My work team gets together in person for a couple of days each quarter since we all work in different locations. This week we met up in Woodland Hills (just north of Los Angeles) for a few days. One night we made the scenic trip over Topanga Canyon for dinner at Duke’s seafood restaurant on the beach. The food was good and the views spectacular.
Being so close to San Diego we decided to have Diana meet me there for the weekend and have a visit with Campbell. On Friday night we had a stroll along the harbor and found Diana’s boat.
This gave Diana the idea that we should charter a yacht and go out on the bay with Campbell and Molly on Saturday afternoon. We had been back and forth with Campbell on what to do and he didn’t seem overly enthused about the Wild Animal park or zoo.
That evening we tried the Searsucker restaurant in the gas lamp district to see if it lived up to the Yelp reviews. It did for the most part with creative food, a nice casual setting and great service.
After a good night’s sleep we made preparations for sailing with a quick trip to the gas lamp grocery store for snacks and drinks.
Then we rendezvoused with our captain for the afternoon, quite an interesting character, and headed out for a lovely afternoon on the San Diego bay. More than 30% of the population is military and predominantly Navy so we saw a lot of their activity and buildings on the waterfront. You can see the Midway aircraft carrier behind us in the group shot.
Captain Diana 
did a much better job than Captain Molly who took over the wheel just when Diana was downstairs in the head and learned quickly that large movements of the wheel cause the boat to turn very quickly and the boom to swing over. The official captain was quite entertained by the exploits.
You can see that Campbell didn’t get the memo to wear his black puffer jacket like the rest of us.
All the fresh air and sun caused us to work up an appetite. So we walked to Joe’s crab shack for a quick feast.
On Saturday evening Diana and I ventured out to the gas lamp district again and found a fantastic bar/restaurant called the Whiskey House. This place had over 1,000 whiskeys from all over the world around the walls and a very impressive menu of whiskey based cocktails. The ones we sampled were perfectly made and delicious. We had a snack of scotch eggs and were wishing we had an appetite to try more from the great looking menu.
On Sunday morning we ventured to the Italian area for brunch. I edited a picture of Diana under the Little Italy sign for my entertainment. Brunch was amazing at a tiny Italian place. Then it was off to the airport for our flight back home. We had a lovely time visiting with Campbell and Molly and are very happy with where he chose to attend college. Looking forward to visiting again soon.
