SAN DIEGO BLUES FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL
Sept. 12, the 10th annual AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival will be on KUSI TV, iHeart Radio and the internet, more details below and at www.sdbluesfest.com. This is an annual event to raise money for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. I will sorely miss this usually day-long event for me down on the San Diego Bay, marking the end of summer, but at least I’ll get to hear some blues.
The drive-in movies and concerts in Escondido were so popular they are continuing into September. Three Dog Night is scheduled! Details below under the Center for the Arts. Some restrictions apply. Tickets are selling fast and members get first dibs. Some concerts were cancelled and may have a new lineup. I would keep checking the site.
There are some new live music events listed below, most requiring reservations, so there are some options. With some things opening this week, maybe there will be more coming up. While I work hard at being accurate, these are unusual times, so please always check before heading out somewhere. Some events are coming up with very little advance notice and so are not included in this monthly newsletter.
Both the Belly Up and The Coach House are livestreaming concerts:
Alert the Globe, global live music streams: https://alerttheglobe.com/
Oct. 17, this site is hosting a World Concert
For voting information: www.sdvote.com or www.iwillvote.com
In CA due to Covid-19, we will automatically get mail-in ballots without having to request them.
If you are looking to add some laughter to your life, try Laughter Yoga. Research proves that smiling and laughter boosts your immune system and we can all benefit from that these days. 🙂
Yoga isn’t actually even required, just start laughing! Your body doesn’t know if it is real or fake laughter so you get the positive results from it either way, and before long, the laughter is real!
www.laughteryoga.org and www.yogajournal.com and on You Tube are just a few options.
The Happiness Course, otherwise known as Yale’s The Science of Well Being, is free www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
Other free Yale courses:
Here is a link for live webcams of deserted tourist hotspots around the world. After the 10th webcam, there are a whole bunch more links to other things, including live concert streaming and movies. Tons of options!
https://www.timeout.com/travel/webcams-of-empty-tourist-spots
Sea World has reopened with Zoo Days: Bayside BBQ & Brews (and live music!). The Zoo and Safari Park are open with restrictions, as is the Midway. At the bottom after the local updates are listed, I have included virtual links for online activities. Some of them are repeats but they are still active. There are some new links for virtual tours of 4 castles and their grounds in the UK. The sound effects are a nice addition. At the very end, I included some links you may enjoy, mostly funny, some uplifting. We can never have too much laughter!
San Diego County Parks:
Here is a full list (28 pages) of the parks in San Diego County that show whether they are open or closed and other details. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/whats-reopening-in-san-diego-county-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2317204/
Kenneth Rexrode Productions:
Oct. 8, Fallbrook Live featuring The Tighten Ups, Pala Mesa, Fallbrook, 6-9pm, on the patio (hopefully!)
For more info: Facebook/Rexrode Productions or Rexrodeproductions@gmail.com
Daring Greatly is broadcasting live shows regularly on social media during this time and is setting up new platforms.
Tony Suraci:
Wednesdays in September, Paddy’s Station Restaurant & Bar, 26701 Verdugo St., San Juan Capistrano, outdoors 7-10pm, (949)661-3400
Streaming live broadcasts on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tony.suraci.3
Thursdays 6:30pm, solo/acoustic
Fridays 6:30pm, G4 Live! Tony & Friends
Cool Rush Band:
Sep. 5, Downtown Café, El Cajon, 6:30pm
Sep. 19, Coomber Craft Wines, Oceanside, 2 separate shows/crowds, 6-7pm and 7:30-8:30pm, reservations (760)231-8022 (I think this is a creative solution!)
Oct. 3, The Landings, Carlsbad, 6:30pm, hopefully!
Check them out on Facebook/CoolRushBand and www.coolrushband.com
Fallbrook:
Brothers Bistro:
Live music on their garden patio most weekends, reservations required (760)731-9761 or Dnusser@aol.com. Ron Ebel will be performing there Sep. 18 and Oct. 16. www.brothersbistro.net
Outdoor Dining:
Fridays and Saturdays, 4-8pm until further notice, 2 blocks of Main Street are closed to vehicles for al fresco dining in the street to support our many local restaurants.
Sept. 25, Charity Golf Tournament at Pala Mesa, a benefit for REINS
Scarecrow Days in October: see them all over town Oct. 1-31, contest entry deadline is Oct. 5, frame kits available $15, email: fallbrookscarecrowday@gmail.com, call the Chamber at (760)728-5845 or visit the website. Wonder how many will be wearing masks this year??
www.fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org
100 Years of Railroad History 1882-1982:
Sep. 23, Fallbrook Historical Society, 7pm on Zoom, $5 suggested donation
(760)723-4125 or email: info@fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org
Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens & Nursery:
This has opened back up, including Café Bloom, Thursday-Sunday 11am-4pm. Harlow’s in Bonsall is temporarily closed.
Pala Mesa Resort-Aquaterra Restaurant is open for dining on the patio and take out. Live music will be brought back when allowed.
Escondido:
For more Escondido details, go to www.visitescondido.com
Escondido Wine and Craft Beer map: https://visitescondido.com/wineries/
Center for the Arts:
Drive-In Movies and Concerts:
Sep. 4, Cars, Disney movie
Sep. 6, Grease!
Sep. 11, Jurassic Park
Sep. 18, Mamma Mia!
Sep. 19, Gunhild Carling and Band & Aki Kumar, concert
Sep. 20, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, concert
Sep. 23, Three Dog Night with Danny McGaw, concert
Sep. 25, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sep. 26, When September Ends: The Music of Green Day, concert
Oct. 24, Iliza Shlesinger Tailgate Tour, comedy, 6:30pm
All drive-in events at the former Nordstrom parking lot at Westfield North County Mall in Escondido, lot opens 6:30pm, all shows at 8pm unless noted.
Movies $50/car; Concerts $20 and up per person, front and second rows $145 and up per car.
Audio via FM radio, tickets advance purchase only, social distancing and other rules apply, see website for full details. Members get first dibs on tickets.
Oct. 4, Sweet Caroline Tour with Jay White, $25-$100, 7:30pm, at the theatre
Please be sure to verify if there are any changes to the schedule or lineup. Events were disappearing from the website literally as I was writing this. The concerts scheduled for Sep. 5 and 12 are no longer listed but they may bring in someone else by then to fill those dates. Sep. 20 was on, then off, now back on. Not sure if the changes are to the actual schedule or glitches in the techno-publishing.
Renaissance Faire:
Oct. 24-25 and Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Felicita Park, Escondido, 10am-6pm
Vista:
Moonlight Theater:
The 2020 season has been postponed to 2021. If you have purchased tickets, please contact the theater.
Carlsbad:
The Landings at Palomar Airport is open for patio dining or take out, reduced hours, no live music is scheduled for now but possibly in October per Cool Rush’s booking.
Encinitas:
Hacienda de Vega Encinitas 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas
Open for patio dining and take-out service. Note: technically this site is in Encinitas, but it is on Rancho Santa Fe Road on the border of RSF.
http://www.haciendadevega.com/
Solana Beach:
The shows at the Belly Up are now being livestreamed. Please check their website for the details and tickets.
Del Mar:
Horse racing at the track, no spectators and no concerts:
July 10-Sept. 7, Fridays-Mondays and Labor Day, First Post 2pm
Oct. 31-Nov. 29, Fridays-Sundays and Thanksgiving Day
San Diego:
Sea World has reopened with Zoo Days: Bayside BBQ & Brews (and live music!), Fridays-Sundays plus Labor Day, 11am-7pm www.seaworld.com
Balboa and Safari Parks are open with reduced attendance limits. www.zoo.sandiegozoo.org
Balboa Park museums are closed except for outdoor venues like the Japanese Friendship Garden, www.balboapark.org
USS Midway Museum is open, www.midway.org
The Old Globe Theatre has some online events on their website and on Facebook www.theoldglobe.org
San Diego Blues Festival:
Sept. 12, The 10th annual AimLoan.com San Diego Blues Festival has morphed into a virtual festival this year. The festival features Tommy Castro & the Painkillers; Mr. Sipp—the Mississippi Blues Child; 2020 Grammy nominees Southern Avenue; Watermelon Slim; and San Diego’s Whitney Shay. The festival will air from 4 to 6 p.m. over KUSI TV, iHeart Radio and the internet. There is no charge for this virtual event, although online and telephone donations are encouraged for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank’s fight against hunger. More details at www.sdbluesfest.com.
Tommy Castro clip at Belly Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV2juJB4uQo
San Diego Food Bank:
Pre-Covid, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank fed about 350,000 military and civilian people per month, year-round. During this Covid-19 crisis, they are feeding around 600,000 people each month. Every dollar you contribute provides 5 meals. Please help them feed the hungry in our local communities, including the kids on the weekends and whenever school is out (like all the time now!). http://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/
Liberty Station, San Diego:
Restaurants and businesses have opened up with guidelines and expanded outdoor dining. Some events and classes are now being offered online.
Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, is closed until further notice but is now livestreaming concerts. www.thecoachhouse.com
Temecula:
The outdoor community events will be held virtually at www.TemeculaCA.gov/VirtualCS
Wineries:
This website has a comprehensive and detailed list of the status of the wineries and what they are currently offering outdoors.
Balloon & Wine Festival:
The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival has been further postponed to June 2021. If you have purchased a ticket, you can either use it next June or request a refund.
Here are some more links for Temecula activities:
http://www.temeculapresents.org/
Pala Casino: Open www.palacasino.com no concerts
Pauma Casino: Open www.casinopauma.com no concerts
Pechanga Resort & Casino: www.pechanga.com all 2020 shows postponed
Harrah’s Rincon Casino: Open www.harrahssocal.com no concerts
Valley View Casino in Valley Center: Open www.valleyviewcasino.com
Quotes for the moment:
Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible. Mandy Hale
I am only one, but still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do. Edward Everett Hale
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. Socrates
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life. Joel Osteen
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As always, feel free to forward this to anyone who may appreciate it. Today, and always, I send blessings of love and laughter to all!! May you all stay safe and healthy and well!
Mahalo,
Annette 🙂
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Disclaimer: times and events may change after publication.
Virtual tours of 4 castles in the UK:
The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland
https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-palace-holyroodhouse
Source: Royal UK
Blair Castle & Gardens in Perthshire, Scotland
https://blaircastle.digitalvisions.uk/
Source: Blair Castle
Sissinghurst Castle in the Weald of Kent, England
Access Virtual Tour of Rose Garden: HERE
Access Virtual Tour of Courtyard: HERE
Access Virtual Tour of Library: HERE
The sound effects are a nice touch in the garden and courtyard.
Source: National Trust
Buckingham Palace in London, England
Access All Virtual Tours: HERE
Source: Royal UK
Go to www.eventbrite.com for more than 6,000 virtual links to an amazing variety of resources, including music, dancing, classes, art and virtual beer festivals.
Take in this 360-degree view from famous cities with Google Earth Street View:
https://www.timeout.com/travel/14-world-famous-city-views-you-can-see-from-your-sofa
Travel & Leisure has put together a resource of 12 museums around the world that can be found at this link, and this page has a link to 2500 other sites compiled by Google Arts & Travel. Travel & Leisure has also put together virtual tours of national parks.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
Good Housekeeping has compiled a large list of virtual tours of museums, zoos and theme parks:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/travel/a31784720/best-virtual-tours/
Their main website has fitness workouts, crafts, cooking, entertainment and stuff for kids to do.
E Online published these 6 virtual tours including the Paris Catacombs, 31 national parks, Walt Disney World, San Diego Zoo, Winchester Mystery House and The Louvre:
https://www.eonline.com/news/1135389/6-virtual-tours-of-the-world-to-take-without-leaving-your-couch
Taste of Home has a collection of virtual tours of museums, theme parks, zoos and aquariums.
https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/free-virtual-tours/
The New York Metropolitan Opera is streaming their operas while they are closed. www.metopera.org
There is always something to enjoy on YouTube and TED talks too.
Please note that not all tours or streaming will be permanent additions.
Here are some funny memes that will lead you to a whole bunch more:
Dairy Queen sign: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/573153490069304149/
Raccoon and alligator: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/488359153345181095/
Spirit Animal: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/111323422017921931/
This website has a lot of different things in it, much of it funny: www.boredpanda.com
I pulled a few items out for you:
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-jokes-2020
https://www.boredpanda.com/wholesome-uplifting-stories
https://www.boredpanda.com/man-inherits-his-grandfathers-photos-photography-jack-sharp/
https://www.boredpanda.com/cute-adopted-pets-rescue/
As humans, we have the responsibility to care for our planet, ourselves, and each other—all of us, no matter who you are. Let’s work together now for a better future. Unknown
OUT AND ABOUT HOME EDITION
BY: ANNETTE HIGBY