I've been married for one year!!
For our anniversary, we decided to take a short trip to California to visit my family and to spend a few days in the magical city also known as San Diego.
San Diego is a city that has been on Adam's bucket list for quite some time now. His favorite brewery, Stone Brewing Co., is located in Escondido, just a few miles outside San Diego, so we decided that a day trip to the brewery was a must and made plans to stop by the Brewery for lunch and the brew tour on Friday.
We showed up just before it opened and sat in the parking lot a bit perplexed. The exterior of the brewery and bistro is very nondescript and there are no signs that indicate you are at the right place.
Once inside, it was a different story. Holy, wow. Stone is definitely the most impressive brewery I've ever visited. From the indoor bistro to the patio and gardens ... this place is absolutely ah-mazing. We ended up spending nearly six hours there, which sort of derailed our plans for the rest of the evening.
The tour ended with four fantastic samples, which I happily passed over to Adam to finish since I was the designated driver for the rest of the afternoon (which really just meant I was in charge of getting us to the hotel).
We arrived in downtown San Diego after 5 p.m. and checked into our hotel, which was located just a couple short blocks from the Gaslamp District. The district is just a long strip of restaurants, bars and shopping and has anything and everything for anyone.
We quickly freshened up and caught a bus to Balboa Park. By the time we hit the huge park of awesome, the sun was setting and we did a very quick tour of the gardens before heading back to our hotel. During our quick tour, I was bit by a cockatoo, but I'll save that story for the next blog post. I still have a visible flesh wound from the bird's sharp beak.
I was craving seafood and after doing some quick research online, I found a quaint seafood restaurant with great reviews. Escape Fish Bar is tiny, but the food, beer selection and service are fantastic. I have a huge crush on this restaurant and would suggest it to anyone visiting downtown San Diego.
Apologies for the quality of the photos from the restaurant. I only had my iPhone and the place was pretty dimly lit.
It was a late dinner (we didn't hit the strip until past 8 p.m.), so by the time we were done eating, I was pretty pooped from the day's events. We headed back to the hotel and I was out by 10 p.m. But in my defense, I was still operating on East Coast time, so it was really 1 a.m. See? I still know how to party.
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