National Park freebies
The National Park Service
will waive admission fees on 17 days in 2012. Among the free dates will be Jan. 14-16 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend), April 21- 29 (National Park Week) and June 9 (Get Outdoors Day). For more info, click here
. . . . Dublin-based budget airline Ryanair has announced plans to cut down to just
one toilet per aircraft, which would allow the addition of six more seats. Ryanair has not announced a date to implement the plan
. . . . The Balboa Bay Club & Resort hosts "
The Music & Stories of Frank Sinatra
& Nat King Cole
" on Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Commodore Room
. . . . Roast magazine has named
Bird Rock Coffee Roasters in La Jolla the Micro Roaster of the Year
. . . . Think the holidays are coming fast? San Diego hotspots Andaz San Diego (a hotel) and Bertrand at Mister A’s (a restaurant) are
already promoting New Year’s packages . . . . More than 450 booths are expected at Claremont Village’s Arts & Crafts Fair on Saturday. For info, click here
. . . . Hollywood’s Redbury Hotel
is offering a Gibson Unplugged package that includes a
one-hour guitar lesson on the brand-new Gibson J-200 guitar. . . . Travel Quote o