Solano Beach (32◦ 5’ 47” N, 117◦ 15’ 19” W)

So we disembarked from our train and followed Jake to the great place to park he'd told us about. It's a bit of a jaunt, but it sure came in handy that Don had already arranged to park there, when on Friday night the train station lot was full.
Don then took me on a stroll through two or three blocks of the Cedros Design District (http://www.cedrosdesigndistrict.net/) where we window shopped until we were hungry. I'm afraid I don't recall the name of the restaurant we ate in, but maybe the pictures will help you find it once you're in the area...if you go. The ambiance alone is worth the stop. It has an Art Deco meets New Orleans feel, with musical instruments decorating a loft on one side and musician statues decorating the one across from it. Above the door, on another loft is a statue of a trumpeter which enjoys silouette lighting from the window beyond. The threshold of a central glass door is composed of glass brick. Very cool.
All in all we were probably only in town about 2 hours, and arrived back home by about 1:00 pm, leaving Don time to prepare for Monday, his first day at Buble-Bee Tuna.

(Facing South/East) When we first arrived in the Design District the street looked fairly deserted.


(Facing North/West.)

Cedros Gardens (a nursery).

Still Cedros Gardens.

Seaside Gardens (also a nursery).

"Out of the Blue" clothing and gifts.

The next 10 or so images are of a cool shop that I'd like to move into.





That's a large mirror, not a door we're looking at here.




They have an abundance of cool looking LARGE books here.


Please forgive the make-shift model in the goofy garden hat--she's all we could get on a moment's notice. This is a size comparison so you can get an idea of how large this book is.

I'm afraid it's getting late and I'm going have to continue the Solano Beach photo tour on yet another posting.

Good night for now.