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San Diego's two big-league sports teams, the Padres ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ;
www.padres.com ; Petco Park, 100 Park Blvd; tickets $11-91; season Apr-early Oct) baseball team
and Chargers ( GOOGLE MAP ; www.chargers.com ; Qualcomm Stadium, 9449 Friars Rd; tickets
from $52;
season Aug-Jan) football team, play in the East Village and Mission Valley, re-
spectively.
Shopping
Souvenir hunters will find stuffed Shamus at SeaWorld, realistic-looking rubber snakes at
the zoo and all manner of beachy souvenirs all over.
On Newport Ave in Ocean Beach are a dozen antiques consignment shops such as New-
port Avenue Antique Center ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 4864 Newport Ave) . Cow ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; 5040 Newport Ave) gives the same treatment to music, and Galactic ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; 4981 Newport Ave) to comics and video. Thrift shoppers should head to Gar-
net Ave in Pacific Beach for vintage and recycled clothing at shops including Pangaea
Outpost ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 909 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach) and Buffalo Exchange (
MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 1007 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach) . Most stores buy, sell and trade.
Westfield Horton Plaza downtown and Westfield Mission Valley ( GOOGLE MAP ;
www.westfield.com/missionvalley ; 1640 Camino del Rio N; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm Sun) ,
Fashion Valley ( www.simon.com ; 7007 Friars Rd; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm Sun) and
Hazard Center ( www.hazardcenter.com ; 7510-7610 Hazard Center Dr) in Mission Valley offer a
feast for mall shoppers.
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