If you are a Downtown San Diego Loft or Downtown San Diego Condo home owner or a visitor to Downtown San Diego - Don’t miss out on this fabulous event taking place Friday July 31st - Sunday, August 2, 2009

SWIMWEAR UNDER THE STARS: Simple Glam Girls and SG Model Management present the 1st annual fashion weekend, Swimwear Under the Stars!

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 10, 2009 – SG Model Management and Simple Glam Girls present “Swimwear Under the Stars,” three nights of fabulous fashion in Downtown San Diego.

The swimwear event will kick off Friday, July 31, 2009 at Stingaree, from 9:00 pm – 12:00 am. The event will include a red carpet entrance with step-and-repeat wall, Fortune DJ, and hosted bar from 9:00 – 10:00 pm. This evening will be the official calendar release party for the 2010 Simple Glam Girls Swimsuit Calendar.  The calendar models will be available throughout the night for pictures and calendar signings. A live photo shoot featuring SG Model Management models will begin at 10:00 PM.

Saturday, August 1 the event will continue at Hard Rock Hotel’s Float pool. The event will run from 5:00 – 9:00 pm, with a red carpet entrance, step-and-repeat wall and swimwear runway show at 7:00 pm. Guests will receive 1 drink ticket (no hosted bar), and music will be provided by DJ Kurch.

The final event will take place Sunday, August 2 at The Ivy’s rooftop pool lounge, from 3:00 – 8:00 pm. There will be a red carpet entrance, step-and-repeat wall, charity raffle drawing and the 2010 Simple Glam Girls Swimsuit Calendar Models selling and signing calendars for the charitable organization It’s All About the Kids. DJ’s will be spinning tunes and raffle winners will be announced at 7:00 pm. Anyone purchasing Pre-Sale tickets online or giving Charitable Donations at the door will receive a one hour hosted bar, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.

Pre-sale tickets are available for each day for $10 by visiting www.SGModelManagement.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the door as available for $20.
Swimwear Under the Stars is sponsored in part by Salon Artesia and Sam C Pictures.

For more information, or to inquire about press-passes please contact Robin Hatfield, Public Relations Consultant at SG Model Management at Robin@SGModelManagement.com, or call (619) 415-3058 or contact Whitney Bond, President/Owner of SG Model Management at Whitney@SGModelManagement.com or call (619) 887-7295.

Doesn’t matter if you are a Downtown San Diego Loft home owner in Park Loft, M2i or Icon or a Downtown San Diego Condo home owner in The Mark, The Legend or Park Terrace or a 92101 Downtown San Diego visitor, we all search for “The Place” to go in the East Village/Ballpark District. No need to search no more, the “Urbanist” guide is here to help you!

Feel free to pick up the free “Urbanist” guide that is distributed everywhere in Downtown to find the Urban adventures and discoveries in Downtown San Diego.

To see our former blog about “Urbanist” visit Urbanist - An Urban Adventure and Discovery in Downtown San Diego and The Hip, Cool and Unique Places to Go in The Little Italy District in Downtown San Diego!! and The Hip, Cool and Unique Places to Go in The Gaslamp and The Columbia District in Downtown San Diego!!

In the “Urbanist” you can find all the cool and hip places to go in the East Village/Ballpark District such as:

Apparel Boutiques
5 & A DIME
UNSTEADY
Coffee & Tea
JAVA JONES
Contemporary Cuisine
CAFÉ CHLOE
COWBOY STAR
NEIGHBORHOOD
Galleries & Culture
DEVICE GALLERY
SUSHI PERFORMANCE & VISUAL ART
Mexican
LAS CUATRO MILPAS
Nightlife & Music Venue
EL DORADO
Pizza
BASIC
Salon
LEFTY’S
SAY LULA
Sandwiches & Salads
ZANZIBAR
Shoes
BLENDS
Sushi & Asian
LOTUS THAI

For more information about the “Urbanist” and the East Village/Ballpark District visit their website at the East Village/Ballpark District.

The best thing about this fabulous City we live in is not the glorious weather, the sandy beaches, or the thriving culture – it’s the fact that Downtown San Diego is a very “dog friendly” town. After all, just because your best friend drools doesn’t mean he shouldn’t get to soak up the sights of the City with you.

Whether you’re looking for top-notch veterinary care for your canine child or just looking to pick up a few new staples for your dog’s wardrobe or to find a new place to dine where Fido is welcome, you have come to the right place. Downtown Dog Lover is the website dogs would log onto if they had thumbs.

On Saturday August 8, 2009 DowntownDogLover.com will have a “Launch PAW-ty” at the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center in Downtown from 1-5 pm.

Among other things, the event will feature special events such as a Running of the Bulldogs, a Furry Friends Fashion Show, Vendor Exhibits and a Silent Auction for charity.  All Downtown San Diego Loft and Downtown San Diego Condo  and San Diego residents and visitors are invited to attend and everyone is encouraged to bring their leashed dog(s).

Check out the invitation below and please visit www.downtowndoglover.com for more information.

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If you are a Downtown San Diego Loft or Condo home owner or a visitor to Downtown San Diego put your favorite character clothes on and head down to the Comic-Con celebration in the Gaslamp District right across the street from the San Diego Convention Center.

The party has already started and is going on from the 23rd to the 26th of July.

Don’t miss out to meet Michael Doc Allred, famous for the Madman Comic Books, Kevin J Andersson, bestselling author of nearly 100 books, Sergio Aragone’s, Mad cartoonist, Gail Simone, writer of Wonderwoman and Secret Six and many many more.

Visit Comic-Con for more information here

To read our former blog about the Comic-Con please visit ComicCon is Coming!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Finished in 2007, The Legend is yet another Bosa Development, defining the Downtown San Diego skyline.  The Legend’s 170 high rise condominiums and 8 town homes provides a perfect balance of privacy, luxury and convenience right in the heart of Downtown. Views of San Diego’s waterfront, the City lights, Park at the Park and the San Gabriel Mountains add to the inspiring atmosphere of high rise living.

An elegant courtyard entrance, creating a private enclave approaching the lobby, provides a fitting and impressive sense of arrival for residents and their guests. The concierge service and 24-hour gate attendant add a sense of belonging while an ambiance of refinement and contemporary sophistication is apparent throughout the building.  Legendary amenities include a 2nd floor rooftop deck looking out over Park at the Park complete with pool and spa, fully-equipped fitness room, roof garden & BBQ area, steam, sauna & change rooms. The 7th floor social lounge, which opens out onto a 3,200 square foot rooftop deck also overlooking Park at the Park, complete with outdoor fireplace and barbecue area ensures there’s always plenty of space for social and recreational activities.

The Legend’s incredible close out pricing and 3 year HOA means that a stunning new home has never been so affordable. Imagine what you could do with the money you save! Furnish your new home, buy Padres season tickets or take a luxurious vacation.

Visit the Legend’s sales center today to choose your new home at The Legend or call them at 619-231-9609

Doesn’t matter if you are a Downtown San Diego Loft or a Downtown San Diego Condo home owner in Crown Bay, Gaslamp City Square, Treo or Electra or a Downtown San Diego visitor, we all search for “The Place” to go. No need to search no more, the “Urbanist” guide is here to help you!

Feel free to pick up the free “Urbanist” guide that is distributed everywhere in Downtown to find the Urban adventures and discoveries in Downtown San Diego.

To see our former blog about “Urbanist” visit Urbanist - An Urban Adventure and Discovery in Downtown San Diego and The Hip, Cool and Unique Places to Go in The Little Italy District in Downtown San Diego!!

In the “Urbanist” you can find all the cool and hip places to go in the Gaslamp District and the Columbia District such as:

Apparel Boutiques

ADIDASAMERICAN APPAREL

PUMA

VOLCOM

Breakfast

CAFE 222

MARYJANE’SRICHARD WALKER’S PANCAKE HOUSE

Contemporary Cuisine

TABULEDessert

HEAVENLY CUPCAKE

PINKBERRY

French

CURRANTFurniture & Home

URBAN LIGHTINGGalleries & Culture

MCASD - DOWNTOWNTHE NEW CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Mexican

LA PUERTANightlife & Music Venue

HOUSE OF BLUES

Sandwiches & Salads

BAREBACK GRILLCALIFORNIA GRINDERS

Seafood

OCEANAIRE

TIN FISHShoes

ATTIC

Sushi & Asian

NOBURED PEARL

SUSHI DELI 1 AND 2TAKA

For more information about the “Urbanist” and the Gaslamp and Columbia District visit their website at Gaslamp District and Columbia District.

People often ask “Do I really need condominium insurance?”. According to Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance in San Diego, the answer is without a doubt - Yes, you do!

Rick says a Condominium Policy is similar to a Home Owners Policy in many ways and also very different. It will cover you for many of the same types of losses or covered perils like fire, immediate escape of water, wind, smoke, hail, vandalism, etc. Most often the majority of structural coverage is provided by the master policy.

The personal property is simply all of your belongings you move with you into the unit. They may also include items you have in storage or even in your car (typically your stuff is covered anywhere). There are some specific limitations for such items as jewelry to you want to make sure you have adequate limits. It is also important to think of your stuff in terms of what would cost to replace rather than the current value.

Loss assessment coverage provides for your share of damage caused to the common area or your share of the liability loss with other unit owners if the master policy is not sufficient.

Loss of use coverage is going to pay for any added expenses incurred because you can no longer reside in your home due to a covered loss. This may include temporary lodging, added meal expense, laundry, dry cleaning, furniture rental, etc.).

The liability protection should be set up at an amount that will protect your income, your equity and other investments subject to liens or a lawsuit. This is typically a very small expenses far as the choices of the policy yet this may be the most important (what if you overflowed your toilet and caused damage to 2-3 other units or start a fire setting off the sprinkler system and cause damage to the entire floor).

The medical coverage provides for medical expenses to any guest of yours that is injured while occupying your unit. This coverage is provided without any determination of liability required. Basically it will provide coverage if they are hurt  in your unit up to the limits in the policy. At that point your liability insurance may provide added benefits if you were responsible for causing the injury.

If you have any further questions please contact Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance at 619-293-7211  or e-mail him at rick@rickwiese.com. You can also get more information about Rick on his website rickwiese.com

Please visit our former blog “Downtown San Diego 92101 Condo and Loft Insurance - Is It Necessary?”

If you have any further questions please contact Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance at 619-293-7211  or e-mail him at rick@rickwiese.com. You can also get more information about Rick on his website rickwiese.com

Read our former blogs “Downtown San Diego 92101 Condominium Home Owner Policy - The Master Policy!” and “Downtown San Diego 92101 Condo and Loft Insurance - Is It Necessary?”

Doesn’t matter if you are a Downtown San Diego Loft home owner in Doma or Portico or a Downtown San Diego Condo home owner in La Vita, Aperture or Aqua Vista or a Downtown San Diego visitor, we all search for the place to go. No need to search no more, the Urbanist guide is here to help you!

Feel free to pick up the free “Urbanist” guide that is distributed everywhere in Downtown to find the Urban adventures and discoveries in Downtown San Diego. 

To see our former blog about “Urbanist” visit Urbanist - An Urban Adventure and Discovery in Downtown San Diego.

In the “Urbanist” you can find all the cool and hip places to go in Little Italy such as:

Apparel Boutiques
IGLOO
Coffee & Tea
CAFÉ ITALIA
Dessert
PAPPALECCO
Furniture & Home
ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
BO CONCEPT
BOOMERANG FOR MODERN
DNA
KLASSIK
MIXTURE
STATION CO-OP
Galleries & Culture
JETT GALLERY
SCOTT WHITE ART
SEMINAL PROJECTS
SUBTEXT
Italian
BUON APPETITO / SOGNO DI VINO
Nightlife & Music Venue
AIRPORT LOUNGE
CASBAH
KAVA LOUNGE
RED VELVET
Salon
HYDE-EDWARDS SALON & SPA
SALON TONIC
Sandwiches & Salads
MONA LISA
Vintage Apparel
AKIA

For more information about the “Urbanist” and the Little Italy District visit their website at Little Italy

People often ask “Do I really need condominium insurance?”. According to Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance in San Diego, the answer is without a doubt - Yes, you do!

Rick says the Condominium Policy will cover you for many of the types of losses or covered perils like fire, immediate escape of water, wind, smoke, hail, vandalism, etc. Most often the majority of structural coverage is provided by the “Master Policy” from your HOA.

The Condominium Policy for the Association does not cover you completely. Typically you will find the Association provides coverage in one of the following manners:

·         Insures the basic building(s) (walls, roof, floors, elevators) but leaves to you the responsibility of insuring appliances, carpeting, cabinets, wall coverings, and other items in your home, and in some cases even the interior walls.

·         Insures both the basic building(s) and the items within your unit other than personal property.

·         Insures both the basic building(s) and includes unit owner fixtures and improvements

You can look to the Articles of the Association and/or CCR’s (covenants, conditions, and restrictions) for answers to what has been decided is the responsibility of the HOA and what is considered the responsibility of each unit owner. It may also be helpful to talk to the property management for guidance. You can do your own research or provide the phone numbers to your agent to help you.

If you have any further questions please contact Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance at 619-293-7211  or e-mail him at rick@rickwiese.com. You can also get more information about Rick on his website rickwiese.com

Read our former blog “Downtown San Diego 92101 Condo and Loft Insurance - Is It Necessary?”

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A contemporary and elegant Northwest corner 2 Bedroom Condo in Icon in Downtown San Diego is for rent. Wall to wall corner windows provide tons of natural light, and panoramic corridor views that include 10th Ave/J Street, Petco Park and the City skyline. The home features a private West facing balcony, exposed cement, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops in the kitchen, chocolate hardwood floors, bedroom Berber carpet, marble upgrades in bathrooms, roman window coverings, custom built-in shelving in dining room and dual vanities in the master bathroom.

The rent is $2600/month for two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Security deposit $2600 with one year lease. Not furnished. No pets.

Located in the heart of the East Village/Ballpark District Icon is encompassing an entire City block bound by 10th, 11th, J Street and K Street. A superb location with Petco Park on one side, and the new San Diego Public Library development site on the other. Other complexes around Icon is Fahrenheit, Metrome and M2i. Icon has two entrances: 321 10th Ave, and 350 11th Ave. Finished in January of 2007, the developers Levin/Menzies went to great lengths to make this one of the most unique and desirable complexes in all of Downtown San Diego.

The Icon complex is comprised of four buildings of all concrete construction: Building 1 is 26 stories, Building 2 is 11 stories, Building 3 is 9 stories, and Building 4 is 5 stories. The four buildings surround a perfectly landscaped interior courtyard that features original sculpture art and waterfall features. The interior courtyard gives the complex an intimate community feeling. Even though there are 327 units, you still feel well connected to your neighbors. The building projects like Icon, Diamond Terrace, and Park Terrace were all just completed in 2007. The street level retail that goes in to those spaces will really define the infrastructure of the neighborhood.

For more information about Icon please visit Icon

Icon’s amenities include:

• Wood flooring standard in kitchen
• Designer-selected color palette for each Interior Finish Scheme
• KitchenAid Architect Series stainless steel appliances
• Wood-grain laminate cabinetry
• Slab granite counter tops and 4” back splash
• Porcelain or engineered marble bath flooring (most plans)
• Double vanities in master baths with custom, floating back lit mirror treatment (most plans)
• Exposed interior concrete structural elements (per plan)
• 9’ ceiling heights in flats and town homes, and dramatic 14’ - 16.5’ elevations in lofts and live/work spaces
• Interior laundry hook-ups
• Thermostatically controlled individual heating and A/C
• Spacious covered terraces (most plans)
• Four distinct and vibrantly colored towers with unique architectural designs and lifestyle options
• Dramatic clerestory roof lines on two of the four buildings
• Open-air lobby at 11th Avenue entrance
• Dynamic retail, commercial and live/work venues on the ground floor
• Icon Sky box viewing terrace overlooking Petco Park, exclusively for Icon residents
• Courtyard-level 5th Inning Lounge available to Icon residents for meetings, special events, community activities, etc.
• Icon Theater with raised seating and a state-of-the-art audio/visual & gaming system
• Fitness Studio for all levels of co-ed fitness training and conditioning
• San Diego’s first 60-foot sculpture by renowned artist Ned Kahn-that captures the look-and-sound of softly cascading water
• Two controlled-access lobbies with community attendant staffing and on-site facilities manager
• Controlled-access subterranean garage & off-street loading docks
• Convenient trash chutes on each residential floor
• World-class San Diego Main Library facility proposed at 11th and J
• Exciting restaurants, entertainment and shopping in the Ballpark District and the Gaslamp Quarter, all within easy walking, trolley or pedicab distance
• San Diego Trolley just one block away for easy, safe and fun transportation
• MLK Promenade, Embarcadero, Marina and Urban Art Trail within steps of your front door for recreational walking, jogging, roller-blading, biking and more

For more information please e-mail mike@92101urbanliving.com