San diego
February 7, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We decided to celebrate my 43rd birthday in sunny San Diego with Brenda and Brian. Sadly Dwayne and Julie, and John and Jerry were unable to go, but we were going to make the most of it. The start of the birthday getaway was February 7, 2019. Thank goodness Brenda amd.Brian knew their way around the airport. The bus ride to the rental car passed by part of the bay. The way the sun glissened off the ripples of the blue water danced like the reflections of diamonds. It was quite mesmerizing. That was the first sight of San Diego and will stay with me foever. We picked out a GMC Arcadia from Hertz grab n go but had quite a bit of difficulty figuring out how to put the third row of seats down to put our luggage in. We all had our cell phone flashlights looking for levers or buttons to get the seats to go down. After about 5 minutes of being puzzled, Brian found the sweet spot, the obvious strap that was hanging down the back of the seat needed to be pulled before the seat would fold.... LMAO. We all had a.good laugh about that. We decided our our first destination would be seaport village. Along the way, we had beautiful bay views, passed by the USS Midway and passed by the "kissing statue". We got out of the car at Seaport village and as we were standing in the parking lot, Sherman noticed an older gentleman that was helping his wife into a wheelchair from their car. The man started to push her away from the car when Sherman noticed the gentleman's driver door was still open. Sherman got the attention of the gentleman who quickly let go of the wheelchair to go close his door. When he let go of the wheelchair she started to roll. I got nervous and thought she might roll away into the center of the parking lot in the way of traffic. I quickly told him I would close it for him, but he insisted he would do it so I felt like I needed to go grab his wife so she didn't roll away! I even told Sherman to grab her since he was closer, but she ended up stopping herself. She told us she has gotten use to him letting go and she had to be alert for when he did that so she could put her feet down to stop. Lol. We had lunch at a lovely restaurant where we had sat on the patio with fabulous views of the bay and the bridge to Coronado. We were even lucky to see one of the stealth ships! I had some awesome fish and chips. I was amazed at how golden and crisp the batter on the fish was. We walked around seaport village checking out the shops and marina. Brenda and I had a double chocolate moose cupcake from one of the bakeries owned by someone who won cake wars. The men decided on ice cream for a desert. On the way back to the car, I needed the restroom. There was an arrow on the ground that stated restroom. Since Brenda was busy getting info on what to do in San Diego, I decided I would use that time to make a pit stop. No one told me finding the restroom was going to be a goose chase! I followed those arrows and thought this must be a joke because I am following these arrows and going around corners and still can't find the bathroom!!!! Yureka, I ended up finding it in the nick of time. I think everyone thought I fell in since I was gone so long. Lol. We get in the car and head towards the apartment complex we are renting for the stay. Brenda caught a glimpse of a Ralph's on the way to the apartment and decided to stop for some "necessities" for our mini vacay, including champagne, orange juice, coffee, cheese, hummus, olives, bourbon, ya know, the "necessities". One of the employees of the store was showing us a few "wonderful" items we must try, like the cheddar and green Chile spread that was quite delicious. We arrived to the apartment and were quite pleased with the accomodations. The views were stunning and vast, especially being on the 40th floor. The balcony was the length of the entire apartment and had views of the city, mountains, bay, and ocean. We decided to get into the "necessities" and wine we brought before we were to go to dinner. It was nice relaxing and taking in the views.with great company and great wine. We settled on a Brazilian restaurant Fogo De Chao for dinner. Brenda fell in love with one of the cheeses served there. I was Gaga over the popovers. We definitely got out fill of meat that evening. We ended with a birthday desert for the old lady before retiring to our new abode. It was a relaxing day indeed.Read more