{"id":494,"date":"2025-10-13T04:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:42:09","slug":"bubble-queen-of-mission-bay-reggie-dyer-veit-reigns-with-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bubble Queen of Mission Bay’ Reggie Dyer Veit reigns with joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A young child reaches up to touch the \u201cBubble Queen\u2019s\u201d masterpiece at Mission Bay Park. (Photo by Barry Alman)<\/p>\n

About half an hour before sunset, something extraordinary happens at Mission Bay Park<\/a>. Giant, iridescent bubbles float through the air, some stretching 8 to 12 feet, occasionally drifting over Interstate 5 and past apartment windows, leaving wonder in their wake.<\/p>\n

Behind this phenomenon is a bubble artist who has called San Diego home since 1987 and spent the past nine years perfecting her craft and earning the nickname \u201cBubble Queen of Mission Bay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reggie Dyer Veit\u2019s journey into bubble artistry<\/a> began nearly 40 years ago at the Ocean Beach Christmas Parade, where she first saw a bubble artist perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just fell in love with it. I thought that\u2019s so neat,\u201d Dyer Veit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"An onlooker snaps a picture of the \u201cBubble Queen\u201d at Mission Bay Park. (Photo by Barry Alman)\"\"The \u201cBubble Queen\u201d in the zone at Mission Bay Park. (Photo by Barry Alman)\"\"Dyer Veit with her apprentice Steve Coy. (Photo by Barry Alman)\"\"The \u201cBubble Queen\u201d smiles as a child chases a bubble behind her at Mission Bay Park. (Photo by Barry Alman)<\/p>\n

But life got in the way and she waited three decades before pursuing her passion. The turning point came when she spotted someone creating giant bubbles on the dunes in Pacific Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI went home that night and started learning everything I could about bubbles,\u201d Dyer Veit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What followed was an intensive self-education. Dyer Veit discovered a wiki site with information about bubble physics and history, spending four or five days absorbed in reading. Within her first year, she became a certified bubbleologist \u2014 a designation requiring both theoretical knowledge and practical skill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to take a test to become a bubbleologist,\u201d Dyer Veit said. \u201cYou have to be able to do certain tricks with the bubble.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the most challenging tricks she learned is called \u201cthe cube,\u201d created by renowned bubble artist Tom Noddy, who performed on \u201cThe Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.\u201d The trick involves blowing five bubbles around two connected bubbles to form a cube shape in the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Like other bubble enthusiasts, Dyer Veit is part of a community with its own vocabulary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our own bubble language,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019ll hear us talk about things like the dragon and the wick.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dyer Veit said October is often her best month for bubbling, as higher humidity helps the bubbles last longer. She has spent years perfecting her bubble juice recipe, a secret mix of five ingredients besides water. Her goal is to create bubbles that can withstand wind and drift for extended periods.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can get a bubble to last over 30 seconds, that\u2019s pretty good,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve had them go for almost three minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mission Bay provides ideal conditions due to the moisture in the air. However, she also ventures to La Jolla, Dog Beach in Ocean Beach and the Torrey Pines Gliderport, where updrafts can send bubbles soaring over cliffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reactions she witnesses range from pure delight to the downright surreal. Her most unusual encounter happened at De Anza Cove when one of her giant bubbles floated over the freeway, high above the hillside.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA hawk was circling it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat was the strangest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

More often, she watches children\u2019s faces light up and adults\u2019 moods shift.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that I\u2019m going to turn somebody\u2019s day around,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dyer Veit has made many friends through bubbling, including Steve Coy, who has apprenticed with her for two years. While she favors a few giant bubbles at a time, Coy prefers a garland that releases 20 to 60 medium bubbles with each sweep.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The \u201cBubble Queen\u2019s\u201d passion isn\u2019t confined to California skies. Nearly three years ago, Dyer Veit took her bubble wands on a four-day train trip from Sacramento to Detroit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time the train stopped long enough, I got off and did bubbles,\u201d she said, sharing her art with strangers along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What Dyer Veit didn\u2019t expect was how deeply the practice would affect her. Once shy and introverted, she found herself opening up through her art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just takes a little bubble in the air to change your whole attitude,\u201d Dyer Veit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These days, she spends most evenings at Mission Bay, delighting onlookers with giant bubbles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I were like that before I started bubbles,\u201d Dyer Veit said. \u201cBubbles did that to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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