Blog entries - January 2010

Flight 182 - Learning important lessons

Gladys — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:59:23 +0100

I moved into my first North Park home in 1985/1986. It was just a few years after the infamous San Diego PSA crash of 1978. We had rented a small rear-house on Boundary which is close to where the crash occurred; in the vicinity of Dwight & Nile near Chris' Market on Myrtle & Boundary. I was a young woman in my early 20's back then, and while I knew of the tragic event as did everyone in San Diego, I was a busy and preoccupied young mother with other more "important" things on my mRead More...

Word and deed

oldsoul — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:07:22 +0100

I took a good deal of time away from blogging. Which, in retrospect, wasn't a great thing to do when I said I would write something each week. Such is life, I guess. The freedom to say you will do something and not follow through is a luxury for run of the mill people like me. I am not saying it is the right thing to do, but I definitely get more of a pass than our public officials or educators or government types do. So that brings me to my topic today, what are the politicians saying tRead More...

Thunder & Lighting...oh my!

Gladys — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:50:04 +0100

It's been a scary week in our little corner of North Park.
First, we can barely even walk our dogs around the block due to dodging all those flying palm frongs.
Getting across Upas & Grim today was like crossing a river.

Worst of all, and this is bad, our landscaping bark has all floated down the street.
Another testamRead More...

Housing trends in 92104

Chloe & George — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:40:22 +0100

Last week Chloe mentioned that we had put an offer on a North Park home and were awaiting the results. Well, after much excitement and financial chess, we ended the game casualties of a bidding war. So the search continues, but we learned quite a bit in the process.

For instance one interesting relatively recent trend in 92104 is that the listing price and selling price of a home seem to be currently converging, meaning sellers are getting about what they are asking for whRead More...

What the heck is Hal's Pharmacy?!?

Gladys — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:45:42 +0100

Ever drive by, like me, and wonder what it is that happens inside Hal's Pharmacy? It's such an unassuming, nondescript storefront. I've always known it had something to do with compounding...but what exactly is compounding, anyway? Well, a woman who has worked with Hal for 15 years, Debra, shared some interesting information with me about the place. Mystery solved.Read More...

Can we afford to live here?

Chloe & George — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:58:24 +0100

One of the biggest and most exciting New Year’s Resolutions George and I came up for 2010 is to buy a house. We’ve been living in North Park for about 4 years, renting a house that we absolutely adore. However we figure that now is a great time to make a very adult decision and buy our first home. It was just our luck to run into a very enRead More...

Home Brewing...old fashioned fun

Omar Passons — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:14:26 +0100

At the Holiday Party in December, one of the gifts that was part of the Opportunity Drawing was a new beer-brewing kit from Home Brews & Gardens (our newest member business). Some friends of ours won the kit but were already amateur brewmasters so they went in and got an exchange for some beer-making products. This is a brief tale of our adventures in North Park beer-making.

North Park Gift Shops

Gladys — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:26:35 +0100

I recently bought a very affordable birthday gift at Lady of the Lake New Age Books & Gifts on University Ave; a pretty glass fairy for hanging in a window.

They carry tons of incense, candles, jewelry, posters, books, windchimes, and more. I'm not into the "new age" thing, but found lots of cooRead More...