AUGUST, 2010: VISIT TO SAN DIEGO, VOL IV
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Back on the San Diego Waterfront. The largest kaleidescope I have ever seen.
A bit more waterfront art.
Launched in 1863, the STAR OF INDIA is the oldest iron-hulled merchant ship afloat. She has circumnavigated the globe 21 times, and has been used in such varied practices as hauling cargo to and from India, carrying passengers from England to New Zealand, and delivering fish from Alaska to the California. She first sailed 5 days prior to Abe Lincoln's Gettysburg address, and she still sails the ocean every November.
Venders line the sidewalk. This one recycles wine bottles by melting them until they can be flattened, and then making nifty little trays out of them. Thanks for mine, Olga!
Find out more and order your own at http://fabulousglass.com/
Seriously, this does make a nice, attractive, useful, and unique conversation piece. And, if you are needing to think about something to get for someone, it is highly likely that this is something he or she does not already have. AND, it's a way to encourage recycling with class.
Now, please join us for a ferry ride across the bay to Coronado Island!
Looking back at San Diego as we approach Coronado. This is actually a vertical panorama. I you would like to see detail, click on the photo, and then click on the "O" which appears at the top center of your screen. DO NOT CLICK ON THE ENLARGED PHOTO UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO RETURN TO THIS SCREEN. You will have a scroll bar to your right and at the bottom of your screen. These will be necessary, because the full-size photo will take up several of your screens. When you are ready to return here, just click on the full-size photo and it will clear.
Looking toward the Naval Yard on Coronado Island.
In case you have ever wondered where an eye doctor's wife would buy her sunglasses.
The San Diego Sandman rides his bike (his is the one furthest to your right) to places, spreads sand, and spreads it out with his broom to create temporary art. You can hear his story in the next video.
Surrounded by the rich, dark wood of the lobby, one can just about feel history in this place. Built in 1887, this is one of America's largest wooden buildings.
Oops! I won't tell anyone that we are not registered if you won't! Even the elevator is antique, complete with an operator who opens the inner and outer door for you and makes sure that you get to your floor.
This horizontal panorama shows the view out over the couryard toward the Pacific Ocean. Again, if you would like to see lots of detail, click on the photo, then the "O" at the top, and then use the scroll bars for navigation. Beautiful place.
Panorama from the west side of the main building.
The 1958 movie SOME LIKE IT HOT was filmed here. Also, according to a plaque, "THE HOTEL HAS HOSTED SEVERAL PRESIDENTS..." Since it doesn't specify what they were president of, it may mean presidents of the local chess club, but I assume that it means presidents of the U.S. It is definitely a very stately hotel (and would be a great place for a chess tournament, by the way).
Olga shows us one of the black jellyfish which had invaded the waters a week or so prior.
You can find out more about Hotel del Coronado (and book reservations -- from as low as $300 per night) at the following link:
http://www.hoteldel.com/
Well, time to head back to San Diego! See you there in the next installment......
