The Journal

Notes from the local.

Stories, recommendations, and the kind of San Diego know-how you only pick up after twenty years on the ground.

From Seoul to San Diego: Golf, Wine, and Three Great Tables

From Seoul to San Diego: Golf, Wine, and Three Great Tables

They flew in from Korea for business. They stayed for a bespoke golf vacation: a wine tour through Escondido, three days of golf across Balboa Park, Torrey Pines South, and Maderas, and dinners at three of San Diego’s great tables.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Corporate Outings

How to Get the Most Out of Your Corporate Outings

The idea is always good: host the clients, reward the team. Then somebody with a day job gets handed the logistics, and the day arrives as a B-tier tee time and a shrimp cocktail platter. Here is how it should work instead.

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What's Actually Included in a Local Knowledge San Diego Trip

What's Actually Included in a Local Knowledge San Diego Trip

One of the most common questions I get is: what does "everything handled" really mean?

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The definitive guide to making your San Diego Father Son Golf weekend actually epic

The definitive guide to making your San Diego Father Son Golf weekend actually epic

...your single point of focus, almost neurotic obsession, is about your upcoming Father Son golf trip to America’s Finest City.

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How to Get a Tee Time in San Diego: What Visitors Don't Know (and Locals Won't Tell You)

How to Get a Tee Time in San Diego: What Visitors Don't Know (and Locals Won't Tell You)

You've booked the flights. You've locked in the hotel. You've told your buddies this is going to be the golf trip they'll be talking about for years. Now comes the part nobody warn

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Why Local Knowledge Beats a Guidebook

Why Local Knowledge Beats a Guidebook

A guidebook tells you where the crowds already are. Twenty years on the ground tells you where they aren't — and that is the whole difference.

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How to Build the Perfect San Diego Golf Day

How to Build the Perfect San Diego Golf Day

Morning round, a lunch you will talk about for months, an afternoon detour through the parts of the city the tour buses skip — here is how the day actually flows.

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