Scene

Check out Trummerflora Collective—large, active, eclectic group of experimental musicians, composers, dancers etc.

• San Diego Zoo (world famous zoo with guerilla, orangutang and bonobo families)

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

• Birch Aquarium at Scripps (research center with excellent displays, on the beach in La Jolla) http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/visitor/

• Sea World (over-the-top commercial: huge and glitzy)

• Balboa Park: The nation’s largest urban cultural park. Home to 15 major museums, renowned performing arts venues, beautiful gardens and the San Diego Zoo, the Park has an ever-changing calendar of museum exhibitions, plays, musicals, concerts, and classes.

http://www.balboapark.org/

• MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown & La Jolla (excellent, cutting edge art)

Phone (858)454-3541

http://www.mcasd.org

• The Beaches!! (surfing is an important part of local culture. There are several major beach areas in the city, all with unique personality (all have surfing, surfing lessons & equipment rental):

Ocean Beach: old Bohemian, head shops, public fishing pier (an international scene with ordinary folks from all over fishing for their dinner at all hours of the day & night). This is colorful, not slick. Mission Beach & Pacific Beach: These two beaches are the party beaches. Heavy youth orientation. Drinking is legal on the beach (no glass), several kilometers of board walks, indigenous roller blade culture etc. La Jolla: gorgeous, wealthy, picture postcard, underwater wildlife preserve (great for snorkelling), ocean kayak rental, great for walking, many places to lie on the grass or the sand. La Jolla village a short walk from beach—upscale restaurants, clothing, galleries etc. MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) – short walk from beach.