#2580 beaches and selfies

Back to real life after a nice week of being looked after, entertained, and fed by Mamacita and Lizzie! It was wonderful to see them and hang out together. The vacation was a nice combination of lounging and getting out to do things. Lizzie set the plan and the timing and everything was great!

I had one main request: to see the ocean. We went to three beaches and had varying degrees of actual beach interaction at each one. I will explain.

One day we went to San Diego. We had lunch at a groovy Mexican restaurant right on the Coast Hwy in Cardiff called Las Olas. After lunch, we crossed the highway to look at the beach and take a few photos.

 

I’m pretty sure Lizzie took this photo because my arms are down.

Our next beach encounter was a couple of days later. We went to Laguna Beach for lunch at a swanky place called Las Brisas. The restaurant is on a cliff above the sand and the ocean. 

A kind woman offered to take our photo, so even though we did have selfies, I kinda like this photo.

Our third beach encounter happened at Sunset Beach. We wanted to have dinner and see a pretty sunset. We ate a a dive called J. King’s Neptune Restaurant. I say it was a dive, and I mean that in the best possible way. It’s a family-owned business that serves really good food and it’s only a couple of blocks from the beach. (It is also on the Pacific Coast Highway.)  It is definitely locals-oriented.  The sunset that night was not really a thing, since there was a very heavy marine layer. We still walked down to the water to get our toes wet and, of course, take a bunch of photos. 

The city in silhouette in the top photo is Long Beach. That was the extent of the cool sunset. Lizzie took the selfie of the three of us. She’s good at making sure we all get in the frame. 

When I go on vacation, it gives me time to ponder. On Thursday, I’ll share three things that I thought about during my week away from home. How’s that for a teaser?

Talk to you Thursday!