(Continued from part 1.)
Our hotel was located within walking distance of the Little Italy trolley stop. Diagonally across from a coffee shop (“It’s a Grind”) that we frequented during our stay was this restaurant:
Katie informed me that one of the Indigo Girls has, in fact, opened or invested in a restaurant, but this doesn’t seem to be it.
Here’s another restaurant (or more likely a bar) that we spotted, this time in Downtown San Diego:
This was Friday night with Sean, when we were wandering around the Gaslamp District and environs looking for a place to eat. We found ourselves wondering… was this a martini made with Ranch dressing? A place where martinis grazed and rustlers had to watch out for stampedes? Did they serve a crispy ranch martini with bacon?
Actually, “Grand Admiral” Sean should take the credit for the next one: I don’t remember if it was this year’s con or a past one, but he was on one of the escalators with Timothy Zahn, who remarked that the view always reminded him of the view inside the Death Star cannon. Inspired, I checked out that particular escalator, and Zahn’s right: it does look like the Death Star cannon!
![[View from the escalator on the east half of the San Diego Convention Center]](https://hyperborea.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2004/07/deathstar-convention-center.jpg "View from the escalator on the east half of the San Diego Convention Center")
And, in closing, an image from our hotel room this morning. It seems that Salvador Dali had somehow gotten into our room and transformed our soap:
(Continued in Volume 2.)
See Also: Convention Photos & Write-Ups
Can I just say, “Martini Ranch” is a rather popular night club/bar? I’ve never been there myself, but apparently it’s very popular (Too popular for me 🙂 ). Congratulations on discovering Stonehenge — perhaps I’ve seen you ambling there?
Welcome to San Diego, a city of many façades and many contrasts, and welcome back in the future 🙂
Ha ha, it’s really great seeing my beloved adopted home town (home suburb?) with new eyes. Too bad you missed the “Cruise Ships Exit Here” sign on I-5 that was, removed by a humor-challenged Highway Department a few years ago.
If you are in Little Italy, I recommend The Waterfront near Grape and Kettner for beer, amazingly good burgers and atmosphere. The waitresses are terminally friendly. B
I remember that cruise ship sign, now! I only get down to San Diego once or twice a year (Comic-Con and the occasional random trip), so I didn’t realize they’d taken it down.
It’s too bad I didn’t have a digital camera back when the sign was up. My photo habits have changed considerably now that I don’t have to worry about using up film on potentially-bad shots. (On the other hand, I’m not sure it would have occurred to me to take a picture of it back then.)
Thanks for the restaurant tip — we’ll have to check it out at some point.