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=== Wednesday May 31 === | === Wednesday May 31 === | ||
Arrival after Ottawa - Toronto flights. Met Mark, Kirstie | Arrival after Ottawa - Toronto flights. Met Mark, Kirstie, their nice neighbor Reg and her son at the Fisherman restaurant on the pier in San Clemente http://www.fishermansrestaurant.com/ | ||
Arrived at their place, very nice neighborhood. Heard more about the wacky neighbor, the scurrilous wag. He's going through some issues. | Arrived at their place, very nice neighborhood. Heard more about the wacky neighbor, the scurrilous wag. He's going through some issues. | ||
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=== Tuesday June 6 === | === Tuesday June 6 === | ||
(AP) | |||
Left San Clemente just before noon, after connecting with clients. | |||
Drove all the way thru San Diego to the Syreho(sp?) town before the mexican border. | |||
This little valley town seems to be struggling from the fact it is a border town. | |||
Huge mexican flag is visible from the top of the San Diego highway. | |||
Turn around to Coronado. Stopped at the famous El Coronado hotel for lunch with a view. | |||
Took the impressive San Diego bridge across to highway 5 and exited to Balboa park and San Diego zoo. | |||
Visited the zoo.. no tigers today. But very cuddling pendas. Impressive 100 years old tortoises eating flowers. | |||
Hippos, crocos and a large variety of monkeys and birdies. | |||
Walked gaslamp quarte in search of authentic pizza. Lots of authentic italian restaurants, but none to satisfy a pizza craving. Travelled north to Little Italy on India street. I recommend a short stop here for canoli, gelato and of course lunch or dinner. | |||
Pizza craving satisfied. | |||
(DM) | |||
The San Diego Zoo, followed by a nice dinner at Cafe Fanfastico in San Diego's Little Italy. | The San Diego Zoo, followed by a nice dinner at Cafe Fanfastico in San Diego's Little Italy. | ||
=== Wednesday June 7 === | === Wednesday June 7 === | ||
Santa Barbara and then Los Olivos, wine country. Checked out a couple of wineries, Gainey and Firestore. Gainey was strongly preferred (and we bought a couple bottles), though the otherwise interesting woman was a bit over the top with her patriotism. Then a trip into LA and dinner at the Real Food | Santa Barbara and then Los Olivos, wine country. Checked out a couple of wineries, Gainey and Firestore. Gainey was strongly preferred (and we bought a couple bottles), though the otherwise interesting woman was a bit over the top with her patriotism. Then a trip into LA and dinner at the Real Food Daily, a nice vegetarian place with good prices. | ||
Haven't been hearing much from the neighbor despite some horking in the morning and the occasional muttered curse, he's subdued, seems to be going through some issues. | Haven't been hearing much from the neighbor despite some horking in the morning and the occasional muttered curse, he's subdued, seems to be going through some issues. | ||
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=== Thursday June 8 === | === Thursday June 8 === | ||
Catch up on the net, then we headed into LA for some shopping http://www.fashiondistrict.org/. 90 blocks of wholesale and importer-run stores is a lot of shopping, though a bit rough and intimidating. We didn't buy anything, my sense is with some patience and time you could get a lot of decent clothes inexpensively, but you'd end up with some rejects. It was shocking to be confronted by a man with a hypodermic needle coming out of parking, though something similar happened to me in the subway in Toronto. | |||
Next, happy hour at Border Grill, an established mexican place in Santa Monica. Happy hour, with drinks and appetizers half price or less, is more of a tradition here than at home. Too bad! | |||
Then we met A & L for some dinner - more sushi, this time we tried "chef's choice" where it's courses of seasonally sensible sushi. Very nice. A & L have been getting us into cold sake, we always thought warm was the style but apparently it's often a sign of inferior sake! | |||
Some interesting conversations later, then it was back to San Clemente. | |||
=== Friday June 9 === | |||
We slept in for the first time today, going to have a relaxing day, do a bit of shopping and tidy up getting ready for departure tomorrow. | |||
It's been a great trip, but I'll be glad to be back. I miss Canadians! | |||
=== Saturday June 10 === | |||
Heading for the airport to catch our flight at 1 PM. Arriving back in Ottawa at 1 AM. Ouch. | |||