RoundAbout San Diego

Last Sunday was a really pretty day so we took a walk along the waterfront. The sky was a perfect winter blue with big white fluffy clouds poking over the hills to the east and there was a nice wind blowing - but not enough to make you feel cold.

The Port of San Diego has installed some wonderful public art projects around San Diego and we viewed the Urban Tree Project as we walked along the Embarcadero taking a few photos. Here we have "Fire Blossom Tree" by Greg Eng, my favorite of them all, and "Dragon" by Kent Kraber.



There two are titled "Californiascape" by Harmon Nelson, Vicki Leon, and Steve Riggs, and "School of Blue Bottle Noses" by David Boyer. We enjoyed playing around with Californiascape while looking through the working kaleidoscope.



This is the 5th Urban Tree project and there are a total of 31 trees. Click here for more information on the Urban Tree Project.

The Embarcadero is undergoing huge changes to make it more user friendly in hopes that it will become a bigger attraction for both tourists and locals. I've been looking at the plans online and can't wait to see the finished landscape. If you want to view some of the plans click here and then click on the "schematic Design Illustrative Site Plan"

I'm not quite sure what to say about the next few photos - it seems that Alex has a bit of an obsession with seagulls. At least the last one includes a good picture of San Diego's fabulous skyline.





Anthony's Fishette used to be a favorite when Charlie was a little kid. We would take a walk along the Embarcadero or ride our bikes and then stop for lunch here. The fishette has only outside seating while Anthony's Grotto, right next door, is an indoor restaurant. The food is decent and most of it is fried but the fish is always really fresh. I think it's a great place to take your out-of-town visitors for a super casual lunch. Alex and I just had a snack of french fries which were fresh out of the fryer and really crisp - Mmmmm.



The Star of India is one of several ships that make up the San Diego Maritime Museum. Look at Alex standing by the ship being very daring with one leg over the protective barrier. A slight movement in the wrong direction and he could have been taking an afternoon swim.



I love the the San Diego County and City Administration Building which was built in the Spanish revival style in 1936 - 1938. We have so many beautiful buildings in San Diego - I'll have to post more pictures in the future.



What a fabulous couple of hours we had down at the waterfront.