May 07, 2005
Beautiful Coronado
The peeps and I traversd the 2.2-mile Coronado Bay Bridge to spend the afternoon in glorious Coronado. It still amazes me that to and fro passage over the bridge is free, and it offers spectacular views of the contemporary San Diego skyline. It is a perfect day (as are all days in San Diego), 75 degrees with a gentle breeze. The color of the water is this shade of blue that is unmatched anywhere. We pull into the Ferry Landing Marketplace to lunch under an umbrella at the Bay Beach Cafe. Mmmm...a Baja California fish taco, you are hard up to find these anywhere outside of San Diego. Something about a soft flour tortilla and the crunch of cabbage and cod is just heavenly. Almost impossible to describe with words, but a single bite is guaranteed to put you in the proper southern California mood. After lunch, we stroll along the landing, passing a narrow stretch of beach where children play a small distance away from half-hearted fishermen soaking up the sun as though they were in a Corona commercial. Past a charming rose garden, the original ferry booth, and a very friendly boxer dog sitting outside a quiet antique store. Coronado's character is unmarred by billboards, brightly lit signage or franchise callouts. Even the Burger King is understated. And the town just smells of old money. A two bedroom condo in one of the bright white, Spanish-tiled, beachfront buidings runs $1 million and up. But you're not paying for land here, you're paying for a lifestyle.
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