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Showing posts with label san diego. Show all posts

Last Weekend of 2014

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This has been an overdue post. Last Christmas, Ron had nothing in his wish list. Well, he had one but he came up with it a week before Christmas but that’s not usually how lists work because that is too soon in my opinion since I’m always done shopping a week or two before Christmas.

The best idea that I came up with (me thinks) was to book a hotel in one of our most favorite cities. Fortunately, it’s only a two-hour drive away---duration I don’t mind driving. So on the weekend after Christmas, off to SD we went, dropped off the dogs and did our thing.  I already shared about Phil’s BBQ which was BOMB.  Then we walked around Pacific Beach and met with one of Ron’s (almost like) life-long friend and watched the sunset with him (which reminds me, we need to put that time lapse together).

After which, we checked in and headed to the Modern Times brewery to try a few brews, bought carne asada fries from a local place, picked up the dogs from doggy day camp and went back to the hotel and got the free drinks from the hotel’s bar to drink in our room.


We had a quiet morning walk with the dogs on Sunday morning around Old Town SD and had brunch at the Burger Lounge in Hillcrest. Take note: the walk around Hillcrest was not quiet...at all. They barked at every dog they saw. These two need socialization training again.


It was such a wonderful and relaxing weekend for us, away from things that have become too familiar and mundane. We came back feeling refreshed and ready for the new year.

Beach Day: La Jolla, CA

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When my sister was in town, we spent her only weekend here in SoCal in San Diego. And as one of our cousins suggested, we hung out at La Jolla after we all got a massage. I already miss that weekend and how much time we spent relaxing. Quality time with family is always time well-spent.

The sky in these pictures are so deceptive, you'd think it was a cold day at the beach but I promise you, it was not. It was so hot and bright!
So we tested the water, it wasn't cold but there were so many slippery rocks that it did not feel safe to dive in and go far from the shore.
And then this thing I know would happen happened.
But don't worry, nobody got hurt...within the next 15 minutes. Haha!
Don't worry, she's fine. :p
Now here's my sister and her cool sunnies. 
 And then the sisters again thinking they're cool with their kuya Ron handing them the GoPro.
 "I need a GoPro."
My love. :)
<3
You will never guess why she was running towards me and Ron.

Phil's BBQ, San Diego CA

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Being second in line is not bad when you're in line for Phil's. We got there at around 10:30am and we were the second group in line. We did not mind the wait at all because we all heard it from other people and now we're saying it too: IT'S WORTH THE WAIT.



The restaurant has a "fastfood system" and with that I mean you would order from the counter and wait for your order to be ready. I'm pretty sure the meats have been in the BBQ hours and hours prior so they'd be easy to prepare.
Photo Cred: Mika
The taste was in the other side of the restaurant spectrum from fast foods though. I got the Beefy Bone and Chicken with a fresh corn on the cob and it was amazing. Like, seriously. The meat was falling off the bone--that goes for both the beef rib and the chicken. I practically pulled the chicken bone out of the leg and showed it to my cousins...who were all as amazed as me. Haha!
Photo Cred: Mika

We Love You, San Diego Part 1

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I haven't posted much on Instagram but Ron and I have been dumping photos in our SD! photo album. Yes, it's a shared album, how unpredictable of us, right? ;) I don't really want to dump all of the blogworthy pictures and steal all of your bandwidth, I'll post in two parts.

After dropping Fox off at the pet hotel, we drove straight to the USS Midway. The nerd in me was extra thrilled while exploring the huge ship. It's amazing what the Navy guys endure. Much respect to them. We had to skip some parts of the tour because we parked at the wrong lot and getting a ticket was not really part of our budget. We cut the tour short, got in the car and drove to our hotel. 

San Diego Weekend

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I was not able to take a bunch of pictures on our trip since all we did was go to Barona and stay in our hotel room - yes folks, we got too tired to dress up and go on a night out. Nonetheless, the trip was really fun!


Saturday
At Costco, before we left.
In front of the Casino.
We do not seem to have a clear shot but this is good enough ( I guess).
Walking to the buffet and at the table! My friends and I love buffets!
Happy tummy smiles :)
We decided to stay in on Saturday night.

Sunday
Waiting for our food at Cafe 21.
The lovely chandelier at Cafe 21.
My Sunday meal! Rasmimosa, fruits and turkey sausage omelet.
Fifth and F.
Fifth Street.

I felt a little homesick on Sunday. Probably because I was so tired and all I wanted was to go home and stay in bed and nap all day then sleep after ;)


Hope everybody had a great weekend!


PS

Happy Monday!

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Hi everyone, happy Monday!

As you probably already know, I was in San Diego last weekend but I have yet to organize the photos so in the meantime, here's a picture of me in my favorite dress!

Cardigan - mom's closet Gap.
Purse - Anne Klein.
Dress - LA Fashion District (I think).
Sandals - a random store at the Ontario Mills.

Just in case...
Yes, I am quite leggy.
Yes, my dress was a little short.
Yes, I was wearing tiny shorts under it.
No, my feet aren't really that big.