Bali Hai

July 22, 2014, 6 Comments

For our last night in San Diego Patrick and I went out to dinner and drinks with the lovely Suzanne (of Sweetie Suz) and her husband Dave. After dinner at a swell Mexican restaurant we went Bali Hai, a Polynesian restaurant right along the water, for drinks. You might remember Suzanne from Tiki Day at Disneyland.…

Balboa Park

July 21, 2014, 12 Comments

As mentioned in my previous post, after visiting Mission San Diego de Alcalá, I decided to visit the highly recommended Balboa Park. And now I know why people kept bringing it up. It is nothing short of spectacular and I am forever in love. From its impeccably detailed buildings to its sprawling gardens, my eyes darted…

California’s First Mission – Mission San Diego de Alicalá

July 20, 2014, 2 Comments

UPDATE: It is important to remember that while California Missions have been hailed as places of peace, they also have deep and complicated histories, including slavery, violence, and forced religious conversion. Having visited 99% of the shops I wanted to go to, my fourth full day in San Diego was spent exploring the city on…

San Diego Finds

July 19, 2014, 17 Comments

Well, we are home from San Diego! What a trip! It was lots of fun, but I’m certainly glad to be home. I was planning on my “haul” post to be my last post about San Diego, but it seems y’all are just too impatient to hear about this vintage shop I’ve been hinting at on…

Hotel Del Coronado

July 16, 2014, 6 Comments

Yesterday Carla of Tiny Angry Crafter and I ran around to various vintage shops and also stopped by one of San Diego area’s most iconic landmarks, the Hotel Del Coronado. Opening in 1888, the hotel became a hot spot for US presidents and in the 1920s, for the Hollywood elite. When World War II broke out…

Old Town San Diego

July 14, 2014, 5 Comments

Greetings from San Diego! Today I got together with the doll that is Carla of Tiny Angry Crafter and we visited some of the antique shops in the Ocean Beach area (where I bought one little item) before visiting Old Town San Diego. And let me just say, it was incredibly charming. I felt like…