Our annual “Best of San Diego” issue just landed. An annual almanac of San Diego’s now. A yearbook for the city. A celebration of compelling things that happened this year; things that will happen. Places that in some way enlivened our city, making it more compelling, weird, world-class, or just our kind of class.

For this issue we asked over 20 writers—whose job it is to constantly scour the city—for their favorite things about San Diego right now. It’s our way of shining a light on the people and places doing and creating the remarkable. Things that, years from now, we’ll remember.