Delores Fisher's April Spring 2019 Photo Moments

Hey there everyone! Shout out to Poland, Canada, and France.

It's spring time in San Diego California. We  are having rain, sun, and floral super blooms all over the place, poppies, jacaranda trees, and birds of paradise, oh my! 

Since I got such a response to some of my previous posts with photo memories, thought I'd do something unusual: instead of sharing my thoughts in words, I decided to post photos and save my blog article about country and western award winning vocalist and host of the American Country Music Awards 2019, Reba McEntire, for next month. 

                                    Reba McEntire

If you hear the fragility, the sadness, and the grit in her voice, know that like us common folks, her life has not been all happiness. Reba McEntire doesn't pretend that it was or is. And when it comes ro San Diego California, according to an interview, McEntire has a tragic connection to San Diego history. California.https://tasteofcountry.com/reba-mcentire-band-died-plane-crash-secret-history/

Reba has a brand new album out. I do want to say quite strongly however, that I've already played  several tracks from the album  "Stronger Than The Truth" more than several times already. Listen to "In His Mind," "The Clown,"or "Storm In A Shot Glass."

I like 'em all. Here's another one of my favorites:

And now several photo shares:

                                         

Old Fashioned diner breakfast cafe, with a long family history of

basic American comfort food and good brewed coffee. 

Look for the diner near the corner across from the Cith College station. 

The ambiance is retro-sixties decor with friendly family style table service.

San Diego Urban Art 

It's an exciting era in San Diego.  Visual artists are being hired to paint all over San Diego. Their visual creations are shaping a distinctive Southern California city "flavah" that I call urban canvas street art. If you live here,  are visiting, or plan to visit our sunny city, check out all the free sidewalk and building artworks. Here are a few samples of our urban sidewalk canvas below.

 

Vincent Van Gogh?   Yep

                                      Aerosol Artist Chris Konecki. 

Chris has several memorable works around the city. 

Unfortunately, this gem of an art mural is now painted over. The building has a series of color shading similar to what one sees when looking at a selection of possible paint colors for a house or room renovation.  And yes . . .it has had a building "make-over" renovation.

 

This Chris Konecki extra large (XXL) mural is still visible near 8th and Broadway.

Different Artist--this mural near the Market Street/East Village trolley 

tracks is now painted over and altered to a facade of greys.

More colorful side-street level mural art

Statuary: Winter Soldier/ Nut Cracker Little Italy

   

ANd now, some of San Diego's architecture expanding skyline

Of course, I  can not forget scenes from our harbor area.

Stormy Weather San Diego

Harbor   View

Storm is passing over

Balboa Park Sunshine

                                                           Harbor side Sunshine

A few Interesting people

Haitian artist and his artwork at Seaport village

We San Diegans like to express ourselves with T-shirts. Using political, cultural,  or just plain weird slogans, our T-shirt shops produce traditional solid colors and tie dye day-glo splashes of retro-psychedelic 70s patterns. Long to the mid-thigh over hip hop baggy jeans (or to cover those "really?" too tight skinny jeans) all the way to midriff- abs- belly button for public admiration coupled with too short daisy dukes, we really like our T-shirt expressivity.

Check out this T-shirt quote.

                                  Sharing a Hip Hop Moment  Hip Hop culture.On the real the hip hop scene, old school rap, conscious rap, trap, Gospel rap, and  gangsta rap, spoken word blended with rap, is alive here in San Diego.

Buskers 

And so is our busker community- with rock balancers, magicians, clowns, mimes, balloon shapers, and street musicians who entertain for tips or play "real good for free." 

 

 

 Rabindra "International Rock Whisperer"

 The very first interview with Rabindra.

 Seriously, that Joni Mitchell paraphrase about playing real good for free is San Diego vintage from Classical to Blues to Rock n' roll. Speaking of Blues music, guitar/singer Eric Freeman was here in San Diego for a hot minute. I got a chance to talk to him a few years ago.

 

Musician/Busker Rockin' Ron

Rockin' Ron is a local busker whose Spring concerts has many people on the stroll on the Boadwalk crowding around to listen.


(Go to the Embarcadero, enjoy the live entertainment of our talented
Busker (STREET PERFORMER) Culture


A Spring photo stroll on San Diego memory lane . . .

Ah yes, Springtime!
Delores Fisher