all the things i love about san diego

Seattle is my home, and I love it here. Just read a few blogposts if you're not convinced. But when I head to my natal home down south, I just can't help but feel the beach culture in my veins. I just returned from a great trip to Carlsbad and the warm southern California landscapes of my childhood last week - nothing remarkable to report, except that the trip was everything it should have been. Great weather, great scenery, and best of all great company.

 No trip is complete without hanging with the Giant Sunglasses Crowd and a little beach walkin!

Nor is a trip complete without a backyard BBQ - gotta have one of those!

I grilled my first bratwurst BBQ, overseen by the grillmaster himself!

Breakfast with Auntie Wiener was as it should be - fun and informative!

 Got to hang out with pure joy himself, my nephew!

And I almost beat my dad at a little round of golf - so close!

Drank some crummy beer with Papa!

And caught a movie with ma at my favorite theater!

Did a little hiking at my favorite place, Torrey Pines - saw leaping dolphins and an osprey!

And then caught a margarita on the way to the airport!