It’s time to roll back the clock and celebrate one of the icons of San Diego’s cityscape, Balboa Park, and the lavish world’s fair that helped define it.
Balboa Park itself dates back to the late 1860s—it was initially known simply as “City Park”—but it really blossomed during the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition. A hundred years later, San [...]

Looking for a driving tour that hits up many of San Diego’s great landmarks while providing a fine introduction to the area’s scenery and cultural vibe?
Well, good news: You’ve got just the thing in San Diego’s official “auto safari,” the 59-Mile Drive! From the heart of downtown to gorgeous coastline caressed by Pacific sea breezes, this [...]

It’s time again for one of the indisputable high points of the sun-dazzled San Diego summer: the San Diego County Fair! That means it’s time to book yourself a room at the Sofia Hotel so you can be perfectly situated to take in all the action down at the fairgrounds.
And this year’s fair is extra-special, [...]

Who’s ready to celebrate our big, beautiful, precious, and fragile Mother Earth?
San Diego boasts the world’s biggest free yearly environmental fair, and if you’re staying at the Sofia Hotel in late April you’ll have the chance to attend. On Sunday, April 27, EarthFair 2014—put on as usual by the non-profit group San Diego EarthWorks—will teach children and adults [...]

When the skies are looking a bit leaky over San Diego, there are few better places to seek shelter than the Old Globe Theatre, one of America’s foremost theatre companies.
Actually, the Old Globe is just as inviting on one of our city’s standard postcard-perfect days, too. (And it’s worth noting