This month has sped by me at an unusually fast pace. Granted, we had a lot going on in November so maybe it’s not that unbelievable that the month has come and gone so quickly.
I’m just popping in to say hey and have a good weekend. It’s been a busy week and, come Thursday night, I was tired. I had my snack (a bowl of the new Special K Protein Plus cereal) and watched a couple half-hour shows and counted down until I could head to bed.
I hope everyone has a good weekend!
I did essentially all of my Christmas decorating this weekend. Morgan even helped by keeping me company out on the front porch. She supervised from her bed in its spot in the sun.
She wasn’t too interested in lending a paw, but it appears this dog was. Looks like he was pretty helpful, huh?
Our third day in San Diego found us eating shrimp tacos at a place the McHusband’s car-forum friends had recommended: Oscar’s Mexican Seafood.
I don’t know the story behind Oscar’s, but I got the feeling it started as a food truck.
We each got the shrimp tacos (well, I got one and the McHusband got two) and I gotta say, Oscar didn’t disappoint.
Once we had filled our bellies, we drove to Seal Beach to, uh, see the seals.
The trees at this park looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
We meandered up the road to the La Jolla Cave Store. Our meandering took us past more seals and lots of pelicans and let me tell you guys, it was the stinkiest walk I’ve ever been on. Seriously, I gagged a couple times. I do NOT miss that part of the trip.
We paid the $8 to walk down a long flight of stairs and see that tunnel in the picture above from a different vantage point.
I made it!
Looking out.
From Seal Beach, we headed to Julian, which the McHusband had heard was an interesting and fun drive away. It’s known for its apple pies. That’s what we hear anyway; we had pizza, cider, and beer.
We stopped at this cute little cider place that also had little booths with stuff for sale and a diner area at the back.
We were hungry so we went across the street to a little pizza place for a late lunch. Plus, I’d bought a cider and I wanted to drink it.
You know how lots of people bring their dogs to places where you can eat outside? That’s pretty normal, right? Well, in CA, they do things a little differently.
Do you see what I saw?
A lady had brought a BIRD to the restaurant.
That was worth the trip to Julian right there.
That night, we ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant. We sat outside right on the sidewalk so we had fun people watching and even talked to someone walking their Harlequin Great Dane.
The McHusband ordered a girlie drink that sounded too good to pass up. At least it came in a man-sized glass.
We walked around the block and saw a tour bus outside a club down the street.
The bus belonged to Benny Benassi, a DJ who specializes in EDM. Five points to anyone who knows what EDM means. No one? Don’t feel bad, I saw this guy in concert and still didn’t know EDM stood for. It’s Electronic Dance Music.
We didn’t have tickets to the show, but we talked to a bouncer who “had our back” and helped us buy two tickets from people who had extras. I enjoyed the concert enough, but a couple more drinks and not being there from 10 pm to 1:30 in the morning on my third night on the West Coast would’ve helped.
Whew, looking back, that was a busy day! We had no choice but to make the most of it since it was our last full day in San Diego. Not to worry, I still have one more adventure to share.
We went to the San Diego Zoo on Saturday, our first full day in the city. We fueled up first at a little café around the corner.
We took a bus tour of the zoo upon entering and that was a great idea. It didn’t cost anything and it offered an overview of pretty much the entire place.
After the tour, we had a few close encounters.
The Galapagos tortoises were practically within petting distance.
The McHusband and I had differing thoughts about the numbers on their shells.
I said they were tramp stamps; he said they were the tortoises’ racing numbers.
(Scroll quickly, Leigh.)
We got some great pictures of the gorilla who was lounging by the glass.
The McHusband would have an otter for a pet if I let him. (And if it were even legal, of course.)
The elephants were actually active that afternoon.
Toward the end of the day, we got another close encounter with some wildlife. One of the keepers was moving a wolf.
It was on a leash just like it was a regular dog going on a walk.
After the zoo, we drove out to Point Loma.
The McHusband wanted to see some of the hills.
Looking up…
…and down.
We headed back to the hotel and after a nice long nap, we went out for a late dinner then to The Shout House, a dueling piano bar.
Day 3 coming up!
