tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372415612026-04-10T00:25:42.844-07:00san diego: dialed inRosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.comBlogger8134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-47646103961199051692026-04-09T06:00:00.000-07:002026-04-09T06:00:00.118-07:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 9-Wednesday, April 15, 2026: Weatherbox | FKA Twigs | Witch Face | miniaturized | Devotional | Colin Hay | SDMA Showcases | Habibi | The Messengers | Royel Otis | Dale Watson | Sutton James | OB Cliff Walk at Sunset
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but tac day is right around the corner, so this is kinda your last weekend to get'em done if you haven't already. I say this, obvuously, because I have not and I'm stressing. But it will all be okay, not like I'm raking in the dough over here, but I plan to spend most of the weekend relaxing, including another Orca Yoga sessionRosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-73445417597454303112026-04-02T06:00:00.000-07:002026-04-07T00:31:41.204-07:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, April 2-Wednesday, April 8, 2026: Marshall Crenshaw | Pump Action | Wallice | Schizophonics | Saintseneca | NP Festival Of Beers | Bay Faction | Elise Trouw | H8BB | DAIISTAR | Pink Turns Blue | Casualties | Years Around The Sun | Extended San Diego Zoo Hours end on Sunday, April 4
It's Easter weekend, which as a reformed Catholic means almost nothing to me, but it's also my parents' anniversary weekend which also means we just passed the anniversary of my sister-in-law dying from breast cancer and we're coming up on the anniversary of my dad's death, which happened two weeks after her passing. It's hard to Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-67937183637031633632026-03-26T06:00:00.000-07:002026-04-02T01:04:19.186-07:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, March 26-Wednesday, April 1, 2026: Girl In A Coma | Bad Cop Bad Cop | House of Heavy | Tiltwheel | Digable Planets | NO KINGS MARCHES | Creature Canyon | Charlie Parr | Sarah Kinsley |
I had planned to go on another camping trip with Darren and his work but the dates got pushed back and I have to work, so no camping for me after all. I'm a little disappointed, though with gas through the roof and my minor ear infection, maybe staying home in pajamas isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm currently following the Kelsey Fitzsimmons trial in Massachusetts and there's Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-2406875079651309642026-03-25T23:37:00.000-07:002026-03-25T23:38:59.683-07:00Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: Outta Control Ticket Prices | Rattlesnake Season | SD Lowering Speed Limits | SDZWA Gets Lease Extension | Beware Mosquitoes |
Darren is out of town and it's so funny because I cannot remember the last time I was home alone. He's traveled before but I don't think since Toby's been in college. It's strange, even though he's often asleep when I'm up working or writing or whatever anyway. I hope he's enjoying his trip to Ocotillo and that his students stay in line. In the meantime, I am looking forward to the Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-51034665874984787112026-03-19T06:00:00.000-07:002026-03-19T12:30:49.901-07:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, March 19-Wednesday, March 25, 2026: Liz Cooper | Marissa Nadler | Emo Nite | Radium Dolls | The White Buffalo | Alex Bergan | Bre Kennedy | Jesse Welles | Serengeti | Redd Kross | PEACHES | The Third Mind | Denny trying to keep cool during a winter San Diego heatwave
I was fully consumed by the Kouri Richins murder case on my LawTube for the past few weeks, so after she was convicted on all counts on Monday, it felt like I needed to decompress, even though I literally have nothing at all to do with any of it. I guess that's how people feel with sportsball and their favorite teams or Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-31182043946829838742026-03-12T06:00:00.000-07:002026-03-12T06:00:00.114-07:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, March 12-Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Slady | Elefante | Twin Ritual | moondaddy | Margo Price | Creepy Creeps | Fitz & The Tantrums | CRSSD | Ally Nicholas | Son Little | Nefesh Mountain |
I had to get listings done a little early this week because I can never count on my merch nights leaving me enough time to get them done and I had two this week; Rio Kosta at the Casbah and Band of Skulls at Music Box. I was happy to get them mostly done enough on Monday that I spent all of Tuesday at the Safari Park, finally checking out the new Elephant Valley. It really is a Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-71814906720668354652026-03-05T06:00:00.000-08:002026-03-06T00:03:43.290-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, March 5-Wednesday, March 11, 2026: Bad Bad Hats | Gurriers | Aimee Mann | Lala Lala | SoundCheck Flix Party | Grieves | Donny Benet | NIN | RIO KOSTA | Band of Skulls | Shannon McNally |
Earlier this week, a friend of mine showed me a post from some dude who was like "it's just so hard to find things to do in San Diego, so I've made a website to do just that!" or something to that effect. Good luck, Buddy! Hope that works out for you.😂This site will turn 20 years old in November. It's been a nice week, I mean, if you ignore all the parts about people continuing Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-40359616040968436322026-03-05T01:06:00.000-08:002026-03-05T01:08:18.130-08:00Rosey's Diary & Newsy Bits: SDZWA Opens Elephant Valley (Don't Say His Name) + Zoo Lease Extension To Be Heard In Council on Monday | SDPD Ends Press Pass Program | Traffic Stops Down/Traffic Deaths Up | Voters Will See Controversial City Budget Items On Ballot | SeaWorld Acquires Two Female Walruses | Kora, a new SeaWorld Walrus (Taken 3.4.26)
I decided I would get a quickie post up instead of continuing to gather news and links. I have to be real, I can't really even watch news right now. We're bombing the shit out of Iran, ICE is still out here running amok, everyone in the Epstein files is still being protected except for the actual victims, and instead of fearing what TFG is Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-45904097405475486072026-02-26T06:00:00.000-08:002026-03-03T22:19:19.968-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, February 26-Wednesday, March 4, 2026: Night Blooms | Violent Femmes | Makeout Reef | Matt Pryor | Band Argument | A Wilhelm Scream | Yellow Days | Cochemea | Allie Paige | Sturdivant | Indigo De Souza |
I'm beat. I just got home from a quick camping trip in the desert. I was not planning on 90+ degrees in February, but Darren was going for work, so I met up with his group for camping, then went my own way on Wednesday to hit The Living Desert, which sadly got rid of their reciprocal membership pricing, meaning it might be a long time before I go back even though it's a lovely place. So yeah, Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-3499175932388781402026-02-19T06:00:00.000-08:002026-02-21T21:10:38.667-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, February 19-Wednesday, February 25, 2026: Benefit for Soda Bar Dave | Sudan Archives | Cold Cave | rum.gold | Rebirth Brass Band | Steve Poltz | Tim Lowman Celebration of Life | SDMA Nominee Announcement Show | Noeline Hoffman |
There's so much to pack in this week and weekend, no matter what the weather may bring, but I thought I'd highlight the benefit for Dave Castaneda at Soda Bar on Thursday night. Times of San Diego did a nice little article about it, but Dave's been a good friend for a long time, and though I'll be working at Music Box, if you can make it out to support this benefit, I know he'll Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-36061750734002098872026-02-17T00:51:00.000-08:002026-02-17T00:53:15.202-08:00Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: San Diego Chases Bad Ideas With Worse | Paid Parking Installed Along ECB, Adams, More | Will Our Police Protect Us From ICE? | Rady's Gender Clinic Must Continue Care |
I mentioned that I had a pretty great week last week. After seeing Dan Mangan and Israel Nebeker (Blind Pilot) at Soda Bar on Sunday, I couldn't get their songs out of my head, which gave me the perfect excuse to go to LA. When it was raining on Wednesday morning, I thought it a great sign to drive up to spend the day at the LA Zoo, figuring the rain would drive down crowds. I was Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-16602798154245518432026-02-12T06:00:00.000-08:002026-02-13T10:58:50.108-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, February 12-Wednesday, February 18, 2026: Blackwater Holylight | ALO | Los Yesterdays | The Loons | Squirrel Nut Zippers | DENM | Heartbreaker's Ball | Valentine's Day | Mardi Gras | Cat Power |
Another edition of Rosey gets a wild hair. I spent the rainy morning of Wednesday driving to LA to spend the day at the zoo, and now find myself writing this from The Moroccan Lounge to see Dan Mangan and Israel Nebeker again. Their show on Sunday at Soda Bar was incredible and I knew there was a good chance I could just grab a ticket at the door. I don't exactly have a plan after... Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-68634589605719294382026-02-05T06:00:00.000-08:002026-02-05T06:00:00.123-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, February 5-Wednesday, February 11, 2026: shame | Cayucas | Stephen Brodsky | Fat, Evil Children | Say She She | Emo Night Karoake | Styletones | Rural Alberta Advantage | Dan Mangan & Israel Nebeker | New Lionfish at Seaworld in the Bay AquariumThe passage of time these days seems to be marked by whatever fucked up crazy thing this administration will do next or finding out another friend has passed. While we lost constant contact, there was a time when Nick BK and I spoke on the phone every day. He seemed to be doing well and I don't know the circumstances of his passing, but my condolences Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-10695241722231241882026-01-29T06:00:00.000-08:002026-01-29T21:53:06.571-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, January 29-Wednesday, February 4, 2026: The Album Leaf | Snooper | Mayrig | The Antlers | Tropical Fuck Storm | JD Simo | Andy Frasco | The Black Heart Procession | Triptides | Axolotl at Sea World (taken 1.28.26)
Man, I got so fired up about San Diego politics today, that I almost forgot I actually have to finish off my listings with a little verbal vomit and actually hit publish. So here's the news: the San Diego City Council Rules Committee didn't move to council items repealing paid parking on Sundays in Balboa Park (though Raul Campillo tried to Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-23621608811590045212026-01-27T00:24:00.000-08:002026-01-28T04:19:20.736-08:00Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: How's PAID PARKING going? NOT FUCKING WELL. | SD Identifies Most Dangerous Intersections | Keep Waymo Out Of San Diego | ICE Murders Need To Stop | Maned Wolf Cora and a pup (Taken 1.23.26)
In case you missed it while you were trying to celebrate the New Year, the CDC switched up vaccine schedules for infants, children, and adolescents, and in case you missed it, because you were watching ICE attack, beat, shoot, and kill unarmed people, the County and other counties and the State of California all clapped back. It's crazy Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-73070467665385204942026-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:002026-01-22T12:29:13.517-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, January 22-Wednesday, January 28, 2026: Pinback | JMSN | Monster Rally | Shannon Shaw | Wand | Inspector | Steve Gunn | The Dimes | Madison Cunningham | Hannah Juanita | Dinner at Pizano's in Chicago on 1.17.26
I mentioned I was going on a trip. So now I'm back from Chicago, still will my unpacked bag and piles of the stuff I wanted to take but had to cull from the load. As it is, I ended up buying a new suitcase while I was there because a backpack and a tote are just not big enough to carry enough clothes to stay warm in 8°. If you watched the Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-39734528534517931452026-01-15T06:00:00.000-08:002026-01-15T13:20:45.155-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, January 15-Wednesday, January 21, 2026: Lion Cut | Emo Nite | Braxton Cook | Leavers | Mariachi El Bronx | Eric Hutchinson | Hauntu | City Of The Sun | Pinback | Fuzz | Maned Wolf (first-time mom) Cora Carries one of her three pups in her mouth to orient it to the habitat at San Diego Zoo. (1.12.26)
I'm a little glad it's a bit of the slow time of year because listings don't take me quite as long these days so I have more time to read all the things about how paid parking at Balboa Park is backfiring spectacularly (as I said it would in three separateRosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-12776120481711966832026-01-08T06:00:00.000-08:002026-01-08T20:04:46.341-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, January 8-Wednesday, January 14, 2025: Bowie Birthday | Band Argument | Laser Disco Drum Orgy | RJD2 | Adolescents | Weatherbox | Jim Ward | The Dimes | Odessa Kane |
Now that the kid is back in school and Darren is back at work, I thought I'd be chillin hard at home alone. But I thought wrong. The ADUs being constructed next door are almost done, but their crew shows up at 6:30 every morning and by 7 is in full blown construction noise along with the project manager parking his monster truck and blaring the radio to the construction site...like 12Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-52582623649606603382026-01-02T06:32:00.000-08:002026-01-02T06:42:52.540-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, January 2-Wednesday, January 7, 2026: Starcrawler & Plague Vendor | Java Joes Reunion Show | Swami Sound System | Poncho Sanchez | The Devastators | Duran Duran | Back To The Garden |
So I didn't post listings on Thursday since I'd included it on last week's events. And then I went to the Zoo bright and shiny in the morning on New Year's Day for several hours, then I went home and coerced Darren and Toby to stack in the van to go to Seaworld so we could watch the Holiday Bowl Marching Bands and Cheer Squads in a little band battle. It was the cutest nerdiest Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-62931598706073172032025-12-31T02:02:00.000-08:002025-12-31T02:15:38.166-08:00Rosey's Diary & Newsy Things: NYE | San Diego 2026: GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER | Zoo Goss | Everyone Is Sick | RIP Tim Lowman |
It's been a few weeks since the last diary post and while I always intend to write some deep and thoughtful wrapup of the year, there's always something...my cat went missing and then after more than 2 months, we found her deceased, almost literally next door, and then the holidays snuck up, and I've been going to the Zoo and Seaworld on the regular, and then I've had this pain in my Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-50142395738121571682025-12-25T06:00:00.000-08:002025-12-31T01:02:46.615-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Friday, December 26, 2025-Thursday, January 1, 2026: Big Sandy | B-Side Players | Mumford & Sons | Funky But Chic | Barefoot Hockey Goalie | Paul Cauthen | Slacker | NYE | Starcrawler & Plague Vendor | My not-so-little friend, Denny, who turns 11 on 12.26.25
The thing they don't tell you when you have a tightly wound college kid is that the second they come home from living on campus and have a minute to catch their breath, they're gonna get sick. So Toby came home and was sickly and now it's Christmas Eve and I'm fighting with all my might not to catch whatever he had. It means I Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-42812108177349504412025-12-18T06:00:00.000-08:002025-12-24T17:57:12.962-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, December 18-Thursday, December 25, 2025: Manual Scan | Urethane | Save Ferris | Gary Shuffledust | Emo Nite | Band Argument | El Vez | EXILE ON KETTNER BLVD |
I am completely checked out for the holidays. I still have work...an annoyingly abundance of it, actually, as every agent feels like they need to 'check in' on their shows 2 and 3 and 4 months out, even though they know that nobody is buying tickets for April a week before Christmas. But that's beside the point. I'm feeling the Christmas spirit and just want to be out in sweaters and Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-84902670249651754152025-12-11T06:00:00.000-08:002025-12-11T06:00:00.118-08:00Things To Do San Diego: Thursday, December 11-Wednesday, December 17, 2025: The Slackers | Har Mar Superstar | Hasan & Ronny | Rose City Band | Electric Guest | & Loads of Holiday Fun!
Once again, I really fucked up my sleep schedule to get my listings done on Tuesday so I could go to the Andy Bell show at Music Box and imbibe in some adult beverages, so I'm just gonna post and say that I did my best to get it all in because obviously I didn't do a separated page for holiday stuff. Maybe next year. I'm sure there's plenty of fun to be found for you and your Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-79668282342400326892025-12-04T06:00:00.000-08:002025-12-05T02:01:05.716-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Thursday, December 4-Wednesday, December 10, 2025: Holiday Celebrations + | Shane Hall | Agriculture | Jonathan Richman | Matte Blvck | Aterciopelados | Say Anything | Vienna Teng | Safe Mind | Andy Bell |
I was gonna do a full blown diary post, but I'll just do it here, since everything is connected anyway and I'm sleepy. Today I found out that the San Diego Zoo parking lot is no longer a free lot for December Nights at Balboa Park. Even though I was told that Zoo Members will just have to show membership to park free for the weekend, it still feels like I was kind of blindsided by Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37241561.post-85277809132066764202025-11-29T23:12:00.000-08:002025-11-29T23:14:55.255-08:00Things To Do In San Diego: Sunday, November 30-Wednesday, December 3, 2025: Reggae Brunch Matinee | The Frights | Mdou Moctar | David Benoit | Frank Meyer | Two Runner |
I had a couple additions and modifications to this week's listings, so I figured I would repost for ease of access. The photo is my favorite section of lights at Seaworld. Love you. Stay safe out there. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Sunday, November 30, 2025:A Reggae Brunch Matinee Benefit for Emma Beat & King Dutty: Unsteady, Mochilero All Stars, JRoy Rosemary Bystrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12261917303245243538noreply@blogger.com0