San Diego is My Home

08
Apr

Art Auction

Author: HelenKay, Category: All For Charity, Arts, Museums

Are you into art?  How about charity?  Well, you can combine the two.  The Museum of Contemporary Art is holding its 6th Annual Benefit Art Auction.  And you get to hang out in La Jolla.

The event is this Wednesday (April 9th).  The Silent Auction starts at 6:30 p.m.  The Live Auction (with the Vice President of Sothebys presiding) begins at 8:00 p.m.  The specifics go like this:  cocktail attired required.  Honestly, do you need to know more than that?  If so, think cocktails, light food and tickets prices starting at $100. 

13
Feb

Pompeii in San Diego

Author: HelenKay, Category: Arts, Balboa Park, Exhibits, Museums

It’s hard not to be at least a little intrigued by the legend of Pompeii.  Mt. Vesuvius erupts and wipes out everything and everyone in its path.  People are frozen in ash where they stand.  It’s an amazing - and scary - story. 

If your interest in Pompeii extends to knowing more about the destruction, you are in luck.  The traveling exhibit of over 250 artifacts from Pompeii opens at the San Diego Natural History Museum this Friday (February 15th).

Tickets for the exhibit, A Day in Pompeii, are available through June 15th.  If you are interested in checking this out, don’t wait.  The tickets are timed and prime dates sell out.

15
Jan

Cannon Battle

Author: HelenKay, Category: Beaches, Events & Happenings, Museums, Special Shows

Ever want to be in the middle of a cannon battle?  Go ahead, you can admit it.  There’s something oddly intriguing about the idea.  Well, wonder no more.  This weekend the Maritime Museum will present Navy battle reenactments.  It goes like this:  the Californian (San Diego’s official tall ship) is busy defending the harbor when the Lynx comes by and a battle ensues.  And you’re on board to watch.

It’s a different experience and one you can only get if you’re lucky enough to live near water, which we are.  The battles take place from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  You board at the Museum at the Embarcadero.  Tickets are a little pricey, but this is kind of special.  For more information, try here.

16
Oct

Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: HelenKay, Category: Exhibits, Museums, Restaurants

The San Diego Natural History Museum was chosen as one of the few stops on the traveling Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit tour. The Exhibit is only in town through December 31st. Tickets are on sale but those around the holidays are selling out.

Maybe this isn’t your thing. Still, how often do you get to see something from the 1st Century CE. Really, we don’t get a lot of that in California. Whether or not you’re religious - and you don’t have to be religious to be impressed by this one - it is an interesting historical find.  And, the Museum is in Balboa Park, which is lovely. The restuarant Prado is nearby. You can get a ticket, tour the exhibit then sit outside and have a nice lunch.