San Diego

Monday May 24th 2004 05:27 PM PST

this weekends Jen and I decided to get the hell out of town. We had to be in San Diego on Sunday for a graduation, so we just decided to go down there early and get away from EVERYTHING. The graduation itself was packed and we were lucky enough to NOT have tickets. There were so many other close family going that Jen, her brother and father and I didn't get tickets. We were however asked to come to the lunch afterwards at the Hotel Del Coronado. Well that decided where we were staying. Jen's brother got wind of our plan and very soon Jen's father and brother were also booked to stay at the Del. At this point Jen and I thought we were going to do NOTHING. But quickly NOTHING became a planned weekends with its own little itinerary. Now i'm not complaining at all... Most of the plans involved drinking and eating in various places with beautiful views. First stop was at King's Beach house in San Clemente. We sat watching the ocean and hanging out on the balcony. We took a little walk around the community to see Dick's current project, fixing up a house a block away. We headed out in the afternoon and got down to San Diego where we checked into the Hotel. Then Directly to the pool to sit and drink some more.

Dinner was quite an event. Jen's father had his birthday last week and we never really got to sit down and celebrate properly with everything that was going on. So.... we went down to Azure Point and had an incredible meal. Azure Point is upstairs in the Lowele's Coronado resort and has a perfect view of the Coronado Bridge and all of Downtown San Diego. So again, beautiful view, eat and drink.

The next morning we all popped up and got a buffet breakfast at the Sheerwater on the beach at the Del. At this point Jen and I had not gotten a graduation present for Rachel, but we knew exactly what we wanted to get. We took a EXTREMELY FAST trip to a mall just across the bridge and were in and out of Nordstrom's about 36 seconds. We checked out of the hotel and dumped all our stuff in the car. Then proceeded to sit outside the Sheerwater and order a few drinks. At this point we had about an hour and a half before everybody showed up for the lunch at the Sheerwater. So again, beautiful view and drink and eat. Everybody shows up and we move about 50 feet, and again view, eat, drink.

After lunch we headed out (at about 4PM) and made our way back to San Clemente. Back to Dick's house for a incredible BBQ. We grilled up steaks and as always Pooh does a great job stuffing us with food. Watched the Lakers get destroyed and then got back on the road and headed home.

I woke up today so early, but i have to admit with all the running around all weekend, i felt better than i have in a long time. Jen and I really needed this weekend.