the scenic route from Harbor Drive to Point Loma, passing by the city's new downtown Library...
and past Petco park and the Convention Center near the Gaslamp Quarter. I found the "no train horn" sign amusing but apparently it's a big problem for some cranky residents down here. Oh, wah wah. Don't live next to the train tracks then.
That weekend was the same weekend of the Holiday Bowl. The Big Bay Balloon Parade was just a few days away as well. There were tourists out in full force near Seaport Village, where we passed by the newly opened Headquarters (formerly the complex for San Diego's police force back in the day) which has new restaurants and shops and such. There was also a cruise ship that docked so again, many people walking about...
We passed by Anthony's Fish Grotto which is near the fancier Anthony's Star of the Sea (where Bert first took me in our junior year to our first formal dinner out for the Sweetheart's Ball. For the record, I had some sort of fried seafood combo and it cost $13.95 which was expensive back in the mid 80's), alongside the historic sailing vessel, the Star of India.
Last time we were in Point Loma, we went to Peet's Coffee using an ancient e-gift certificate from Kirk. We remembered going down Talbot St. and catching a glimpse of the San Diego skyline and harbor.
This time, we were going to try to find that street that gives photographers the chills when they take those picture postcard views of San Diego...
We went up Canon and tried to go down Talbot but noticed it was blocked for construction. There was a really steep side street (don't remember the name but man, it was so steep that as we drove up, we couldn't see in front of us, scary if someone would be walking across the street).
Little did we know that the neighborhood we were in was one of San Diego's most exclusive and expensive neighborhoods, at least in the Point Loma Area, called La Playa. We saw a street named Harborview and of course, figured that was the street so we parked....
On the street, we saw this cool small enclosed nook where neighbors could borrow or lend books on the honor system. I noticed that they had "The Princess Bride" in there!
You wouldn't see those down here. People would steal the books and that case would always be empty. Sad panda.
We took a few shots from this street but Bert wasn't convinced that this was THE STREET because it didn't seem high enough of a vantage point and some trees were in the way.
He pointed to an even higher part of the hill where we saw more homes. "Let's go there" he said.
And we did and were rewarded with even more amazing views of San Diego overlooking Shelter Island, the San Diego Harbor and the city skyline and mountains in the distance! You could even see the naval base on Coronado Island!
Hidden behind the palm front was Coronado Bridge and even further in the distance, you could see all the way down to Mexico (okay, TJ!).
These homes have million dollar views of the city. Imagine waking up to that every morning or enjoying drinks by your pool to see the sunset...Very nice indeed. This is how the other half lives, haha.
There's the skyline again and lots of sailboats out enjoying the sunshine...
Another amusing sign...
This was the sign at the BOTTOM of the hill. For the best views, go up Lucinda Street.
We didn't stay too long out there. I wasn't sure if anyone was going to call the Neighborhood Watch or the cops on us (just kidding). I wished I had a better camera so that my shots would have been more crystal clear, but hey, we came, we saw and we enjoyed the view!
I found this ad for a house on Lucinda on youtube. Got a cool few mil to spare?
I liked how they zoomed in using Google Earth. You can press "mute" if the so-called New Age "relaxing muzak"bothers you like I did. I suppose it was more peaceful sounding than my preferred Metallica or AC/DC.
So there you have it...one of the best views of San Diego!
*I don't know if I pressed something when formatting this post or if blogger changed things up, but when I did my links, it's underlined when before it never was. Hmmmm. I don't like it but I'll live with it since I don't know how to fix it.
2 comments:
Oh good, I'm glad you guys managed to find that stunning view! I should have made a note about where we were, but I guess I was too busy enjoying the view haha. That is a really ritzy area, before we got further down there were a lot of gated off houses with very manicured lawns. You should try going up to the National Cemetery if you haven't, there's a really pretty (and higher up) view from there, too. You don't get to see the boats though, but you can see the whole harbor and see the boats going out to sea.
I'm glad the gorgeous photo from your post spurred us to make a trip out there! Yes, the military cemetery has been recommended by Cathy as well for the views. That will be on our "to do" list for the spring. The Cabrillo Lighthouse has awesome views as well. Our parents used to take out of town guests up there for photos near the Cabrillo statue.
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