My Town Monday: The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights

It's the holiday season. You're in San Diego. What can you do to celebrate that is uniquely us?

THE SAN DIEGO BAY PARADE OF LIGHTS!

We're talking roughly 80 boats, all lit up, cruising the San Diego Bay for about 1 1/2 hours. The parade starts with fireworks at 5:30 pm at Shelter Island and ends at the Ferry Dock, Buoy 22A, Coronado Island around 7:30 pm. Here's the actual schedule.

This year, the parade runs two Sunday evenings (Dec. 13 and Dec. 20).

Believe it or not, I have NEVER seen the Parade of Lights. I think everyone else in my family has, though.

I'd like to view the boats from the Berkeley Passenger Ferry Boat (built 1890, moored at the Embarcadero and part of the San Diego Maritime Museum). Apparently, from the Berkeley, you get a close-up view of the parade around 6:30 pm AND a buffet dinner. Sounds like a winning combo!

For reservations on the Berkeley, call (619) 234-9153 extension 101 or sign up online at the San Diego Maritime website. I'm posting this info as much for me as for you. ;) MAYBE I'll get a chance to go on the 20th. But maybe not as next weekend is crazy-busy for me. Which is probably the case every year and explains why I still haven't been!

Please pop over to the My Town Monday blog to see what the rest of the gang is up to!

AND CHANGING TOPICS....Have you ever visited Tabitha at Writer Musings? She's delightful, forces me to answer interesting interview questions and is GENEROUSLY GIVING AWAY a copy of i so don't do spooky AND a copy of i so don't do mysteries!! Click here for the interview. Thank you, Tabitha! (Although I generally don't like to admit that I get stuck when writing! ha!)

Also, The Happy Nappy Bookseller has a giveaway of i so don't do mysteries through today.

So, off you go. Go comment at Writer Musings and on The Happy Nappy Bookseller's blog and win books.




sources:
http://www.sdparadeoflights.org/
http://www.sdparadeoflights.org/event_schedule.shtml
http://sandiego.about.com/od/familyfun/tp/tp_holiday.htm
http://www.ecoronado.com/profiles/blogs/san-diego-bay-parade-of-lights?xg_source=activity

Very quick post to say....

The signing at Santee's Barnes and Noble this evening was a HUGE success!! HUGE! Thank you one and all for the support and especially thank you to Kate of B&N who set up the event and Heather Bloomfield who did all the publicity work for the fundraiser. Great job, ladies!!

Go here to win a copy of Go the Happy Nappy Bookseller's blog to win a signed copy of i so don't do mysteries. The contest is open until Monday.

And...Teens Read Too gave i so don't do spooky a FIVE-star rating! Click here for the Teens Read Too review

Mood:

interviews and reviews! Ta da!

Not sure who out of you guys reads The Happy Nappy Bookseller's blog. If you do, you already know she's an independent thinker with an interesting take on life.

Here's The Happy Nappy Bookseller's review of i so don't do spooky. She loved it! Yay!

And here's her interview with moi and a holiday giveaway! You'll like the questions.


Also, come visit me at Eileen Cook's blog where I'm being grilled. You know how wild and crazy that woman is. I certainly know it now that I shared a room with her in Oklahoma City last September! Anyway, Eileen had the audacity to ask me what I was like as a teen!!! And in case you missed that delightful photo of me at 16 years old posted by Sarah Laurence, Eileen tossed it up on her blog.

**I'll be signing at the Santee Barnes & Noble (9938 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee, CA) from 6-8 pm today Friday, Dec. 11. And doing a little presentation with the police detective I call to help me with research. It's a fundraiser for our school, so please mention Carlton Oaks when you check out, and B&N will donate 20% of your purchase back to the school. Please come visit! :)**