For one evening in August, San Diegans get the chance to be the dinner guests of slithering snakes, swimming sharks, eagle-eyed hawks and jumping jellyfish at a seaside soiree in their natural habitat.
Chula Vista’s Living Coast Discovery Center is convening the coast once again for what’s become a local summer tradition: a sunset dinner where guests can dine among the bay at its zoo and aquarium. Set in the heart of the marshlands at the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, the center’s Farm to Bay dinner on Aug. 2 promises an evening experience with wild company — for the 16th year in a row.
Farm to Bay’s highlight is its guest list, which is packed with the native species that make San Diego the most biologically rich county in the continental United States. Attendees will get the chance to interact up close and personal with the center’s animal ambassadors as they roam the dozens of local food and wine booths that will set up shop at the center.
As for the star of the show? Naturally, that’s Emerald, the center’s resident Atlantic green sea turtle and a rare representative of the endangered species that calls San Diego Bay home.
Fundraiser ‘more important than ever’
Farm to Bay won’t just be a celebration of the coast. It’ll also be held in support of it, as the nonprofit center’s largest fundraiser of the year…