San Diego

Chris and I went to San Diego this last week.  It was fun.  We went out a few days earlier than my parents, and we stayed in Old Town.  We went to the Old Town Mexican Cafe, it was awesome.  We stumbled on it by accident.  We decided to go look for dinner and found the little Old Town area.  We were walking along the sidewalk, and found this little cafe, where Mexican ladies were making tortilla's in the window.  We had to go, and the food was awesome!!!

The next day, we went to LegoLand.  It was also, SO MUCH FUN!  It was expensive up front, but it had all of the ride's included, which was nice.  We were the only couple there without kids, I told Chris that I couldn't wait until we could blame all of this on kids... :P  It was fun.

That night, we were  exploring another part of town and found Little Italy.  We wanted to park and walk the sidewalks to see what we could find again.  We saw a little parking area, and decided to pull in.  When we pulled in, a man stopped us and asked us and asked, "You going to Filippi's?" We said yes and parked, then realized that we had no idea what he said or where it was... We walked back out to him and asked him where to go, and he pointed to the Italian Deli behind him.  We decided that he was very serious, and you don't mess with someone who looks like he might be related to the godfather.  So, we went in.  It looked like a butcher's shop with alot of canned and dry goods.  We walked past the crowded shelves and went to the counter.  The lady there, brought us to a little table, with a view of the kitchen, and the front counter.  Over head, small and large chiani bottle's are hanging, they are scribed with love notes, and memoirs, funny pictures and dates.

The server brought us our menu and we asked about the bottles, we decided, well... When in Rome... (Or Little Italy.)  So, we ordered a small bottle, because neither of us particularly like red wine.  Well... It was delicious.  We loved that they didn't bring wine glasses, but the little glasses, almost like shot glasses. We asked the server what to order and she said Pizza or Lasagna.  Well.. Chris ordered the pizza, and I ordered the Chicken Primavera. The Soup and salad came first, then the Garlic bread, and then the meal.  Chris decided to order anchovies on his pizza, then decided he didn't like them, and took them all off.  My chicken came out, with cheese ravioli and lots of homemade sauce.  OMG!  It was so wonderful. :)

The next day, we had planned on going to the wildlife park, but we felt lazy, and didn't go.  We went to the Coronado bay area and Chris went the the Crown Barber shop.  He said it was the best hair cut ever.  While we were there, the barber was telling us about all the places that you have to go, including 2 wonderful resturants, that we had just happened to stumble upon the days before.  I thought we were so lucky!  I guess the Barber shop has been open since the 1930's. It was very cool.  all of the chairs were brought over the years, some of them had alot of character.  Then we met my parents at the awesome Loew's Coronado Bay Resort....  It was beyond beautiful!

We spent a few days just hanging out, We went and walked on Mission Beach one morning, and it was a good time.  Then we went to the Zoo and I freaked when I saw the giraffe's.  Here is when you might think that I'm lame, but I love Giraffes... :) 

The flight's home were bumpy, but I was glad to be home and so thankful to the Koenig's and Andy and Natasha for house and puppy sitting.