Jim's blog about Mission Valley and San Diego

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2009 

City Scene is a large condominium complex at the western section of Mission Valley in San Diego, California. City Scene is up on the northern bluffs overlooking Mission Valley, so many of its units have amazing views of Mission Valley -- Qualcomm Stadium (home of the San Diego Chargers) to the e...
07/31/2009
Mission Valley Terraces is a condominium complex at the west end of Mission Valley in San Diego, California. Within minutes of Mission Valley Terraces is downtown San Diego, including Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres; historic Old Town San Diego; Qualcomm Stadium, home of the San Diego C...
07/28/2009
When we first got Zoey the Cool Cat (picture at right), she had a tendency to keep me up at night since I'm a fairly light sleeper. Fortunately, my marketing guru keeps the same hours as Zoey the Cool Cat, hours punctuated by cat naps here and there, but my mom, who has a lot of experience with ...
07/28/2009
The Franciscan is a condominium complex just west of State Highway 163 in Mission Valley in San Diego, California. The Franciscan is directly across the street from world-class shopping at Fashion Valley Mall, where you can also catch the San Diego Trolley for Old Town and further points south, ...
07/27/2009
As part of my birthday weekend last week, I went to the San Diego Zoo. I've been going about once a week, usually for just an hour or so as a way to simply relax in the middle of the hustle and bustle (and Russel?) that is San Diego. On this particular day, one of the Zookeepers was feeding the ...
07/26/2009
Presidio Mirage is a condominium complex at the west end of Mission Valley in San Diego, California. It is within walking distance of Sea World, Fiesta Island, and much of Mission Bay, as well as the University of San Diego, Riverwalk Golf Course, and Fashion Valley Mall. You can catch the San D...
07/25/2009
One of the reasons why Mission Valley condos are so popular is because Mission Valley is centrally located in San Diego. Within a thirty-mile radius of your Mission Valley condo is about 80% of everything that San Diego has to offer: Go north, and you'll find Quail Botanical Gardens, Legoland, t...
07/24/2009
We all know that governments leave a little to be desired when it comes to logic (a little?). San Diego in April 1993 claimed that they wanted more people to live and work downtown, so they set about doing things that would bring more people downtown, such as finally getting a major grocery store...
07/23/2009
The Bluffs is a condominium complex at the west end of Mission Valley in San Diego, California. It is within walking distance of Fashion Valley Mall and directly across the street from the Riverwalk Golf Club, and you can catch the San Diego Trolley at the Fashion Valley Mall for points east and...
07/23/2009
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I've always found it interesting that pruning a tree or a bush causes it to put out a ton more branches than what were just cut off. I guess it's the plant's way of getting back at people for taking part of it away. In some cases, pruning can cause new branches to grow at extraordinary rates, som...
07/22/2009
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