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| F/A-18 Hornet flying over San Diego Public Domain (link) |
I recently booked my flight to San Diego for the RWA Annual Conference (link). I arrive four days before the conference to soak up the local sights:
Gaslamp District, from its website (link),
In an effort to establish a town on San Diego’s waterfront, San Franciscan William Heath Davis begins developing land near what is now the foot of Market Street. For his own family, Davis builds a pre-framed lumber “salt box” house, one of the first residences in town. The oldest surviving structure in San Diego’s New Town was actually built on the East Coast and shipped around Cape Horn. After an economic depression causes Davis’ venture to fail, his town becomes known as Rabbitville, for its principal inhabitants.
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| gaslamp.org |
Coronado Island, from the Visitor's Center (link),
Modern-day Coronado began in 1885 with the purchase of a one-time Spanish rancho that spanned Coronado, North Island and the Silver Strand. A small partnership led by Elisha Babcock and Hampton Story purchased all this for a mere $110,000. Their vision was to establish “the grandest hotel on the Pacific coast” set within a master-planned community featuring wide avenues, parklands, handsome public buildings, and attractive beachside residences.
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| Coronado Bay Bridge Public Domain (link) |
USS Midway, from Wikipedia (link)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of its class. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. It operated for an unprecedented 47 years, during which time it saw action in the Vietnam War and served as the Persian Gulf flagship in 1991's Operation Desert Storm. Decommissioned in 1992, it is now amuseum ship at the USS Midway Museum, in San Diego.
Learn more about the USS Midway at midway.org.
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| Midway in 1963 after SCB-110 Public Domain (link) |
Authors - if you want to join me for preconference sightseeing, please contact me at sos.aloha@yahoo.com.
Readers - can you recommend places to see or eat in San Diego? Or do you want to visit San Diego, too? One randomly selected commenter from this week's blog posts wins a book choice from my convention stash. Comments are open through Saturday, February 27, 10 pm in Baltimore. I'll post the winner on Sunday, February 28.
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
A surfer at Black's Beach
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I love San Diego. There are so many things to see and do. Last time I was there we went to a Seafood Restaurant right down from the cruise terminals. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteEat at Pat & Oscar's, a local chain that has killer breadsticks and Greek salads. Also a trip to the West Coast is not complete without a trip to In-n-Out Burger.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could join you! I'll be cutting it close to get to the conference. I have a family reunion ending the Sunday before and will be driving halfway across the country to make my flight. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI've never been to San Diego it seems like a nice place though I'm stuck here on the Big Apple
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit San Diego!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to visit San Diego. The zoo is the first thing I'd like to see.
ReplyDeleteI've heard a lot about the San Diego Zoo, too, so that's definitely on my list.
ReplyDeleteI would love to go to San Diego! I heard they have an excellent zoo. I also recall a Balboa Park. Not sure if it is part of the zoo or near it.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to exploring San Diego with you, Kim!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long time since I've been to San Diego, but I loved the zoo and wild animal park; also Old Towne
ReplyDeleteI have never been to San Diego, it would be a super holiday.
ReplyDeletehaven't been
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