Calling all amateur photographers and videographers!

Seaport Village is holding a contest for the best picture or video taken during our 2nd Annual Spring Busker Festival! If you win, you will get a $250 Seaport Village Gift Certificate, valid in all of our stores & restaurants. Enticing, no?

Here is what you need to do:
Upload your video to YouTube and call it “Seaport Village Busker Festival, first name last name.” Then copy and paste the link and send it to boardwalk.betty@yahoo.com . Or you can upload to Flickr or Photobucket and name it “Seaport Village Busker Festival, first name last name” and send that link to boardwalk.betty@yahoo.com .

Our “team” of expert judges, aka ME, will choose the top images/videos and then repost them in my blog in a few weeks for the public to vote on. The top voted video or image will win the gift certificate.

I can’t wait to see you at the Busker Festival. Good luck!!

Prize distributor, Boardwalk Betty

Coast Kids, Spring 2008 edition, did a piece on “A Day In… San Diego” and Seaport Village is featured in the top 6 things to do! Check it out! (The article is on Page 55).

Treats & Fun, Boardwalk Betty

Seaport Village’s 2nd Annual Spring Busker Festival has come to a close. And I was there to witness all of the shenanigans and good times. 10 street performers competed all weekend for a summer contract to perform at Seaport Village. I took pictures and video of four of the ten acts which I am going to share with you today! I would like to apologize in advance for my shoddy videoing capabilities. I will keep the camera straight next time!

Busker Festival Emcee. He was giving away Seaport Village gift certificates all day long!

Murrugan the Mystic- eating fire!

laying on a sword.

Groove on Tap (on of my personal favorites)

Didgeridoo player- what’s that? Look and see!
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I just have to share these two kids dancing to the Didgeridoo! So cute.

We even had a Michael Jackson impersonator who was a dead ringer!

Unfortuantely, I do not have video or pictures of the winners- Project Dynamite and He Nani O Polynesia Dancers. But that means… you just have to come here during the summer to check them out yourself!!!

Busking, Boardwalk Betty

Seaport Village held an online contest. An e-blast was sent out asking it’s subscribers to send a picture of themselves in their favorite Seaport Village spot. The best picture won a VIP prize package for the Red Bull Air Races. The winners received covered seating on the second story balcony of Seaport Village that overlooks the bay. From there, they were able to sit in comfort all day with their friends as they watched the Red Bull planes race above. It was catered with their own private spread and Red Bull beverages, the package also included four free parking passes good for all day. Total value of the package was more than $600.

Great prize, right? Well, the winners were great too!! A woman named Kelly emailed a picture in. The picture is of her and her nephew Austin (who was visiting from Riverside). Before the picture was taken, they had just attended a Padres game and came on over to Seaport Village to have a burger and a cookie, watch the boats and wander the cobblestones. What caught my eye were their Padres shirts! I’m a huge Padres fan.

Austin was able to join Kelly for the Red Bull Air Races. And it was a treat to have them!

If you want to sign up for our e-blast, to be updated on events and special promotions, go to Seaport Village’s home page (scroll down) and enter your email into newsletter sign up.

Prize Patrol, Boardwalk Betty

Margarita’s Kitchen & Cantina has added Carnitas to their already scrumptious menu. After hearing again and again from customers, “Where are the carnitas?”. Margarita’s is delivering! I was called down for a personal taste test and I can attest, they are YUUUMY! For those of you who don’t know what Carnitas are… they are slow cooked pork, simmered for hours in spices, butter, brown sugar and chipotle peppers. Um, can you say yum? Margarita’s offers them in tacos or burritos. Why not have both?

Carnitas lover, Boardwalk Betty

That day of the year that everyone waits for…. Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day…. is here! You better believe I was in line, waiting for my free cone. Today my flavor of choice was Jamaican Me Crazy Sorbet. Yuuuuuumy! I snapped a few shots for those of you who could not join us today for the festivities!

Not only is this a fun and scrumptious event but it is also a fundraiser for a good cause! Seaport Village’s Ben & Jerry’s are donating 100% of the proceeds from their Free Cone Day to Mama’s Kitchen. While the world waits for a cure, Mama’s Kitchen, a non-profit charitable organization, delivers food and support to San Diegans affected by AIDS or other critical illnesses. A good cause, indeed.

Ice Cream Scooper, Boardwalk Betty