Where is John Wilson? » gas lamp district http://www.whereisjohnwilson.com Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:15:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 John Wilson in San Diego! http://www.whereisjohnwilson.com/john-wilson-in-san-diego/ http://www.whereisjohnwilson.com/john-wilson-in-san-diego/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:34:09 +0000 John Wilson http://www.whereisjohnwilson.com/?p=52 I’m currently having a great time in San Diego. Delta Airlines was nice enough to move me to an isle seat (I was in the middle which is a bad idea for everyone involved) for the 4.5 hour flight. San Diego has an ok airport (more on that later), but it is no where near my favorite one in Seattle which is the coolest airport I’ve never been through (sorry PKB).

On our first night, my boss and I caught the Padres vs. the Phillies. PETCO  Park is a nice, very open stadium, but it has none of that atmosphere you feel at parks like Yankee Stadium, Cincinnati or Cleveland. It may have something to do with the game being on a Tuesday night, or being in the nose bleed section, or the beating they were taking while I was there (final score 10-5). I’m glad I went, take a look:

John and Nina at PETCO Park

I was only one block from both the San Diego Convention Center and the Gas Lamp District at the Omni Hotel. The Gas Lamp district seemed to be the downtown, entertainment, eating and bar place. I was never there on the weekend, but Thursday night before we came home seemed to heat up.

Restaurants I visited while in San Diego include:

  • Bondi – Austrailian Bar – great atmosphere and excellent calamari,  but hamburger wasn’t that great
  • The Spot – La Jolla – bar food – limited selection but cool location and nice scenery
  • Croce’s – Contemporary American – live music and large patio for cool spring evening – filet minon

I hope that next time I visit San Diego I have more time to visit attractions that don’t involve convention booths or 10pm dining.

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