the timing could not have been better. not only was it a long weekend, but i had just returned from my first trip to san francisco for oral arguments, an experience that was really interesting but also pretty intense. plus, chris had been out of town the whole week before. so i was just really ready for a great weekend and to see my husband and parents!
we had so much fun showing them around. we took them to torrey pines, the farmers' market, balboa park to see the cactus and rose gardens, the encinitas meditation gardens, old town san diego to see the memorial to g-g-g-grandfather rowan, powerhouse park... all our favorite haunts. we also went out to coronado and spent a fun afternoon admiring the beautiful old hotel del coronado and the beautiful beaches there. and of course, we were very spoiled having parents to take us out for nice dinners.
we also had a lot of fun just driving around... through a series of dramatic events at the rental car place, they had scored a cute sebring convertible. there is nothing like cruising down the 101 from encinitas to del mar with the top down. :)
we also have a wonderful reminder of their visit. they happened to stop at a grocery store on their way from their hotel to our house one of the mornings they were here, and the grocery store was having a clearance on all their summer stuff... so for a crazy low price, mom and dad picked up four cute and comfy outdoor patio chairs in just the right shade of blue. so now, we think of them when we sit out on the deck and watch the sun set.
we don't have photos from mom and dad's visit (we didn't take very many, and dad hasn't sent me his yet), so i'll close with two images of the hotel del coronado (affectionately known as the hotel del). the first is a photo... you may recognize the hotel as the location where "some like it hot" was filmed. the second is a dr. seuss painting entitled "i dreamed i was a doorman at the hotel del." (dr. seuss lived in la jolla.) lovely.
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