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July 11 - 14, Little Italy Staycation and 39th Anniversary Celebration!
Our favorite Little Italy Hotel was not taking reservations due to an impending remodel so we booked a VRBO from Thursday through Sunday.
It was located on Kettner on the same block as the Waterfront Grill and almost directly above it.
This is looking out our front window at Kettner
The dining area and kitchen. Small kitchen but well-equipped
Looking toward the front
360 degree video of the living room
Looking up the stairs!
The bedroom and bathroom were on the loft level
Comfortable and roomy
The bathroom with the remote control bidet and best view of the bay.
The view from the bidet!
Directly across the street was Devil's Dozen Donut Shop and just to the right of that was Kettner Exchange
We had a great view of the incoming planes from our LR window. Here's a video:
Plane coming in for a landing video
Here we are enjoying an attitude adjustment at Kettner Exchange
Nice bar, nice place. This was our first time there
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"KEX"
That is our living room window above Ravino, Waterfront is in the lower right of the photo
Next, we stopped for an app and drink at Juniper and Ivy.
This is the bar.
This is us at the bar
On to Civico, one of our faves!
Time for wine
Happy Anniversary, my love!
A light snack at the bar
India Street
Our plan for the evening was to visit a few places, sit at the bar, if possible, and have a small plate or split something.
Last stop was Monello where we got a nice table outside. The weather was perfect!
It was a great evening!
More views from our VRBO
Looking at the bay from our little balcony
Looking the other way down Kettner
Friday! The Waterfront! Bloody Mary's! Life is good! We had breakfast there too!
We decided Friday would be a good day to visit Coronado Island.
So we walked to the ferry terminal, paid our $16 for round-trip tickets and got on board!
...and we're off!
The city from Coronado
That's our ferry at the Coronado Ferry Landing
Video of the city from Coronado
Looking back across the bay at the city
First order of business was a little liquid sustenance at Coronado Brewing Company, right there on Orange Avenue, not too far from the Landing.
Had not been to the beach in Coronado for a while. It looks great! Good view of Point Loma.
The dunes are coming along nicely.
Heading down the beach walk toward the Hotel Del
The iconic Hotel Del Coronado
We stopped at an outdoor bar to relax, regroup, and get ready for, um, the rest of the day!
The front
A view of the USS Midway and the city from the ferry on the way back
And, of course, the Star of India
We stopped at the Brigantine on the way back. Here is a video for our seats at the upstairs bar:
We made it back for some r and r then headed out for happy hour! First stop: Allegro
Picture perfect martinis!
What goes better with ice-cold martinis than ice-cold ($1.50!) oysters? Doesn't get much better.
Happy hour Lorri in front of Allegro
Happy hour Lorri and Monello (I think)
They had the best Caesar salad ever! Notice the abundance of anchovies and those little dark things are perfectly crispy pieces of pancetta. The meatballs were also excellent!
Then it was off to the Piazza for some music, wine, and people watching
The band was pretty good!
Saturday evening we cooked dinner in our VRBO. This is our boneless leg of lamb searing.
These are our potatoes baking
These are our green beans steaming. Earlier in the day we went to the Little Italy farmers market where we purchased our dinner ingredients, except for the lamb which we brought with us.
We brought this too!
And these!
Getting the dinner table ready.
It was a great anniversary dinner and a great weekend!
Alas, all good things must end.
Until next year!