Don't think I'm allowed to do that.

La Jolla is like saying the Hamptons are representative of Long Island.
San Diego turns into a gritty city very quickly, and La Jolla is hardly representative of anything.

I spent a month at mission beach visiting a high school friend that went to SDSU. Good times with a house on the beach.

I second this place. GEt up above the bluff and take in the view at the ranger station

So, no one mentioned the zoo or the Top Gun bar?? geez.. tough crowd.. lol..

That house from Top Gun is close to the water and the pier in Oceanside now. Not restored, just sitting there. I think it will be part of a new hotel complex.

Every time we end up in SD we eat like 3 meals at the Asian restaurants near Convoy and Balboa. Super popular little area with lots of varieties. They have a Taiwanese shaved ice place there that Thuy loves. Like, she would drive to SD just to go there. 🤣🤣🤣

If you are in the (sort of) down town area and want a Mexican meal, try Las Cuatro Milpas on Logan Ave. I haven't been there in a long time, but it's as close to a local, typical place as you'll encounter in Mexico. Since you're an engineer, maybe you'd like the Aerospace Museum. They have a Mig-15 there along with lots of other great history. If you want to go slightly north, you might enjoy the glider port by the Salk Institute where they fly hang gliders and other stuff off the cliffs on a daily basis. If you have time and want a nice walk, go up to Torrey Pines State Beach, walk up to the museum (they used to do hill climbs on that road) and out to the beach cliffs, down to the beach, and back to the parking area. I'd come down to have a beer with you but I avoid the crowded, down town area like the plague.

Great story! What a tribute to the kind people of San Diego ...... wait - you were wearing a bow tie? Lucky you didn't come across a herd of first graders on their way home from school. They probably would have knocked you down and beaten your ass for being a nerd. San Diego is a nice place, but there is only so much even nice people can tolerate.
Visit the zoo.

Thanks! Good intel.

If you are a museum type (you are wearing a bow tie ffs lol) check out balboa park. https://www.balboapark.org/explore/museums

Seriously... second page before someone mentions Balboa park? SLACKERS!
World class zoo, several museums, beautiful park, outdoor pipe organ, etc.

Can't figure out what you are responding to, who said that La Jolla is representative of the rest of SD? :confused:

It's the nicest part of San Diego. It's also the only part I've ever spent time in, w a couple of small exceptions. Since it's also the northernmost part, I've never passed through the rest of the place in countless trips down from Los Angeles over the last 35 years, (not much in last couple decades), to hang w family. We used to go out to dinner in Pacific Beach sometimes but riding there in a car in the dark, I could not tell you much about it.

La Jolla and Torrey Pines, Scripps and UCSD are all in the north end and beautiful. I spent a couple nights in DT San Diego at a hotel maybe 10 years ago on a business trip but did not get much of a feel for the place. Off in a car all day away from city. Coronado Island is supposed to be really nice, my sisters stayed at the hotel once w my dad for some conference and really enjoyed it.

I remember when you could drive from LA to SD and there would be a big barren part of the coast between OC and SD. It has shrunken to nothing w the exception of San Onofre and Camp Pendelton.

It’s whale migration season. Might be fun to get out on a whale watching cruise.

For sure! Forgot about those. :)

With those exceptions we have the longest city in the world stretching from Sunland to San Diego.
It has been stated that 40 % of the US population lives in proximity to the coast. In CA it's closer to 60%. Give it time and and there won't be an unoccupied area of build-able land from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.

I live less than a mile from the 405 fwy and I cross it almost daily and get on it almost never. Parking lot all morning and all late afternoon to past 6pm.

Good place to read a book.

The Park's Automotive Museum is currently running an exhibit through June 1st called "Icons: Cars that Drove Our Imagination". It looks kind of interesting.

https://sdautomuseum.org/exhibit/icons

I'll be down tomorrow, turn and burn drive to a customer Thursday morning. Love SD!

Ballast Point brewing in Little Italy

Stone Brewing at Liberty Station, also a good food mall right there.

Bali Ha'i on Shelter Island for happy hour, NO juice Mai Tai's, limit 2.

Rent a Kayak on La Jolla cove

Balboa Park

Old Town, but touristy mexican stuff and average food but fun, we always eat at Casa Guadalajara on the edge of Old Town

Midway tour

Gas Lamp

Mission Beach boardwalk

You might have filled my Wed. I like the Scupin from BP. And little Italy!? Score thx.