...San Diego! We made our 2nd trip out to sunny SD last week after Keeper had taken his clinical entry board exam. The trip was a dual celebration of Keeper's brutal test/studying being over and a belated birthday present for me. Keeper found a sweet mid-week deal on 2 nights at the downtown Sofia Hotel. Located right in the center of tons of fun things (Broadway & Front Street), the Sofia was a great place to get away for a few nights.
We left Phoenix around lunchtime last Wednesday and made it out to San Diego by 5pm. We parked, checked in, and changed our clothes for a night out on the town. We started with happy hour at the hotel bar, then moved on to dinner (sushi happy hour at Ra), then hit a few different bars in the Gas Lamp Quarter. We ended our night back at the hotel bar for a late-night happy hour and then went to bed. After sleeping in, we found a great brunch spot, then headed up to La Jolla for an afternoon at the beach.
We decided on La Jolla Shores, where we were surrounded by surfers and surfing lessons. The weather was absolutely perfect. So perfect, in fact, that I neglected to put sunscreen on anything but my face and neck and now (a week later) have awesome peeling arms and stomach. So attractive. We spent a quiet afternoon lounging and reading on the beach, then headed back into town.
We went out for dinner and then walked over to Petco Park to meet up with Keeper's high school friend, Doug, and his girlfriend Kelly for the Mets-Padres game. Kelly's dad had pretty sweet box seats so we were treated to an awesome time in Petco Park. Too bad the Mets suck so much right now that they couldn't pull out a win that night. Oh well....definitely still a fun ballpark. It was great for Keeper to catch up with his old friend and I was glad to actually put a name with a face (we had last seen him at our wedding) and get to know his girlfriend a little bit.
Friday morning, we checked out of our hotel and headed up to the zoo. I hadn't been to the zoo in YEARS and I'm not sure Keeper had actually been to a zoo before so we had a blast. We walked to every single exhibit we wanted to see (which was most of the park) in just over 4 hours. We saw all kinds of cool animals and the weather was ... perfect.
San Diego is the perect Phoenix getaway. We made it home Friday eveing with no stops in less than 5 hours! We had a great time and can't wait to go back!
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