Home is where the ocean is.

Had a great trip back home in Oceanside, Ca last weekend. I took my cousin and good friend along for the ride. It was a SHORT trip for a cross country trek, but we definitely made the most of it.

//FRIDAY//
- Landed in San Diego 11:00am
- Straight to Fashion Valley for the H&M deprived Charlotteans
- Lunched at Rubio's
- Checked into our hotel in Oceanside
- Freshened up, then off to dinner at Norte's in Carlsbad

//SATURDAY//
- Up at 7am - took a long walk on the beach
- Breakfast at "The Breakfast Club Diner"
- Off to the Carlsbad Outlet Mall (for bargain Banana and Nine West)
- Lunch and browsing on Cedros (Solona Beach's Design District)
- Then to the Torrey Pines Glider Port for views of Black's Beach and the coast
- The Salk Institute (by Louis Kahn) for architecture and an impromptu photo shoot
- La Jolla Cove for sunset, sea lions and scenery
- Back to O'side for dinner at Cafe Rosarita's with the folks

//SUNDAY//
- Up at 7am - long walk on the beach and Oside Pier
- Breakfast at Longboarder Cafe
- Leisurely drive through the hills to Temecula (in TWO of my dad's Miatas... don't ask)
- Lunch in Old Town Temecula at Sweet Lumpy's
- Back home for a look through old photo albums chronicling my childhood
- Cocktail hour on the back deck with the bonfire pit
- Grilled out for dinner
- Evening spent laughing and reminiscing

//MONDAY//
-Back to Charlotte