Today we took Peppermint & Tom to our favorite seafood restaurant in San Diego,
Point Loma Seafoods. It's our favorite because it is the best, freshest, yummiest seafood for the price. It's very no-nonsense, no frills, but the food is fantastic and reasonably priced.
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We got there and the parking lot was full. But PLS actually has a full time person directing traffic and parking in the lot, because there are so few parking spaces and so much traffic all the time. That seemed to be a recurring theme in their visit over the last few days. It's hard to find parking in San Diego!
We gave our orders to Todd and Tom, and Peppermint and I went to vulture seats. Peppermint has mastered the art of seat-vulturing quite well! She's got the eagle-eye for people who are almost done with their food and look like they're leaving. Then she swoops in and bam!, we have a table. She did that quite impressively yesterday at Burger Lounge. So the big San Diego lesson for Peppermint & Tom was: gotta be a good vulture to find parking and restaurant seating around here. :p
The boys came bearing our seafood loot. Todd had a halibut sandwich.
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I had one of the specials of the day: soft-shelled crab sandwich.
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Tom had a crabcakes plate with french fries and cole slaw.
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And Peppermint had a scallop sandwich, which I've had before and loved it.
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And we ordered a
ceviche to share, since we talked about it the whole time they were here, since they've seen it on Top Chef.
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After the fabulous lunch, we drove down the street to
Cabrillo National Monument. From there, you get the best views of San Diego and Coronado.
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A distant view of the statue/monument of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.
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And a close-up view.
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Todd in front of the
Old Point Loma Lighthouse.
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Closer-up of the lighthouse.
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After that, we headed down to the
U.S.S. Midway, a retired aircraft carrier that you can tour.
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Todd and Tom went on board for the tour, while Peppermint and I walked around at Seaport Village. Tom was really excited to go, because he's a big history buff. I am told that he took lots of photos!
After that, we took Peppermint & Tom to the airport for their return trip back to Wisconsin. The four days went by so fast! I really enjoyed showing them the sights of San Diego, because it reminds me of why I like living here so much. There is a lot to see and do, and a lot of good food to be had! I think Peppermint & Tom had a good time here. We didn't drug them and sell their kidneys, so I'm sure they're relieved. I kept telling them that they were exactly as I imagined they would be. This is a good thing. I love talking to Peppermint via IM. Ours was an easy friendship from the start, and their visit turned out really fun. I wish they lived closer, because they are "our people" and we can definitely see ourselves hanging out with them. Hopefully Peppermint & Tom felt the same way, LOL! You can see
her blog over the next few days as she updates stuff from the trip.
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