy this change. 

Embrace your new city {I know I am, even when I am stressed ;)  }