San Diego

It was wonderful spending time in lovely and temperate San Diego.  We were lucky to stay with our friend, Mitch, who is living on Coronado, a beautiful beach town across the bay from downtown San Diego.  Mitch is in the Navy and doing his residency at the Naval hospital, hence the picture of him in uniform.  

Coronado is really beautiful and was made famous with the Hotel del Coronado, which has housed such famous guests as Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Edison.  L. Frank Baum also penned most of The Wizard of Oz here. It is also rumored that he based his vision of the Emerald City on the image of the Hotel del Coronado.  The hotel also appeared in many films, such as Some Like it Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe.

In addition to hanging out with Mitch and Yan, two fellow Sweeneyites, I also went to the San Diego Zoo, traversed Balboa Park and relaxed on the Coronado Beach. The wart hogs and Galapagos tortoises were probably my favorite animals at the zoo.

The weekend also ended with brunch at the Hash House, a restaurant that builds a theme around the state of Indiana.  Additionally, their gimmick is super giant impossible to finish portions that are really sort of insane.  Paul's pancake looked like a flying saucer and the plates were like boat size.  Each dish came with a sprig of rosemary and also a slice of yellow watermelon, which I had never seen before.  This should explain what we're eating in the pictures.

P.S.  I'm not sure why the beginning text is underlined.  If you click on it, however, a giant picture of my favorite Galapagos tortoise will appear.  I didn't plan this.