Are you getting a tax refund this year? If so, what should you do with it?

You could put it in your IRA. Last year’s average refund was about $2,700 according to the Internal Revenue Service. If you got that much this year, you’d have almost half of the annual IRA contribution limit of $6,000, although you can contribute up to $7,000 if you’re 50 or older.

You could also use some of your refund to invest in a college fund. Or, you might want to pay some premiums on your life insurance or long-term care policies.

As an alternative, you could use the money to pay down some debts. The lower your debt load, the more you’ll have available to invest for the future.

One last suggestion: Consider using your tax refund to help build an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses. With such a fund, you’ll be less likely to dip into long-term investments to meet short-term needs.

You can help yourself make progress toward several financial goals with your tax refund – so put it to good use.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Casey Caliva, at Historical 30th & Fern.

Edward Jones, its employees and financial advisors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your attorney or qualified tax advisor regarding your situation.

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Hello Friends and Neighbors! 

The Rose has entered the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest with the aim of improving our online retail and wine club game! We would be very grateful if you took a moment to vote for us 🙂

Voting is open until April 1st and f you’re feeling extra enthusiastic, you can vote once every 24 hours!

Per usual, a sincere thank you for all the support you’ve show us over the years.  We couldn’t do it without you!

(If you missed it above. VOTE HERE.)

XOXO,

The Rose

Holy Moly… it’s nearly 2019!  Thanks for keeping our doors open: we couldn’t do it without you and hope you’ll join us this Monday, New Year’s Eve, for a pre-party toast to watch the ball drop IN REAL TIME at 9 PM.  (This means that, if you play your cards right, you could be in your jammies, face washed, teeth brushed and settled in to the third chapter of “Becoming” by 11 PM. Winning!) 

We’ll have fancy bottles of champagne and other bubbles open and will be pouring them by the glass. We encourage you to wear something festive and come say cheers to another year with us, we love you!

XO,

The Rose

We hope you’ll join us this coming Third Thursday of November, the 15th, for a celebration of Nouveau! The tides are shifting: Let’s celebrate the harvest and the good things we’ve got going by drinking chilled young wine together!

When: Third Thursday, November the 15th, 6 – 9 PM

Where: The Rose Sidebar

What: Chilled bottles of Nouveau from Beaujolais and California featuring Scribe, Forlorn Hope Dupueble, Thevenet and Lapierre.

Price: $30 regular admission ($25 for Wine Club members: look for the discount code in your inbox) buys access to the famous Rose Smorgasbord and 3 pours of Nouveau! Every Ticket holder is entered in to our Beaujolais raffle in which Mabel randomly chooses a ticket and the winner goes home with a magnum of Gamay!

Buy Your Tickets Here

XO,
The Rose

WHAT IS A WALKABOUT?

The South Park Walkabout is a quarterly fun-filled evening festival that showcases all the unique and independent businesses within South Park. Enjoy complimentary treats, live entertainment and special offers.

WHERE IS THE WALKABOUT?

The Walkabout highlights both the south and north end of the South Park business district. The north end starts at Kalmia and 30th St. and extends south to Beech Street. A few ways to get to South Park

• Take 5 South to 94 East to the 28th S
  treet exit. Turn right on 28th and then right on Beech Street
• Take 5 North to the Pershing Drive exit. Turn right on 26th Street. Head up the hill and make a left on A Street. Another left on 28th Street and a final right on Beech Street.
• Take 805 South or North to 94 West and exit on 28th Street. Turn right onto 28th Street and right onto Beech Street.
• The 30th Street & Beech Street intersection is the south end of South Park. If you turn left on 30th and head north you can easily access Grape Street and Juniper Street, where businesses of South Park are clustered. This stretch is roughly 10 blocks and totally walkable or bikeable for those who prefer, though it gets a little hilly when heading north.

See you there!

The 20th annual Old House Fair is South Park’s home and garden tour and street festival – bringing together vintage home specialists, local makers, craft beer and wine, restaurants, food vendors, live music, artists and kid’s activities in celebration of the historic homes and character of our neighborhood.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Join the businesses of South Park this Saturday for our first Walkabout of 2018. Grab some of your favorite humans or fury friends and enjoy an evening walking about in South Park.

FREE trolley rides will be running from Juniper & Fern to the south end on Beech & 30th all evening.

Pick up the 2018 Spring Walkabout Guide at the South Park Info Booth on Juniper & Fern Street to see all the retail and restaurant specials in the neighborhood.

SELFIE CONTEST #southparksd

Post your pic showing us how you enjoy the Walkabout on Instagram with #southparksd and tag @southparksandiego! We’ll pick our favorite pic and the winner gets an awesome collection of gift cards to some of the great South Park restaurants and shops.

Pro Tip: Some of the businesses are hosting a “Clover Hunt” to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and add some more fun to evening. Check our IG feed for participants or pick up a Walkabout Special Guide at our Info Booth for further details.

The quarterly fun-filled evening is about to happen!  Come to South Park this Saturday night, and enjoy the spirit of the Holidays in our friendly historic neighborhood.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Join the businesses of South Park this Saturday for our Holiday Walkabout. Grab some of your favorite humans or fury friends and enjoy an evening walking about in South Park.

Meet Santa at 5pm for the South Park Tree Lighting.

FREE trolley rides will be running from Juniper & Fern to the south end on Beech & 30th all evening.

Pick up the 2017 Holiday Walkabout Guide at the South Park Info Booth on Juniper & Fern Street to see all the retail and restaurant specials in the neighborhood.

See you there!

Well the weather outside ain’t frightful,
In fact it’s pretty darn delightful.
But ’tis the season for festiveness so:
to Gold Leaf’s Holiday Party you should go!

Come join us on Thursday, November 16th from 6 – 9 PM for
Cookies & Cocktails
Our second annual holiday party!

We’ll have live music, cookies and plenty of goodies to help get you started on
your holiday shopping.

Oh, and cocktails. Did we mention cocktails?

See you there!

Hi Rose Crew,

We’re super excited to announce the first round of winemakers and importers who will be joining us for Nat Diego this August 4th – 6th.

It’s going to be three days of fun in the sun so stay tuned as we announce more winemakers and activities for the weekend. Buy your tickets, tell your friends, let’s do this!

XO,
The Rose

Address:  2215 & 2219 30^th Street, San Diego CA 92104
Phone:  619-281-0718
Web:  http://www.therosewinebar.com

Gold Leaf is excited to partner with Cotton & Flax, a textile home goods line, for the upcoming Spring Walkabout. Cotton & Flax makes modern, minimalist classics for your kitchen and home. San Diego-based designer Erin Dollar combines bold patterns and beautiful materials to create the perfect textile accents.

You can meet Erin and shop her collection at Gold Leaf during South Park’s Walkabout on Saturday, March 18th. See you there!

 

NEW FURNITURE LINE : FAST AND CUSTOMIZABLE

Happy Summer y’all!

We’ve got some fun events coming up for you.  First off, Yoga-Mosa Returns!  Saturday June 25th starting at 9:45 am.  Join the Lovely Jules for an hour yoga sesh and then hydrate with anti-oxidant-rich mimosas! Buy your tickets HERE.

Then, Monday the 27th we’ll be welcoming Romina of Old World Wines to taste us on four wines from Hungary and Greece.  Guaranteed, very few of us will be able to pronounce the name of the grapes correctly, but they sure are fun to drink and it’s fascinating to learn their History. Do as Plato did and drink Agiortiko! $16  ($5 for wine club members) for the tasting and themed snacks.  Tickets available at the door, we’ll see you there 🙂

Then Tuesday the 28th, Art with Rachel returns!  Paint yourself a masterpiece like the one above.  $25 for the class and it’s No-Corkage Tuesday so you can grab a bottle and paint your heart out! Sign up for the class here!

Also, don’t forget to join us this week for BAR WEEK.  We’re offering half off glasses of local wines and $3 guajillo pork empanadas. #eatlocal.

Finally (for now) Walkabout returns July 8th.  You know, keep it on your radar.

Look out for more updates and we’ll see you soon!

The Rose

Here’s what’s going on at and around The Rose this Month.

First off: March 11th from 7 – 9 PM is the closing show for the current NOSHUA W/ JOSHUA installation. Join us for empanadas y beer, art and good vibes. RSVP on the facebook page to let us know you are coming.

Then, on Monday March 14th, we are dropping our March Wine Club.. This month will include exciting offerings such as Oregon Pinot Noir, San-Diego-made riesling from the famous Kick-On Ranch in Santa Barbara, Gavi di Gavi, and Carignan from the Rousillon.  The tasting starts at 6:30 and is $5 for members and $15 for non-members. Per usual, complimentary bites will abound. So, join the club and the fun: we’ll see you there 🙂 (Read more about the perks of memership and sign yourself up HERE.)

Next up is the South Park Walkabout! March 19th from 6 – 10 PM, the streets of South Park will come alive with the sounds and smells of small business! We, here at The Rose, will be offering 20% off local bottles of wines to-go and, per usual, be slinging (limited amounts of) empanadas on the sidewalk (minus empanadita, our trusty empanada cart, which was stolen during business hours!)

Also on the 19th (in the morning) we are excited to host Modern Craft Camp + Four Things Paper in the sidebar for their Modern Calligraphy 101 and 102 classes.  This one is going to be a lot of fun so hurry up and reserve your spot before the class sells out!

Lastly, we wanted to let you know that, thanks to your support, The Rose has been noticed by San Diego Magazine as one of the top brunch and date-night spots in San Diego!  Woot Woot! Thanks for yelping, enjoying and telling your friends.  We  you :))

Photo Credit:  Sand Diego Magazine

That’s it for now.  Look forward to information on the next yoga-mosa, Easter brunch and a four course dinner from the canyon slated for early April.

Later Gators,

The Rose

My holiday season started Thanksgiving week and it didn’t slow down from there.  You can read about my adventures at the blog here.  Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to take a deep breath and prepare for a brand new year.  Taxes are just around the corner, we are electing a new president, and the much talked about El Niño is finally here for much needed rain. For those of you who succeeded with a handmade holiday in 2015, Congratulations!  It was so great to see so many students in November and December learning how to sew for the first time. And for those of you who have “learning how to sew” as your new year’s resolution, we have our class schedule updated here and look forward to seeing you in the studio!

Roselle,

Address:  2226 Fern Street, San Diego CA 92104
Phone:  619-808-1634
Email:  ry2you@gmail.com
Web:  http://thevishuddha.com