Coronado
Last week my entire family went to spend three days and two nights at Hotel Del Coronado, a resort spot in San Diego. Reasons included Father's Day, my sister's birthday, and my mom retiring from teaching after 32 years. Maybe Wendy and me getting married a couple weeks ago and not going on a honeymoon, too.
Situated right on the beach, the location was great. The old building was awesome, too. Built in the late 1800s, it has been home to presidents, movie stars, and ghosts. That's what happens at old places...
There was a lot of nice-looking wood. Not the modern or Art Deco stuff we're used to seeing in L.A., but a more Victorian style. It's like the Winchester Mystery House or perhaps a Monopoly board come to life.
Like all the other guests, we spent a lot of time messing around on the beach. The water was warm, and after years of floundering on a surfboard, it was nice to screw around on a boogie boards, which Eric N. gave my brother and sister-in-law when they got married! Crap, I forgot the bones and Scrabble board for afterwards, but oh well.
There were a lot of restaurants around. We had homemade pasta at one place that was okay and a decent Chinese food somewhere else. The best meal of all was dessert, but that's a post unto itself.
In the end, this was probably as close to going on a cruise as I've ever been. After a day, it seemed like we'd been away for a week. And by the time we returned to L.A. on Thursday night (Carlos and I had a GR softball game that night), it was like we never left home.
The spot was beautiful and I'm glad I went, but mostly I'm thankful to have a family where everyone gets along great and enjoys spending time with each other.
Situated right on the beach, the location was great. The old building was awesome, too. Built in the late 1800s, it has been home to presidents, movie stars, and ghosts. That's what happens at old places...
There was a lot of nice-looking wood. Not the modern or Art Deco stuff we're used to seeing in L.A., but a more Victorian style. It's like the Winchester Mystery House or perhaps a Monopoly board come to life.
Like all the other guests, we spent a lot of time messing around on the beach. The water was warm, and after years of floundering on a surfboard, it was nice to screw around on a boogie boards, which Eric N. gave my brother and sister-in-law when they got married! Crap, I forgot the bones and Scrabble board for afterwards, but oh well.There were a lot of restaurants around. We had homemade pasta at one place that was okay and a decent Chinese food somewhere else. The best meal of all was dessert, but that's a post unto itself.
In the end, this was probably as close to going on a cruise as I've ever been. After a day, it seemed like we'd been away for a week. And by the time we returned to L.A. on Thursday night (Carlos and I had a GR softball game that night), it was like we never left home.The spot was beautiful and I'm glad I went, but mostly I'm thankful to have a family where everyone gets along great and enjoys spending time with each other.
posted by gr at
3:16 PM
extraordinary desserts? 'some like it hot' was filmed there! congratulations, martin and wendy! - also, i want to hang out with you in san diego next time!
that place is amazing. i did some diving out near there. hope we can snorkel at comic con, though im going to be directing a video in san diego the same week so im all over the place.
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