Some Like It Hot

Sunday June 26th 2011

Sharon’s day got off to a good start with a visit to the spa, treating herself to a manicure. Once the paint was dry we were out on the road again driving south down the I-5 freeway to Oceanside.  We spent a week there in 2006 and I wanted to go back to see the classic cars that cruise along the Pacific Coast Highway on a Sunday.

First we had lunch at the 101Cafe before driving down to the beach. The place was packed and after searching around we eventually found a place to park. After a couple of hours of wandering along the seafront and then to the end of the pier we decided to drive back towards San Diego along highway 101 (the PCH).  We saw plenty of classic cars as we passed through Carlsbad and a bizarre statue of Michael Jackson in Cardiff beach, where a large crowd had gathering paying tributes to him on the second anniversary of his death. "We still love you Michael." We then stopped at the famous and very pretty Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla which has hosted several US Opens over the years. Then we rejoined the I-5 freeway north up to SanDiego.

In the evening we got the hotel shuttle to downtown Coronado where we visited the unique Hotel Del Coronado for a look round, we then watched a wedding ceremony on the beach! The hotel was made famous by the classic Hollywood movie "Some Like It Hot" which was filmed there in 1958, it’s a romantic comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon.

Afterwards we wandered around the town before having dinner at Miguel's Mexican restaurant.

San Diego bay, taken from the Loews Resort

The Loews shuttle

Beach wedding

The playlist

I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher - This was playing in the 101 diner.