For Fathers Day this year dad was landing at the San Diego Airport at 10:30am. So instead of trekking all the way back up to Orange County we decided to give him a surprise and explore a little of San Diego that we didn't know. We had lunch at Sally's Seafood which is behind the Hyatt in the Harbor, overlooking the water. The location is fantastic! And we were all very pleasantly surprised with the quality of the food. Mom at a fresh lump crab sandwich with avocado, dad took the portobello panini, and I ordered edamame and the Hawaiian roll with poke tuna. We topped that off with a lemon cream mousse cake which was a perfect end to the meal.
After the meal we decided to walk along the water. And to our great surprise we stumbled upon Seaport Village. It was very cute, and the ambience with everyone out and about enjoying the sun was great. There were street performers, odds and ends shops, and music playing. It was really a pleasant surprise.
And for Mothers Day this year we took a day to ourselves and enjoyed the coastline. We took mom to Huntington Beach and enjoyed the sun and the nice weather. First we went for a drink at the Huntington Brew Co. while we waited for out reservation. And we walked the pier, and enjoyed the live music at the small amphitheater area, along with seeing artwork at the fair.
We then went to dinner at Duke's which was very good as well. It has more of a Hawaiian fish theme. Mom ordered the halibut cooked with many spices, I had seared ahi along with asian vegetable salad and dad ordered some specialty ono. Everything was really cooked extremely well. We ended the meal with a slice of key lime pie, and a chocolate molten cake!
Unfortunately we did not take many pictures of the three of us on Father's Day. Blonde moments yet again, both mom and I forgot our cameras!!! But at least I found some pictures of the places that we did get to enjoy on these two very special days. I hope that both of the days were special and look forward to coming up with more ideas for next year :-)
