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San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter
The
Stingeree, an area featuring bars, strip joints, and houses of
prostitution were places where sailors use to carouse when they were
off duty. Bartender Peter Cassidy, who excelled at "stinging",
would get sailors drunk then sell them as labor to ship captains who
were headed to exotic ports unknown. That’s how the area got its
name.
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About Mary Peachin  e-mail |
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Mary L. Peachin is a freelance adventure/outdoor travel writer/photographer, author and lecturer. She has published and edited Peachin & Peachin Leaders World Adventure (www.peachin.com) since its founding, October 1996. Alpha/Penquin published her first book, The Complete Idiots Guide to Sharks, in 2003.
Mary is an active member of the Society American Travel Writers, Travel Media Association of Canada, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, American Society of Media Photographers and Outdoor Writers of America. She is currently writing Scuba Caribbean for Florida University Press and is a contributing author to Barron's World Travel Atlas.
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