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Follow Evelina and lifestyle blogger Kalel, as they explore this up-and-coming area. While some may see San Diego simply as an easy, breezy California town -- known only for surfing and sunshine -- it's finding its own unique identity in the neighborhood of North Park, where chic boutiques and distinct restaurants are challenging old stereotypes.

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Transcript
00:00Hi guys, my name is Evelina and today we are going on a vacation to San Diego
00:05and I couldn't have thought of a better person to come with me than Kal-El, so I
00:10thought it'd be amazing to go check out some stores and kind of see the
00:14community together.
00:17We're looking out to some awesome music and the wind was blowing through the hair and we were taking selfies.
00:25Alright, let's do this!
00:27So I'm really excited about today.
00:30A lot of people say that San Diego is like a city for college kids and that's all, but it's
00:35a really rich city.
00:37Yeah, I've only been here for Comic-Con.
00:40How was that?
00:41I pretty much lived in a bubble the whole time, so I'm trying to get to explore.
00:47We're gonna go check out the store, it's called Mimi and Red. I heard it's supposed to be really cool,
00:51they have a lot of interesting accessories and little cute things.
01:01Everything is like so what I love and I own this pair of jeans. I used to own this and
01:07I lost it and I'm gonna rebuy it.
01:09So give me some of that, some of this, a little bit of everything.
01:15I've been looking around and I just love everything. My eyes are still like kind of everywhere because there's so
01:20many cute little things.
01:22I would love to hear more about your shop. How did you come up with it? What's the inspiration behind
01:26everything?
01:27We really just were looking for some place that would be cute and trendy in our neighborhood that was affordable.
01:33We just found that, you know, other than going to the malls, all boutiques were really overpriced.
01:37Yeah.
01:37And so we just sort of created this business together.
01:41I see. Well, thank you. I'm just gonna keep exploring because this is really exciting.
01:45Great. Thank you so much.
01:54Take it back. Old school.
01:56Yes. Old school. So we're getting friendship necklaces.
02:00Yes.
02:00But they're so dainty and so cute.
02:06We just finished shopping at Mimi and Red and I got an awesome shopping bag here.
02:10I got a bunch of goodies and this neighborhood is pretty big.
02:13So we're gonna head over to get some food in our belly.
02:17And this place is actually called Underbelly. So let's go.
02:27I'm pretty excited to eat.
02:29I'm always excited to eat.
02:30Let's go.
02:35Simple design is the best.
02:37But this is just like one of the coolest decorated restaurants I've ever seen.
02:41Yay.
02:42All right. I got a shrimp gyoza.
02:45And tuna tataki for you as well.
02:47Amazing.
02:51Oh my God.
02:53Good?
02:54Yes. Amazing.
02:56We want to know about this place and also what's the food like in San Diego and what inspired.
03:01We serve ramen, which is Japanese noodle soup.
03:04We had a location in Little Italy for three years and then opened up this place in North Park when
03:09the space became available.
03:10Yes.
03:11It's a great natural place.
03:12As far as this food goes in San Diego, it's really come a long way in the last three or
03:16four years especially.
03:18We have restaurants, a lot of celebrity chefs moving into town that are opening up restaurants and really growing but
03:23you know the food culture and progressing it.
03:26Lunch was absolutely amazing.
03:28I ordered like half the menu because everything looked so good and I wanted to try a piece of everything.
03:44Right now it's going to be the most exciting part of the day.
03:46We're going to the beach and we're going to go paddle boarding.
03:50Once we get to the paddle boarding, we realize that it is actually quite freezing outside and Kalal was feeling
03:57a little bit under the weather.
03:59She was having a bit of a cold so we decided that she was just going to sit out and
04:02just kind of cheer me on and be my cheerleader right there.
04:05Hi.
04:06I'm Evelina.
04:07Evelina, Brad.
04:07Nice to meet you.
04:08Have you been on a board before?
04:10Never been on a board before.
04:11Okay, so we're going to go over some of the basics and then we're going to hop in the water
04:14and do some yoga.
04:16Let's do it.
04:18Brad was explaining all the instructions.
04:20I was just like blanking through my mind.
04:22I'm like there's no way I'm going to remember.
04:24So this is going to be your board right here.
04:35Eyes up.
04:36Mountain pose.
04:37Arms high.
04:37We're going to add a little challenge.
04:39This time you're going to bend your elbows and lift your heart.
04:41Go back a little bit.
04:43Inhale, rise up.
04:45Here comes the fun part.
04:46Okay.
04:46Feet together to touch.
04:47Here we go.
04:48Spin your foot flat.
04:50Make sure your foot's still on the grip on the board.
04:53You're going to rise up toward you too.
04:56Whole part of the pose.
04:57This is not easy.
04:58Not easy.
04:59Remember, smiling creates more balance.
05:03Right on.
05:03You're right.
05:04Okay.
05:04It's all about that smile.
05:07Yoga on a paddle board while the sunset is going down is like the most zen thing you
05:12can possibly do.
05:13I don't know what else you can do that's more namaste than this.
05:18Ah!
05:21That wasn't very zen of me, was it?
05:23A little paddle tap.
05:24Nice work today.
05:25Nice work.
05:27You're welcome.
05:32Did you fall?
05:33Did you fall?
05:34No.
05:34No, I didn't fall.
05:35But I almost did.
05:37Because it's like when you're on that board and you're kind of balancing out and then
05:40you have to do this.
05:41Like a few times I felt really seasick and I like almost fell.
05:44But it was good.
05:45I'm cold.
05:46It's freezing.
05:46Yeah.
05:47It's really hot.
05:48Isn't San Diego awesome?
05:50Thank you so much for watching.
05:51Don't forget to give it a thumbs up and also subscribe down below and I'll see you next time.
05:55Tape!
05:55No!