- take the san diego 2050 regional transportation plan survey to give your vision of the future of san diego public transportation.

- one bright side to the real estate collapse in miami is that more young people are able to rent the unsold condominiums, resulting in new restaurants and clubs in a formerly dead downtown. while the crash was more severe than san diego, check out this bloomberg article, which isn’t too far from what this voice of san diego piece says about vantage point downtown.

- apparently boi petro, which replaces the former yogotango spot in the gaslamp, has morphed from a frozen yogurt place to a brazilian bbq spot and salad bar… with frozen yogurt. will have to check out that strange combination next time we’re down that way…

- great to see hillcrest packed for the pride parade today, and all the people on the streets around balboa park during the festival there. we need an excuse to throw big parties like that more often. nbc san diego put together a good photo set from the festival; check out picture 78 for a great contrast between the spirit of pride weekend and its protesters. somehow our pictures from the parade didn’t turn out quite as meaningful: