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Here’s To Summer Happy Hour: The Lonsdale
Over the last couple of weeks, San Diego’s weather has made its decisive “no more rain for six months” move into our long summer. And much like the necessary wardrobe alterations, the change of seasons also calls for a switch … Continue reading
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Tagged Basil, Bombay Sapphire, Cocktail, gin, happy hour, happy summer, Lemon juice, lonsdale, lonsdale cocktail, san diego, summer drinks
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Dog, with mustard
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Tagged dogs, english pointer, morning, penny, pointer, pun, san diego, spring
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Penny’s Big Day
It was a big day around The Aerie yesterday – Penny’s 3rd Birthday! We celebrated by signing up for a 5k Walk/Run to benefit one of the local animal hospitals and shelters. Lost in the fine print of the sign-up … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Birthday Girl, charity, del mar, Dog, dog walk, penny, Pets, pointer, san diego, the aerie
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Charged Up
When our fledgling company moved to different (larger, nicer) lab space last year, it changed my commute. I lost the freeway portion of the drive and have one that is 100% surface streets and stoplights. It takes less time, and … Continue reading
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Tagged active e, activeE, bmw, BMW Concept ActiveE, Charging station, Electric car, hybrid car, Mini-E, new car, san diego, southern california
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Top Cats
Now, it’s probably no surprise to anyone that stops by here that we claim to be “dog people”. So, it was a nice change of pace the other day when we took a trip to San Diego’s Balboa Park to … Continue reading
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Tagged balboa park, beckoning cat, Cat, christmas, Japan, maneki neko, ManekiNeko, money cat, out and about, san diego
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Star Struck
Lost amid the packings and re-packings of a life was a picture that I drew in the third grade. My teacher, Mrs. Bacon (seriously), had asked us to draw ourselves as adults in the profession that we most wanted to … Continue reading
Slave Attractions?
My cousin and his wife love animals and when she had a recent birthday my cousin asked his wife what she wanted. “I want to see animals,” she replied. So, to see animals, they came to San Diego for a … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, animals, killer whale, orca, people are stupid, PETA, san diego, san diego zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, sea world, wild animal park
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Occupations
This weekend, the Occupy Wall Street movement turned up in the normally quiet and too-relaxed-to-really-get-upset-about-anything San Diego. Over the weekend several hundred people took to a park near City Hall and began camping out. They’ve had marches, speeches, and music. … Continue reading
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Tagged demonstration, Employment, Higher education, jobs, occupy san diego, Occupy Wall Street, san diego, society, Wall Street
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Chaparral Time
One thing we’ve begun to notice over the past several months is that Penny isn’t quite as worn out by our morning walk to the top of Mt Miramar as she used to be, and that she is almost always … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerie, chaparral, hiking, penny, pointer, san diego, the aerie
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Front Page Penny
It’s been a couple of good months for Penny’s Publicity Officer. Today there is an article in our local San Diego paper (SD Union Tribune) which ran a story about our company and one of the programs that we’re working … Continue reading
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Tagged dog days of summer, famous dog, penny, pointer, san diego, San Diego Union-Tribune, science, work
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