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Artesia Day Spa & Salon
A day at the spa is measured in many ways. The same venue can have a completely different outcome for one person to another, even for the same treatment. The initial greeting, the music, the lighting, the energy of a spa plays a tremendous part in ...

Maple Canyon a Jewel of Nature in Urban Setting
Pleasant Hiking Experience in Uptown San Diego
San Diego County is blessed with many finger canyons lacing throughout the urban areas. Maple Canyon, one of those fingers, starts at the bottom of the hill in ...

Lake Cuyamaca a Paradise for Hikers and Birders
3.5 Mile Amble Makes a Good Hike for All Ages
Squirrel Scopes outHikers; C. Robertson photo...

Spectacular Views and Pleasant Hiking at Crestridge Ecological Reserve
Recovery from Cedar Fire '03
Located approximately 3 miles east of the city of El Cajon, and due north of the community of Crest, the reserve is easily reached at its primary entrance. Exit at Greenfield Drive, off of Highway 8, and head southeast. Turn left on La Cresta Road, left ...

Author of Afoot and Afield Jerry Schad Talks about Hiking Areas after Wildfires
Outdoor Enthusiast Predicts Wildflowers to Grow from Ash of Wildfires
Though it’s already been nearly three months since seven wildfires ripped through the back country and urban areas of San Diego County, the memory of them still burns relentlessly. A drive through the San Pasqual Valley or east of Jamul along ...

Where Did the Water Go? Chapter Three
History in the Future
February 15, 2102, 6:45 P.M. The two hovercrafts settled down in front of a concrete bunker-looking low rise building on Pacific Highway, near the waterfront in San Diego. The old "Port District" sign ...

Where Did the Water Go? Chapter Two
The Future That Might Be
February 15, 2102 – 2:45 P.M. Deflating the living quarters took all morning. George and Judy had "one more picture to take" while Scott and Barry packed up. After two weeks in El Centro ...

Where Did The Water Go?
An Important Subject in Serial Format
[Editor's Note: In the fashion of Dickens release of chapters of "The Pickwick Papers" in separate editions of the The Monthly Magazine in England, we present a tale about water and San Diego from Milton N. Burgess, ...

Cruising: Royal Caribbean vs. Carnival
So you’ve decided you want to take one of those short cruises that includes a Mexico port of call. There are several cruise lines out there to choose from with decisions involving departure cities or number of stops. We put a couple of cruise ...

Skidmarks the Movie
Local Filmmaker Karl Kozak Turns to Comedy
While making his new movie “Skidmarks” that opened this week in San Diego, local filmmaker Karl Kozak discovered that comedy is more fun ...