Marisol Keane

Marisol Keane is 43 and has lived in San Diego since 2011, first in City Heights and now in North Park. She came from Sacramento for a job that didn't last, stayed for the weather and never left. She works part-time as a mechanic in a neighborhood bike shop and spends the rest of her week on foot, on two wheels or crouched over a tide pool.

I'm not a realtor, a lawyer, a park ranger or anybody official. What I know about San Diego comes from getting around it without a car most of the time, getting lost on trails, and reading the fine print on city and county websites so I don't get a ticket. When I write a guide here, I tell you what the official rule is, where to check it, and what I've noticed living with it. When I don't know something, I say so.

What I write about

• Neighborhoods: what an area feels like to visit or live in, block by block
• Beaches, tide pools and trails: how to go, when to go, and the rules that come with them
• Getting around: trolley, COASTER, bikes, the airport and the border
• Everyday living: water rules, pests, earthquakes, Santa Ana winds and the marine layer

What you won't read under my name

• "You should buy here": I don't give real-estate or investment advice
• Medical, legal or tax advice: I point you to the agency or a licensed professional
• Crime stories or political takes
• A business recommended because it gave me something: nobody pays to be mentioned here
• Prices without a date and a source

A hobby that serves no purpose

I keep a spreadsheet rating the salsa bars of taco shops I bike past. Not the tacos, just the salsa bars. It has more than two hundred rows and has never helped anyone.

To reach me: contact@sandiegoinformer.com