Archive for February 2017

So real you could almost move in, and can you hear it now? OLD TOWN MODEL RAILROAD DEPOT The most amazing scale model railroad layout can be found in historic Old Town San Diego, as was revealed to me during a Pacific Photographic Society (PPS) Meetup group photo shoot. It is billed as “the largest…

Decades of historical emergency vehicles Now but for a very short time, the “First Responders” exhibit is at the San Diego Automotive Museum in Southern California’s Balboa Park with historically significant emergency vehicles spanning many decades. The museum tells us, via informational text placards and historical photographs located throughout the exhibit, that first responders are…

Model r/c sailing yacht racing, a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery & an interactive art exhibit 2017 San Diego Argonauts Mid-Winter Regatta In February, under the auspices of the San Diego Argonauts Model Yacht Club, 34 competitors raced IOM (International One Metre) scale model radio-controlled (R/C) sailing yachts at the Mission Bay Model Yacht Pond. One…

NOBODY DOES A CELEBRATION QUITE LIKE DISNEY In Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean cultures, 2017 is the Year of the Rooster. Public celebrations in Southern California were held at Disney California Adventure and San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. So what is the Year of the Rooster? According to www.LunarNewYearFestival.org – the website for the San Diego event – the…