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Balboa Park: There’s an App for That

Posted on Sep 10, 2010.

cosmos-blog_balboa-park-iphone-app While my keen senses are usually more than enough to find my way around Balboa Park’s vast grounds and cultural attractions, sometimes there’s just no substitute for a well-designed smart phone app to dig deeper into everything there is to do on any given day.

Thankfully the folks at Balboa Park Online Collaborative have teamed up with Spotlight Mobile to create Balboa Park’s first official iPhone app, which is also compatible with the iPad and iPod Touch. And what’s more, for a limited time (through January 2011), the app that normally costs 99 cents, is currently FREE! thanks to an anonymous donation.

Looking for an outdoor eatery to chow with your family and best four-legged friend? Check out the app’s restaurant guide. Want to know which Balboa Park museums are free this Tuesday? Pull up the events calendar. Need to find the closest dog park ASAP? The handy map will give you directions.

Spotlight Mobile has been in the business of creating award-winning mobile and web development software since 2002. Other user-friendly apps in their portfolio include mobile tools for Barnes & Noble Bookstore, the Portland Museum of Art, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Let’s just hope that among the new features they eventually add is one for us canines that maps the most frequented trees.

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My Back Story

Posted on Apr 24, 2008.

OK, here goes… my first blog entry. Boy, these keyboards aren’t very paw-friendly. And what’s with this mouse… maybe I can bribe it with cheese to make it go where I want. Oh wait! I just ate all the cheese. My bad. Fortunately I graduated Top Dog at the Canine Academy for Gifted Pups so I should be able to figure this out. As a frequent four-legged visitor to the park, I’ve been asked to share my own first-paw experiences of all there is to see and do here. Open spaces as far as the eye can see and the nose can sniff, miles of hiking trails to explore, and many other fun places to play and roll around, including a couple of areas where I don’t even need my leash, give me lots of ground to cover. But don’t worry. I won’t neglect all the indoor “humans-only” activities going on. Speaking of humans, my human companion, who works in the park and brings me here every day, found and adopted me when I was quite small. My memory of that scary time is a bit foggy, but let’s just say I was a very lucky orphaned puppy. I am nine-years-old in human years now, and can still run and fetch with the best of them.