“Grilled brioche french toast with agave nectar

or baby spinach salad with candied walnuts…”

We’re sitting  at the newest breakfast & lunch cafe in the uber popular Cedros Design District, trying to decide if we are saints or sinners. Do we watch our waistlines, or opt for watching each other smile as we pay a visit to the french? Only open a mere three weeks ago, the Lockwood Table Cafe is already garnering RAVE reviews and has a healthy following. And the Beach Patrol always follows the coastal buzz…

“Decisions, decisions…”

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“Sun + Party = Good Times”

A Solana Beach favorite, the 30th annual Fiesta del Sol is back at Fletcher Cove June 6 & 7th, and it’s bigger than ever! Take a walk in the sun, or a stroll after dark and support causes like the FACE Foundation, our angels in waiting to four footed friends in dire need.  Bring your family or come solo, the Fiesta del Sol is the place to be this weekend

Streets full of vendors from A to Z line up flush with freebies, giveaways, free advice, news, neat tips and helpful solutions and causes. Get your fair food fix on with the requisite gastronomic delights like kielbasa dogs, kettle corn, and sticky gooey sweet things. Who cares if the pants won’t fit on a day like this!  Roaming around a street fair is akin to comfort food…

“Live Music + People = Spontaneous Dancing”

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“Caffeine Anyone?”

When moving to a new community, one can become overwhelmed just trying to find new places, recommendations and the like. While it is tempting to just ignore the dilemma with frequent visits to the beach, well, at some point you’re going to have other needs…like coffee?

Take some advice from SanDiegoSunCoast.com’s revered Beach Patrol. An easy way to get your finger on the pulse of a community is at your local neighborhood coffee emporium.

“And we DON’T mean Starbucks!”

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“Solana Beach is trying to make a bluff plan…”

As the last city on the San Diego coast to enact a Local Coastal Program to fit into to the greater plan of development and preservation maintained by the California Coastal Commission, years of dispute in Solana Beach regarding seawalls and beach preservation might be coming to an agreement.  But at what cost?

“Failure is NOT an option”

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