After Cardiff by Sea, I stopped by Solana Beach, another up-scale neighborhood. Off the beach, there is an entire stretch of town filled with interior design stores and businesses. But, I only stopped on the beach side on this trip :)
A cool commuter train station on my walk to the beach.
I like this kind of architecture. It reminds me of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Last Sunday, I met up with some coworkers for lunch at a nice Thai place. It was great because it was one of those hidden places that I wouldn't have found on my own. After lunch, I drove up 101 Pacific Coast Highway to visit some other beaches. Here are some pics of a small up-scale community called Cardiff by Sea.
Believe it or not, all these little black dots in the ocean are actually surfers waiting for waves. This is by far the most surfers I've seen at one time in the water.
After Sunset Cliffs, I made my way to downtown Ocean Beach where I found the hippies and their hangouts. Check it out....
This burger place had a huge line down the sidewalk. I gotta check it out sometime.
For those Floridians reading this... I was happy to find a Wings Souvenir Shop. Finally decent SD souvenirs! Never thought I'd actully be happy to see one of these places, but I've had a hard time finding SD souvenirs.
Ocean Beach
The beach hippies are sitting on the wall to the right. I didn't get a good picture of them all.
This past Saturday I ventured down to Ocean Beach aka "O.B.". Ocean Beach is known as the area where all the San Diego hippies live. I had yet to see a San Diego hippie, so I was curious.
I didn't have a direct map to get there, I just had a general map that said it was north of Point Loma (where I found the Real World house ). I drove to Point Loma and just kind of figured it out from there. At one point, I was driving through a neighborhood and drove up a hill thinking it was the general direction of the ocean. Sure enough over the crest of the hill, was the ocean. At the bottom of the hill was a small park like area called Sunset Cliffs. Too bad I was a bit early for Sunset. Here are some pics.
The view from the hill.
View from the bottom the the hill :)
I am fascinated by surfers
The O.B. Pier in the distance
Stay tuned for the post of my Ocean Beach visit....