San Diego's Taste of Downtown 2012: A Ringo Schwag-away

Prepare your tastebuds for the excitement that awaits at San Diego's biggest tasting party!

With over 50 participating San Diego restaurants and establishments hailed from the friendly neighborhoods of East Village, the Gaslamp Quarter, the Financial District, and Horton Plaza, you can sample fare from a tried and true favorite, or give the new hotspot a go!

The generous folks over at McFarlane Promotions have been darling enough to throw some schwag this here way, so I've a pair of giveaway tickets to the 20th Annual Taste of Downtown.

That's right ladies and gents, these are absolute freebies!

It will cost you the A-mazing price of nothingness to win this here pair of tickets for you and your usual suspect.

or you can use your winnings to:

make peace with an enemy

impress a colleague

dazzle a date

connect two friends who have never met

have a Valentine's Day in October

thank your mother for putting up with you

take a finicky kid (or grown-up) to try new foods

hob nob with downtowners

The Taste of Downtown event is set to take place this Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 5-9pm!

To see participating event flyer, click here:

Tickets are valued at $30 apiece in advance/$35 at the door and can be purchased here:

Or you can win them for FREE by adhering to the following:

Rules

1).  Follow this blog (by clicking the 'Join this site' icon in the left sidebar of this blog).

Alternatively, you can click on the 'Follow' link on the far left side of the (nearly black) navigation bar located at the very top of this blogsite. 

If you're already following, a hundred-thousand thank yous! Just follow the next step to enter.

2). Leave a comment describing which San Diego restaurant you are longing to check out

That's all folks! 

A couple of muy importante details:

Prizes are limited to those in the San Diego region as they are indeed hard tickets, printed and ready for hand delivery.

Winners will be automatically generated via Randomizer.org

Contest begins now and ends one week from today on October 5, 2012 at 5:00pm

Winners will be notified here on the eve of October 5th.

Get ready to savor the flavors of downtown San Diego! 

Good luck!!!

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Trash Art Science, Midden Monsters & Steve

Trash?
Look again.

They say one man's trash, is another treasure. This familiar cliché is well suited for the artists behind the current exhibit at The New Children's Museum in San Diego.

Here, you'll find the artistic works created using nothing but the discoverable oddments that are generally considered common trash.

  

Considering the abundance of forgotten refuse at our disposal, I'm particularly impressed with the artist's functional use of yesterday's throwaways. 

Photo Credit: Philipp Scholz Ritterman

The young nephling and I took to the "moo-seum" offerings. 

"Moo-seum" as stated by the clever two year old. 

We participated by building an art sculpture crafted from broken toy parts, making pictures with washed garbage, blowing bubbles,

and by taking part in a Midden Monster making workshop which allowed us to have a look into the devastating impact of plastic trash on the earth's ocean.

 

Midden meaning "refuse heap"

Here, we handcrafted "Steve", our new friend created by knotting and tying pieces of recycled carrier bags, and bits of rubbish. 

for the record "Steve" is on the left

Did you know? 

In the United States, annual production of waste has tripled since 1960.

The average American produces 4.5 pounds of trash on any given day.

 

Less than 1 percent of plastic bags are recycled each year. Recycling one ton of plastic bags costs $4,000. The recycled product can be sold for $32. 

Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times.

The average American office worker uses about 500 disposable cups every year.

We didn't until our visit to the museum!

Photo Credit: earth911.com

Blecch!

Living in the most wasteful nation is a shameful reality, but a critical lesson for anyone, at any age.

It was a good learning day for us kids.

And I'm quite certain that Steve was elated to have been saved from his fate of being forever banished to a state landfill for his remaining days on earth.

I can tell by the smile on his face.

Inspired?

Well then, here's a handy guide for to make your own Midden project:

handy guide

I believe you'll find that making a Midden creature is far more fun than a barrel full of refuse waste. 

You should also note that each San Diego library carries two membership cards good for free admission for two adults and all children in the household to the downtown museum, thanks to a fantastical program called "Check Out the New Children's Museum".

 

A program made possible by $45,000 in sponsorships from Qualcomm and the Ford Motor Co. Fund.

Thanks, you two!

Passes are good for ten days, and there's a waiting list. Well worth the wait however, as tickets can be pricey.

How refreshing it to see artists combining scrapbits and sweepings into science, art and heaps of enjoyment for all.

For further information visit:

http://thinkplaycreate.org/trash/

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San Diego Restaurants: Free Ticket Giveaway for Taste of Downtown 2011

Prepare your tastebuds for the excitement that awaits at San Diego's biggest tasting party!

With over 50 participating San Diego restaurants from the Gaslamp Quarter, East Village and Financial District, you can sample fare from a tried and true favorite, or give the new hotspot a go!

The generous folks over at McFarlane Promotions have been darling enough to throw some schwag this here way, so I've two pairs of giveaway tickets to the 12 Annual Taste of Downtown-2011

That's right ladies and gents, these are absolute freebies! It will cost you the A-mazing price of nothingness to win a pair of tickets here for you and your usual suspect.

or you can use your winnings to:

make peace with an enemy
impress a colleague
dazzle a date
connect two friends who have never met
have a Valentine's Day in September
thank your mother for putting up with you
take a finicky kid (or grown-up) to try new foods
hob nob with downtowners

The Taste of Downtown event is set to take place this Thursday September 8, 2011 from 5-9!

click to see participating event flyer

Tickets are valued at $30 apiece in advance/$35 at the door and can be purchased here

Or you can win them for FREE by adhering to the following:

Rules

1).  Follow this blog (by clicking the 'Join this site' icon in the left sidebar of this blog)

Alternatively, you can click on the 'Follow' link on the far left side of the (nearly black) navigation bar located at the very top of this blogsite. 

If you're already following, a hundred-thousand thank yous! Just follow the next step to enter.

2). Leave a comment describing which San Diego restaurant you are longing to check out

That's all folks! 

A couple of muy importante details:

Prizes are limited to those in the San Diego region as they are indeed hard tickets, printed and ready for hand delivery.

Winners will be automatically generated via Randomizer.org

Contest begins now and ends on September 7, 2011 at 5:00pm

Winners will be notified here on the eve of September 7.

Get ready to savor the flavors of downtown San Diego 

Good luck!!!

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