Post #243207 by phynix on Sun, Jul 16, 2006 10:11 AM

On 2006-07-15 21:18, bothellbill wrote:
Hey there San Diegans. A TC member from Seattle (me) and the Mrs. will be in town next weekend. Anything we must do or see? We will be staying one night at the Red Lion Hanalei and eating there once. Also plan to go to the Bali Hai. More suggestions?

mahalo

Hey there Bothebill, I’m an ex-San Diegan who now lives in Portland and will be going to the Seattle Bar Tour! Sandy Eggo is a BEAUTIFUL place! I really miss it.
There is a great list of places to go throughout this thread and here’s my favorite weekend drive.

If you have the time and haven’t done this before, drive up the coast. Get a detailed map like from AAA to help with some of the trickier streets or just enjoy exploring. There’s some great architecture on Shelter Island so explore as much as you can. http://www.balihairestaurant.com/location.htm http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/southwest/california/socal/sandiego/tikisd http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/travel.cgi?dest=sd

Head out to Cabrillo National Monument at the tip of Point Loma. No tiki, just a nice drive with a nice view at the end. http://www.nps.gov/cabr/juan.html http://www.inetours.com/San_Diego/Point_Loma.html

Then head up toward Ocean Beach if you like tiny little surf towns with rows of antique stores. Check out Sunset Cliffs on the way. Keep going to Mission Beach, head toward Mission Blvd, at the roller coaster, park and take a walk along the boardwalk. Keep heading north on Mission Blvd till it turns into La Jolla Blvd. Take the Prospect St/Pl loop, park and walk out to beach, the coves here are BEAUTIFUL! And at the Children’s Pool there are sea lions and a refreshing salt spray on the Breakwater. http://www.inetours.com/San_Diego/La_Jolla.html Also there’s a shop near the corner of Prospect Pl and Prospect St where you can go down into one of the caves. This is a one way street from N to S so if you can it’s best to park and walk. La Jolla (pronounced hoya) has a lot to offer and can take half the day if you let it. There’s the Aquarium and Mount Soledad and farther north Torrey Pines. The coast is super busy on weekends in summer so be prepared with lots of patience. After La Jolla, take Torrey Pines Rd north and check out the Glider Port, great view and lots of hang gliders! Also Blacks Beach (nude)is below you so don't be surprised if you see some skeeve with a telephoto lens hiding in the bluffs!

Keep heading north to Cardiff, there are some great restaurants along the beach here. Farther north on Hwy 101 in Leucadia is a little tiki bamboo shop with some neat stuff. It’s called Bamboo 2 U http://www.bamboo2u.com (I think their site might be down) http://www.sdreader.com/php/qshow.php?prefix=retl&id=bamboo2u there’s also a neat place called Ducky Waddles where Bosko used to sell his tikis, if you talk to the owner or blonde lady (I think her name is Christine) she has some stories. It’s been some time since I’ve been in there. Farther up in Oceanside there are some more new tiki bamboo places mentioned at the beginning of this thread. And at any time along the way you can head east to Hwy 5 and that will take you back to downtown within an hour from Oceanside (traffic permitting).

There’s also Mr. Tiki’s downtown in the Gaslamp District which is fun with the right people, I like the drinks, the food is pretty good and be sure to ask for the Dessert Tree! There’s lots of eye candy just try to ignore all the hipsters, yuppies and the music. I’ve been told it’s not traditional tiki but then neither am I. :) I just love the décor and those glass fish lamps!

Oh and an FYI, booze in CA is WAY CHEAPER than up here. Check places like Beverages and More, Longs Drugs, Sav-On and local grocery stores for weekly specials on staple items. I smuggled TONS up when we moved last year after seeing the prices in our local stores!

Have fun and soak up some salt air for me!