Posts By: Barry Berndes

Churches

Click on Churchfinder.com for an extensive and informative list of over 100 places of worship. Since San Diego is often referred to as Paradise on Earth, it should come as no surprise that locals love to worship God. Unique to San Diego and the state of California are 21 Missions founded by Father Serra as the… Read more »

Relocation: Repairs & Remodeling

If you’re NOT a fix-it man, the next best thing is knowing where to find the help you need, especially if you’re a newcomer. These recommendations are the result of actually using each one of these journeyman craftsmen. So saying YES TO RECOMMENDING THEM IS EASY. Home Depot is unquestionably the best hardware store with multi-locations… Read more »

Fall in Love with San Diego Tour

This introduction to San Diego represents 55 years of map creation and insightful map tour creation laid out in a table of Contents Page  format (below). It showcases all of the important San Diego city & suburbs with attractions and TONS of things to see and do in a handy self-guided do-it-yourself editorialized series of… Read more »

San Diego’s 15 Must See Attractions

Plus the 50 DIY City Map Tours Day One is Touring #1’s 1, 2, 3 attractions || Day Two is touring #’s 4 & 5, 6 || Day Three is touring #’s 7 & 8 || Day Four is any combination of the other attractions, which fit logistically into a day long excursion || Day Five is individual selections of touring cities and suburbs… Read more »

Hotels, Hotels, Hotels

San Diego is blessed with 100’s of awesome hotels, but if they don’t have an ocean or bay view or some other overriding amenity such as a golf course, don’t stay there unless you can’t afford to stay anywhere else. If you’ve come all this way to experience paradise on earth, then staying where you… Read more »

Attractions

Visiting a San Diego Attraction can best be found and appreciated by reading the suburb chapter where the attraction is found. These chapters also include an essential map and an overall description of the general area such as the Balboa Chapter, which is home to the San Diego Zoo as well as being home to… Read more »

Mister A’s Restaurant

Mister A’s Restaurant, 2550 Fifth Ave. 12th floor of Manchester Financial in Uptown San Diego (619-239-1377). Business Casual dress code strictly enforced. Open for lunch Wed.- Fri. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & dinner Fri. and Sat. 5 p.m.- 9 p.m. Sun.-Thurs. 5-8:30 p.m.; Classics French-hued cuisine and American faire is served by attentive well-trained waiters. Expect… Read more »

Sightseeing By Air

See Downtown and Coronado Bridge seen by AIR offers Majestical Bay Views Coprorate Helocoters Coprorate Helocoters (858) 505-5650. Is a long-established full-service firm. They are ideally located 10 minutes from downtown San Diego at the Montgomery Airfield in Kearny Mesa at 3753 John J. Montgomery Dr, Suite 1 San Diego, CA 92123. Their basic Sightseeing… Read more »

Lucas Lemcke Tree Service is highly Recommended

Lucas Lemcke Tree Service i( 619-316-5242) [lemckelucas@hotmail.com] is a well-established firm with over 15 years of experience. Plus, they have a California State license (1015622), and are bonded, with low prices for their excellent work. Their excellent professional services include tree removal, trimming and stump grinding. As their 100’s of glowing recommendations attest, Lucas Lemcke… Read more »

National City Boasts Excellent Restaurants

National City, which on San Diego’s bayfront is north of Chula Vista and south of downtown San Diego. It’s also the central industrial business hub of San Diego proper. It boasts more than 3,000 businesses in a tiny land area of only 7.3 square miles. Major employers include its huge marine terminal that processed 270,000… Read more »

Rancho Santa Fe is Home to the Rich & Famous

  Rancho Santa Fe, which is home to the rich and famous, is an inland community east of Solana Beach. Yet, it rivals the beauty of the coast. Tuck­ed away in the hills only seven miles from the ocean, this plush yet tranquil village is a perfect setting for the more relaxed side of the… Read more »

Borrego Springs is a Romantic Desert Escape

Borrego Springs is home to the largest desert state park in America. It’s an impressive 630,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is nearly the same size at the state of Rhode Island. This spectacular desert park has majestic mountains, beautiful canyons, hiking trails, camping, wildflowers, and miles of scenic beauty. At night the sky is… Read more »

Brewery Tour of San Diego DIY

Best Do-It-Yourself San Diego Micro-Brewery Tour features San Diego’s Best Micro-Breweries. The best Brewery Tour of San Diego DIY feature of this hand-picked list it that they are not only the best of the best, but they are easy-to-find micro-breweries. So if you are a visitor to San Diego with limited time, or you’re a… Read more »

San Diego BEST Curbside Takeaways & Delivery Places

San Diego BEST Curbside Takeaways & Delivery Restaurants All you have to do to enjoy one of the San Diego BEST Curbside Takeaways & Delivery Restaurants in San Diego is to call, text, or go online and make your order. Then either you can pick up your meal or have it delivered. Dining at home… Read more »

Birthdays at Great Plaza Buffet in Pacific Beach for Birthday Parties of 6 or more

View Post Great Plaza Buffet 1840 Garnet Ave. Pacific Beach. (858-273-6868). Credit Cards: AE, DISC, MC, VISA. LUNCH Open for lunch weekdays Mon.– Fri. 11 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Adults: $10.99, Children 3-6 yrs. $5.99 children 7-10 yrs. $7.99. Saturday lunch 11 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Adults $11.99, Children 3-6 yrs. $5.99, children 7-10- yrs. $7.99.   DINNER Mon.–Thurs…. Read more »

Top 10 Best Burger Joints in San Diego

Top 10 Best BurgerJoints in San Diego are not that easy to find even if you are a local. In fact, it’s easier to find the Cabrillo Monument and Sea World, than to find a Best Burger joint!. In reality, it has meant eating in 100’s of Burger restaurants just to find these. This often… Read more »

T’s Cafe Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch are Outstanding

T’s Cafe Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, 271 N. Hwy 101, Solana Beach (858-755-7642). Open Mon. – Fri. 7 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. till 2:30 p.m ($13-$16). Credit Cards: AE, MC, VISA. T’s Cafe Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch offers friendly efficient service from a well-trained wait staff of longtime employees. If you don’t know what to order,… Read more »

Halloween Collectible Decorations at City Lights

Halloween collectible decorations are distinctive, stunning, original, spooky creatively displayed in a fun haunted black lighted section at the world-famous City Lights Collectibles and Gifts Store in San Diego. This stunning warehouse-sized store is near Sea World.  Seeing these must-have original Halloween collectible decorations should not be missed. Expect to be amazed when you see… Read more »

Daphne’s California Greek is a Delicious Place to Eat

View Post Daphne’s California Greek at 9586 Rio San Diego Dr. in the Promenade in Mission Valley (619- 260-1679) {daphnes.biz]. Located on the map where Texas Street & Rio San Diego Dr. meet north of Hwy 8 & west of the circled 16 on the map. Daphne’s California Greek is home to Fresh, healthy and… Read more »

Borrego Springs is Enjoying a Land Boom

  A quarter million visitors will soon be visiting Borrego Springs to see the desert wildflowers in bloom. Many of these visitors will also be to looking for estate sized parcels of land to buy. This land rush for the last available parcels generated 48 land sales last year. That figure was well above the… Read more »

Scenic Cycle Tours – San Diego Bike Tours

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Our guided Bike Tours are safe, fun and fascinating! San Diego is an ideal destination for cyclists of all levels thanks to its mild year-round weather and plentiful bike paths. With the exception of a few short sections our Tours are vehicle free with no hills! Even those new to cycling will feel totally safe… Read more »

Sightsee San Diego

Sightsee San Diego by Air, Land, & Sea is the Ultimate Tour Sightsee San Diego by Air, land, & Sea, is the untimate San Diego city tour especially because San Diego is a coastal city, wrapped around a beautiful natural harbor. Then up and down the coastline for 20 miles in both north and south… Read more »

San Diego Bay From A–Z

San Diego  Bay from A–Z is filled with FUN THINGS TO DO.  Yes from every point of view especially aboard a boat the views are  no less than magnificent! Without a doubt, you’ll miss what makes San Diego so special if you don’t also view it the same way that the first explorer saw San… Read more »

Sardina’s Italian Restaurant is a Family-Owned Restaurant Serving Fine Italian Cuisine for 46 years

  Sardina’s Italian Restaurant & Bar, at 1129 Morena Blvd. in Bay Park near Mission Valley, Old Town and Mission Bay off Sea World Drive near Sea World (619-276-8393). Open Mon.–Thurs., 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; Fri. till 11 p.m.; Sat., noon – 11 a.m. and Sun., 4 p.m.– 10 p.m. Great Happy Hour Daily. Dinner ($7 to… Read more »

Trisha & Judy Top REMAX San Diego Realtors Sell San Diego — Five Star Real Estate Agents, 2010-2015

  Trisha & Judy, REALTORS, RE/MAX Associates 3811 Clairemont Drive San Diego, CA 92117 (858-848-5757) [SOLD@trishaAndJudy.com] [www.TrishaAndJudy.com}. Connect with us on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/TrishaAndJudyRealtors Call The Team That Moves San Diego TRISHA & JUDY REAL ESTATE … COMPASSION, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE,  INTEGRITY Trisha & Judy teamed up and combined their individual businesses in October, 2010 – and have… Read more »