| San Diego's mix offers fine time to visitorsSAN DIEGO--A city with a split personality, San Diego is conservative, yet laid back; prosperous, yet far from smug. With its diverse characteristics, this city by the sea has much to offer visitors looking to mix of work and leisure... MORE
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| Home to beauty as well as the beastsA 1,200-acre melting pot of culture, art, architecture, horticulture, science history and zoology, San Diego's Balboa Park has something for everyone.
Among the largest urban cultural centers in the nation, Balboa Park is home to... MORE |
| Explore San Diego's wild sideLovers of both land and sea creatures have many options in San Diego to explore the animal kingdom.
The San Diego Zoo, located in the city's lush Balboa Park, is home to more than 4,000 animals and 800 species. While a trip to the zoo... MORE |
| Aircraft carrier serves as a museumSan Diego--Commissioned in 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Midway now is a floating museum docked at San Diego's Navy Pier.
Many firsts are noted for the ship. According to the USS Midway Museum, the Midway was the first aircraft... MORE |
| New exhibit at aquariumSAN DIEGO--A trip to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps in La Jolla, Calif., is a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours away from the RIMS conference.
As with any aquarium, there are huge saltwater tanks filled with colorful fish from around the world... MORE |
| Mexican border town suffers tourism slump due to violenceTijuana, Mexico--Revolution Avenue in Tijuana, Mexico, is a lot like a carnival. People on the street try to get you to come inside their shops, offering you prescription drugs without the prescription, cheap... MORE
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| Tijuana shops offer Mexican handcrafts
Steve Esteban, owner of Cinco de Mayo, a small shop along Revolution Avenue in Tijuana, Mexico, takes pride in the fact that he sells only items made in Mexico... MORE |
| Coastal San Diego offers endless breathtaking viewsSAN DIEGO--San Diego's proximity to the ocean and its eclectic geography--bays, isthmuses, rugged shorelines, mountains and jagged cliffs--make it a city of breathtaking views.
There are places to watch the sunset... MORE |
| Downtown San Diego sees development boomSan Diego--It's been four years since the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. took over the Convention Center in San Diego and that's all it took for "America's Finest City" to become...well, finer.
Once a sun-washed beachside... MORE |
| San Diego offers dining extravaganzaFrom the outside, Cafe Pacifica, in San Diego's Old Town neighborhood, doesn't look like a fancy seafood restaurant. It's surrounded by fast-casual restaurants and shops selling Indian jewelry, and there are a lot of young people... MORE
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| When only a burger will doSometimes, all you want is a burger. Not some "gourmet" burger adorned with avocado slices and pineapple-balsamic reduction. Not a burger that's only selling point is that it's bigger than your head. Just a good hamburger or cheeseburger... MORE
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