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Nov 20
2013

Encinitas Fall Festival – Sunday 11/24/13

This Sunday is the 23rd Annual Fall Festival in Encinitas, there will be over 450 booths to visit, perfect to get a start on your Christmas shopping. Don’t forget to stop by your favorite Encinitas retailers too, here’s a perfect opportunity for all of your holiday shopping. Enjoy music and dance performances at two stages.

Don’t forget to stop by the Kids Zone: North County Health Services presents our first Fall Festival Kids Zone in The Lumberyard at I St. Children of all ages will enjoy a wide range of interactive booths and activities, including a giant slide and a skate park.

If you are brining your four legged kids stop by the Dog Park: Thanks to Hill’s Ideal Balance, here’s where your canine companions can take a break from the bustling festival. Our dog park in The Lumberyard at I St. will have over 1300 square feet of turf and an agility course provided by Zoom Room.

Don’t drive take your bike and check out the Bike Valet: Cyclists can leave their bike at either end of the festival, at D St. or J St., thanks to this free valet service provided by BikeWalkEncinitas.

Listen to some great music at the Lumberyard Courtyard Stage Sponsored by Yelp The Weis Guys Jazztet (11am) ~ The Bayou Brothers (1pm)

Tons of fun dance and musical numbers at the Community Stage Sponsored by Uber Ecke Dance Expressions (11am) ~ Prodigy (11:30am) ~ Dance Connection (12pm) ~ California Music Studios (12:30pm) ~ Janice Lee School of Ballet (1pm) ~ Church’s Martial Arts (1:30pm) ~ All Star Dance Company (2pm) ~ La Costa Canyon Band (2:30pm) ~ Zumba & Latin Dance (3pm) ~ Kehulili O Kailani (3:30pm)

As we all know parking is a pain so try Getting There using: The Coaster and NCTD buses all stop right in downtown Encinitas, just 1/2 block from the festival. View schedules online. We’re teaming up with Uber so you can ride with ease to and from the event! To get $20 off your first Uber ride, sign up online, or download the app, and enter the promo code FALLFESTIVAL. Questions? Contact supportSD@uber.com.

If you are going to drive the best Parking: Coast Highway 101 will be closed from D Street to J Street starting at 4:00 a.m. There’s parking in several lots on Vulcan between D and F Streets, including City Hall and the Coaster/NCTD stations, and at Moonlight Beach.

Have fun and be safe, for more information click here.

Nov 16
2013

Tiny Prints Holiday Cards $50 Giveaway

by Nicole Connerley

SoCal Savvy Mom has partnered with Tiny Prints this holiday season to introduce you to all of the new and adorable holiday cards they have to offer. Tiny Prints is so awesome they are offering $50 gift card (plus free shipping) to one of our readers! Tiny Prints has adorable photo gifts which are perfect for grandparents, aunts and uncles and well anyone who wants a cute photo gift of your children! To enter the giveaway simply leave a comment on the blog, or on SoCal Savvy Mom’s Facebook page, for extra entries share the post with your facebook friends. Good luck!

Tiny Prints has tons of new cards to choose from this holiday season. We love all of the new trim options this year with square, rounded, bracket, ticket and scallop.

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Another favorite of ours is the rounded card that can be made into a Christmas ornament for your tree. There are many different colors and picture options to choose from as well.

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Many of the cards are bright and colorful and whatever style you like Tiny Prints has you covered. Contemporary, done, classic, done, vintage, done, how about all that glitters? No problem they have that too!

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One of my favorite cards I found was this tri-fold card where you can add tons of cute pictures of your family. You may personalize it with as many or as little pictures as you wish.

I love the scalloped edges to this card and the mint green polka dot back. It is simple yet elegant at the same time. I think I know which hard I will be choosing this season. Don’t forget to check out all of the matching return labels as well, just when you think it can’t get any cuter it does!

Nov 14
2013

Spa Giveaway to sanctuate!™

by Nicole Connerley

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Last week the moms of SoCal Savvy Mom were invited for a mom’s night out at sanctuate!™ Spa located in San Diego. Upon entering sanctuate!™ you feel relaxed, the walls are a cool blue color and all the furniture is very modern with a spa twist to it. We were offered a glass of wine and an array of light appetizers to choose from while we listened to all the different types of massages available.

Hi-tech ‘smart’ massage is what sanctuate!™ is all about. You have a smart phone right? We all do, why not try a smart massage! Redefining massage to make sustaining your wellness fast and affordable for all. No matter how you feel, sanctuate!™ has the massage you need, when you need it.

The award winning massage bed uses infrared technology to scan your body, delivering the perfect shiatsu full body Hi-tech ‘smart’ massage every time. Best of all, the more you sanctuate!, the better you feel and the more you save!

SoCal Savvy Mom is giving away two 45-minute massages at Spa sanctuate!™ to two lucky readers! To enter simply leave a comment on the blog or on SoCal Savvy Mom’s Facebook page, if you share on your Facebook page you will have one extra entry for the giveaway. Don’t feel you have to share with all your friends, if for instance you don’t like you friends and don’t feel they too would like a massage by all means keep to yourself hehehe! Good Luck!

Next week there will be a Tiny Prints $50 giveaway (with free shipping) coming soon! *Super cute Christmas cards*

Nov 12
2013

Winner for San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum

by Nicole Connerley

Thank you to all of the families that entered our giveaway for the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum! The winner will receive 4 tickets valid anytime the museum is open from Monday-Sunday 9:30-4:30. And the winner is Jodi! Please e-mail us at nicole (at) socalsavvymom.com and give us your address and we will mail the tickets to you. If we do not hear back from the winner within the next two days another person will be chosen.

Up next we have a giveaway for 2 – 45 minute massages!

Nov 8
2013

Giveaway – San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum

by Nicole Connerley

The San Diego Discovery Museum provides a fun hands-on approach to education for children. There are experiential workshops for children in Pre-K through the 4th grade for Science, Art and Social Science. As well as many hands-on exhibits and programs, a discovery camp, and you may even hosts birthday parties or events on site as well! San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum offers field trip programs or group free-play visits for a school class, camp, homeschool or youth group. Field trip programs are a one-hour, hands-on workshop that align to state and national learning standards. The museum is open Monday-Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located at 320 North Broadway, in Escondido, California.

SoCal Savvy Mom is excited to offer a family 4-pack of tickets to the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum for one of our lucky readers. To enter simply leave a comment with who you plan to bring with you! Good Luck!

Nov 1
2013

Carlsbad Street Faire Sunday 11/3/13

by Nicole Connerley

This Sunday November 3rd the Carlsbad Street Faire will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. between Grand and Jefferson streets. The Carlsbad street faire is the largest one day street faire in the nation and one we never miss! Over 100,000 people attend this one-day street faire, for all of the fabulous vendors.

With over 900 vendors selling everything from clothing & accessories, plants, household products, art, antiques and home decor. The delicious international food court will host more than 50 booths with everything from Thai to Hawaiian cuisine.

If you are bringing the kids don’t miss the children’s area! There is everything to entertain youngsters with games, a super slide, a bounce house, a rock climbing wall, face painting and arts and crafts.

Not bringing the kids? Then head over to the beer and wine garden and check out the large screen TV’s and enjoy live music.

Enjoy!