San Diego

My sister Abby has lived in San Diego for a year, and this was my first visit to see her. She did a great job of having everything planned out, and it was nice not to need to research anything.

I arrived late Friday night, but we were up super early on Saturday so Abby could attend her sprint triathlon practice on Coronado Island. She and her fellow athletes looked like total badasses with all their bikes and gear, and it really made me miss running. I was able to hang out with my BFF Natalie while Abby had her meet. We had a delightful breakfast (best. omelet. ever) and made it back to cheer on Abby at the finish line. Afterward we toured Hotel Del Coronado, where Natalie created a quiz to help me narrow down which piece of chocolate I wanted from the candy store.

Saturday night, Abby took me to an amazing restaurant on the beach of Cardiff by the Sea for the most delicious birthday dinner. I had filet mignon and we shared a bottle of Pinot Noir. They wouldn’t seat us early, even though we were hungry and they weren’t crowded, so we entertained ourselves on the beach.

We went kayaking in Mission Bay on Sunday. I was certain that I’d wind up in the water at some point or that something would go terribly wrong. Besides Abby repeatedly not paying attention and flinging her oar back so that I kept getting soaked, we survived.

Unfortunately, I didn’t put sunscreen on my legs and got a wicked, painful burn. Sigh.

Sunday night we had fish tacos in Ocean Beach. They were amazing, but we stuffed our faces on the carne asade fries beforehand that we couldn’t even finish the tacos. Monday we visited Torrey Pines State reserve, had delicious burgers at Rocky’s in Pacific Beach and had a picnic dinner on the cliffs of Ocean Beach at sunset.

More San Diego pictures are up on flickr. Most of them were taken by my sister, which means they’re all slightly crooked (as seen above).