Beer

• San Diego has awesome Breweries, and many of them have tours daily

Things to do with kids

Touristy Stuff

• Take a tour of the USS Midway aircraft carrier

Nature

• Birch Aquarium
• Carlsbad flower fields
• Cabrillo Monument tidepools
  • http://www.nps.gov/cabr/naturescience/tidepools.htm
• San Diego Astronomy Club
  • "How about a night under the stars. 80 miles east of the City the San Diego Astronomy Club maintains a dark sky observing site. There is a public observatory with a monster 22 inch RC telescope in a building with a roll off roof. PM me for details, but check it out at:

    http://sdaa.org

    http://sdaa.org/tds.htm

    http://sdaa.org/images/lippFull_Lg.jpg" - epsilonorion on Reddit

• Mission Trails Regional Park

Balboa Park

• Reuben H Fleet Science Center
• San Diego Museum of Man
• San Diego Natural History Museum
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• San Diego Air & Space Museum

"This is good for about 3 hours. Combined with a few other museums in Balboa Park (Model Train Railroad, the Nat) and you've got yourself a day. Go on the weekend and there will be face painters, balloon artists, and about 50 tropical birds that you can hold." - elgee on Reddit

Activities

• ULTRAZONE
  • Aw yiss, LASERTAG
• Skyzone indoor trampoline park
  • http://sandiego.skyzonesports.com/
• K-1 Speed in Carlsbad
  • Fast electric go-karts
• Fireworks at Seaport Village