Well, with the onset of summer we've been a bit slow with updating the blog. So without further a do, we'll give you an update of Jim & Patti's visit to San Diego back @ the beginning of June. Jim & Patti arrived Friday morning in L.A. and drove down to San Diego for the weekend. We started off the visit with lunch on the beach in Del Mar at the Poseidon restaurant. Patti had her first fish taco, and we all enjoyed watching the surfers as we had an afternoon cocktail. Next we drove down the coast from Del Mar to Torrey Pines, La Jolla, PB, Mission Beach, finally ending at Point Loma with a spectacular view of the San Diego Bay, downtown, and the mountains off in the distance.... too bad we forgot the camera that day!
I guess I should also note that the Tuesday before Jim & Patti arrived John dislocated his ankle rock climbing. Long story short, considering the circumstances it was the best injury he could have gotten....I mean no broken bones so that's a definite bonus. Anyways, with John on crutches and in a cast we had to get creative with our activities.
Now, back to Saturday. We decided to take it easy and take the Trolley tour around San Diego. You can hop on and off as many times as you like and it was really a great way to see most of the city. We got off the trolley in the historic Gaslamp district for lunch at the Rockbottom brewery and visited Coronado Island, Balboa Park and the Old Town district. It was a big day so when we got home we vegged out and John cooked up some yummy shrimp pasta for dinner.
Sunday we we're back out again this time to check out the San Diego zoo. John enjoyed the opportunity to rent a motorized scooter for the day and left Jim, Patti, and I in the dust many of times as he high tailed it up the hills at the zoo. We got to see the Pandas, a cougar who wasn't too shy to spray his cage to make it know that he was not a happy kitty. Let's see.....monkeys, lots of birds, and of course the zebras, giraffes, and elephants. And the plants and landscaping were just as spectacular as the wildlife. JT and I purchased a year long pass to the zoo so we can't wait to go back and do it all over again....scooter free of course.
Sunday we were treated to a top-notch dinner at George's on the Cove a fine dining restaurant in La Jolla and the restaurant where John works. Good thing for us that John is buddies the the sous chef b/c we got hooked up! Free mini-courses that we didn't even order and a sampler platter of homemade sorbet and cheese for desserts. You had to roll us out of there after the end of our 3 hour dinner. What a great way ending to such a fun weekend!
We had a blast and can't wait to get some more visitors out this way (ahem...Larry & Rita).
Enjoying the trolley ride and the sites of San Diego
Check out the good lookin' cast
John got really good at delegating while "cooking" on crutches
There's something about San Diego that just makes you just want to chill out
San Diego cityscape from the Coronado Bridge
