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Upcoming trip to San Diego at the end of May with girlfriend. Any thoughts on great places to eat and fun things to explore? Thanks in advance. MAGA NRA Gun Owners of America | ||
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Seaport Village and the Gas Lamp Quarter are fun to visit at least once. USS Midway museum is right next to Seaport Village. The Zoo is cool too. Old Town is a good place to wander around with good eats available. "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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If it is Memorial Day weekend, Sunday there will be a free concert in Speckels Park in Coronado. Sit in the grass, take picnic, beverages, etc. https://coronadoconcert.com Hotel Del Coronado tour. There are ~70 miles of beaches. La Jolla. Point Loma Sea Food of Rosecrans. Point Loma Lighthouse and viewing area. Zoo, museums in Balboa Park. Air and Space Museum. SEA world. Mission Bay. Wild Animal Park. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Drive over the ribbon bridge to Coronado. (Wait--if you have acrophobia, don't.) Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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The Zoo is legit. Sea World, maybe not so much. Fun Fact: the bar scenes for Top Gun were filmed in a San Diego restaurant. If you take a tour bus, it'll be part of the tour. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Kansas City Bar b q. http://kcbbq.net Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Not exactly touristy, but someplace I always go. Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial is awesome. link Controversy and Lawsuits | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Do they have karaoke? You've lost that lovin feeling! Georges at the Cove in la jolla for a drink at sunset | |||
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. The San Diego Air & Space Museum (www.SanDiegoAirAndSpace.org/) is fun and wonderful place. The museum's annex facility is located at Gillespie Field, about a 30 minute drive East of the Balboa museum's location and they have aircraft being restored as well as some completed that are on display. If you fly into San Diego's Terminal 2 at Lindbergh Field, there is replica of the Spirit of St. Louis mounted on the ceiling. It was made by volunteers including some who built the original, and it is as close to an exact replica as can be duplicated. Definitely view the aircraft before you descend from the arriving gate area down to the baggage claim. That will put you give you a level view. Ask anyone who works at the airport, they will point you in the right direction. The USS Midway Museum (www.Midway.org/) has a fabulous view of the Bay. The Midway displays US Navy aircraft where the SD Air & Space museum has civilian and military aircraft from around the world. Also located in San Diego bay is the Maritime Museum of San Diego (www.SDmaritime.org/) which has a Soviet Attack Submarine in the water that you can tour. I'm not sure if this interests you, but since it is located close to the USS Midway, I wanted to share it with you as well. The US Marines at MCAS Miramar have 48 Marine Corps related aircraft on display that is open to the public. It is located about 25 minutes North from the airport. I haven't been yet, but their newest exhibit is about the Navajo Code Talkers from WWII. www.FlyingLeathernecks.org/ Once a month from May thru September, the museum has open cockpit days when you are able to sit in the pilots seat. The whales are off the coast and there are several whale watching companies Padres Baseball Game Wild Animal Park is part of the SD Zoo but completely different environment. Do the Photo Safari where they put you in the back of a truck with a guide and drive you through the enclosures. You are just inches from the animals and you are given the opportunity to fee rhinos and giraffe. Don't worry, they keep you away from the lions, tigers, and bears. Places to eat: Restaurant Name (Food Type) ~ Area Located 94th Aero Squadron (French Farmhouse & Sunday Brunch) ~ Kearny Mesa Alforon (Vegan) ~ El Cajon Arigato (Japanese) ~ La Mesa Baked Bear (Custom Ice Cream, no pot) ~ Pacific Beach Broken Yolk Cafe (Eggs Benedict) ~ Pacific Beach & Mission Valley Brockton Villa (Seafood) ~ La Jolla Cali Comfort BBQ ~ Spring Valley Carnitas Snack Shack (American Mexican) ~ SD Bay & Hillcrest Casa De Pico (Mexican) ~ La Mesa Coasterra (Mexican) ~ SD Bay Coop's BBQ ~ Lemon Grove Costa Brava (Spanish, not Mexican) ~ Pacific Beach Crazee Burger (burgers) ~ North Park El Agave Restaurant and Tequilería (Mexican) ~ Old Town Fish House Vera Cruse (Seafood) ~ Escondido Fish Market (Seafood) ~ SD Bay Fishery Grill & Market (Seafood) ~ Pacific Beach Herringbone (Seafood) ~ La Jolla Hash House A-Go-Go (American Brunch/Dinner, no drugs) ~ Hillcrest Island Prime (Steak & Seafood) ~ SD Bay King of Thai ~ Grantville Longhorn Grill (Burgers, ask for the John Wayne room) ~ Allied Gardens Mariscos El Pulpo (Mexican Seafood) ~ South Bay Miguel’s Cocina (Mexican) ~ Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Old Town, Point Loma/Shelter Island, & Rancho Bernardo Peohe's (Seafood) ~ Coronado Pizzeria Luigi (Pizza) ~ Golden Hill, Imperial Beach, & North Park Sushi Ota (Japanese) ~ Mission Bay Trilogy Cafe (Vegan) ~ La Jolla West Coast BBQ ~ La Mesa . | |||
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Look at getting the Go San Diego card if you're planning on doing a lot of the touristy things. We saved a considerable amount of money with it when we did an extended weekend family vacation there. https://www.smartdestinations....XOnh65gaAkpMEALw_wcB Eats The Corvette Diner is an institution, now located at Liberty Landing. Humphrey's on Shelter Island has an awesome Sunday brunch. They've also got some great live music. Hodad's in Ocean Beach is also an institution for burgers. Museums & Zoos Midway and Maritime museums are both located on the waterfront downtown. Easy to do both in the same trip. The zoo and wild animal park are both worth seeing. Totally different environments and experiences. Balboa Park has got 16 different museums from cars to air & space to art. Sea World is also there. We went with our daughter during the last year they were doing the killer whale shows. They still have a killer whale show but it looks like it has changed to be more, "Ethical" in their presentation. Nature Beaches. Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach are probably more of the stereotypical beach towns. Carlsbad up north has got some nice beaches, Coronado and La Jolla as well. Be ware of water quality warnings on the southern beaches of Imperial, Silver Strand and sometime Coronado. Cabrillo National Monument has always been one of my favorite places. Great views, some hiking and tide pools. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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Goto MCRD and watch a new group of Marines graduate boot camp and be called "Marine" for the first time. It is a pretty emotional experience. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Yep. And the BBQ leaves a lot to be desired. Grab a beer there though if you want to see it. Eat elsewhere. I recommend Blue Water Seafood up near India Street and Washington. If you’ll be north, try Urge gastropub. There are a ton of breweries if you’re into that. Miramar area is a good spot to hit a few of them. If you like donuts, try Donut Bar. Expensive but amazing. Zumbar is off the beaten path but great for coffee/espresso. Coronado beach was our favorite beach when we lived there. Fair warning you may have cool and cloudy weather that time of year. You will have clouds most mornings (the marine layer). If you like hiking, there are a ton of good trails. | |||
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For you that know: Will there be lots of homeless in tent cities? Can't carry, so would you suggest carrying a tactical pen? (I don't know if even those are legal, but probably....are) Will you be encountering serious gang activity, as in being mugged? This thread makes that part of the world sound great, but why do I doubt it? Fake News? Real News? Anyone? | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Yep. Nobody goes there for the BBQ.
That’s a pretty good choice. Last time I was there it was SRO out the door. Really, really decent. My favorite is Point Loma Sea Food, one of the few things I really miss sbout SD.
And the water temp can be anywhere from near 70 to below 60 degrees, too. I’d stay up north of the Hotel Del, avoid Silver Strand and south. Too much pollution from Tijuana river outflow. I lived across the road from Silver Strand, swam there frequently. I was bed ridden for a week with all sorts of hideous ailments to show for it a few years ago. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I never tried Point Loma seafood. I’ll have to do so next time I visit. South beach in Ocean Beach had great fish tacos but it’s strictly 21+ so not an option if he’s traveling with kids. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
I’m a Rubio’s man, or was before Ralph sold out to that bunch of Yankees. I could eat at his first two stores every day. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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What hasn't been said or, covered in other visit San Diego threads... Best food/evning neighborhoods, Hillcrest/North Park and Little Italy. Both 'hoods have a very solid collection of places to eat and wander around afterwards. North Park also has a few live music venues that you can catch some local acts. While Gaslamp gets all the press, I find it to be over-populated with douchebags and money-making theme restaurants...it's a tourist trap. Head over to Coronado and spend an afternoon at the Hotel Del Coronado. Hang-out on the beach and/or, get a cocktail and enjoy. Pt.Loma Seafood...  When I would travel down for business, I would go and pick-up a sandwich, either a crab or, fried oyster sando, and head up to nearby Cabrillo Monument and enjoy a pleasant, relaxing lunch. You get a fantastic view of the bay, all the ships and Navy activity, along with a couple of short hikes to walk-off lunch. Occasionally, I'd stop off at Fort Rosecrans Nat'l Cemetery if a ceremony was happening and spend some time paying respects. | |||
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And here nobody's mentioned El Indio's near Washington and the 5. Not a local among ya.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
Nobody ever goes there. It’s too crowded! Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Most of my San Diego visitors like the glider port, on the Pacific coast, just west of the UCSD campus. You can see a dozen hang gliders and parasails in the air at any given time. RC gliders doing aerobatics too. Nearly always a rising on-shore breeze, so they can stay aloft indefinitely. You can stand a few yards from the take-off/landing patch. You can also buy a demo ride with an instructor. Usually open only on weekends. Free. There’s a sandwich shop, the Cliff Hanger Cafe, on the site. You can put its number, (858) 452-9858 into your GPS to guide you to the glider port. BTW, my favorite San Diego restaurant is Kaiserhof, a German restaurant. Open for lunch Fri-Sun. Open for dinner every day except Mon. (619) 224-0606 P. S. – the place formerly known as “The Wild Animal Park” is now “The Safari Park”. Dunno why they changed it… A mistake, IMO. Serious about crackers | |||
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