How far is San Diego from DLR?

[Name]

MIra Mesa is about 90 miles from DLR...I'm basing this off of the fact that I am about 100 miles from DLR, and Mira Mesa is about 10 miles from me(north of me) Heading norht or south, off peak hours, the Del Mar area will be the biggest bottleneck(at least in my experience has always been the slowest traffic), but you shouldn't be any more then 1.5 to 2 hours away from the park in Mira Mesa(rush hour times will vary).

[Claire]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Mira Mesa is nice. There is an original Ferrals there still. YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll be pretty close to the zoo and the WAP and it won't be a terrible drive to Anaheim. I think you'll be able to take the 5 straight up.

Went there for two birthdays! When I turned six and again when I turned 18!! I went to Sea World on both those days as well! Nerdly, or what?

Enjoy!! I love the Mission Bay area....we stayed a week at The Catamaran last time we were there (five years ago). It was awesome. Fish tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner in that area.....

I love downtown and the shops on the waterfront. We also had the most amazing seafood dinner....twice....nearish the shops, but not exactly in that area....what is that little area called? It's a bit touristy, but we always enjoy for some reason....habit, I guess.

I also have been obsessed with the Hotel Del Coronado since I can remember. I think it's worth a drive out there to Coronado to see it.

Also....fun for others, notsomuch for me (former Coast Guard brat), is a trip to see the Naval yards. The ships are so overwhelmingly huge and there are so many. We don't have anything like it in Oregon, not by a long shot!

San Diego is on my short list of desirable places to live, BTW. Enjoy!!!

[Claire]

Oh--They had an okay-sized FAO Schwartz in the mall downtown.....my kids loved it, as they'd never seen an FAO before. I'm not sure if it's still there though.

[Ghoulish Delight]

If you like aquariums, Scripps is very nice.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Balboa park is very nice. Besides the zoo, there are some good museums to check out. It's a cool relaxing place to hang.

[cirquelover]

Thanks everyone!

Now I'm looking up all the places you suggest, as I won't have much time in between trips. I am seeing a huge amount of museums in my searches. They even have a special museum ticket that gets you into a bunch of different ones for quite a discount, I'll have to check further into that.

To top it off I'm trying to figure out how to be more "girlie" so I don't embarass my husband in Las Vegas. I have a hard time matching clothes, shoes, makeup and don't get me started on hair!! I don't know how you beautiful ladies do it!

You are all wonderful, Thank you so much!

[BarTopDancer]

Balboa park rocks! If your son is into space or planes the Air & Space museum is not to be missed. If you have AAA most of the places have discounts.

There is also a very nice outdoor shopping mall called Fashion Valley located off the 163 and Friars Rd.

And in Vegas, if you have the time, the Shark Experience at Mandalay Bay is amazing.

Originally Posted by cirquelover

To top it off I'm trying to figure out how to be more "girlie" so I don't embarass my husband in Las Vegas. I have a hard time matching clothes, shoes, makeup and don't get me started on hair!! I don't know how you beautiful ladies do it!

Hehe. I'm sure the fashionistas will be happy to help you

The most important thing is to be comfortable in what you're wearing. If you're not comfortable in frilly girlie outfits it'll show through. And in Vegas you'll see everything from frumpy to exotic.

[cirquelover]

My husbands conference just happens to be at the Mandalay Bay, so it would be easy to go to the shark experience! Thanks for the reccommendation. I also plan on hitting the Monet exhibit at the Bellagio and may hit the Guggenheim at Venetian too!

I understand what you mean about it showing through, last time I bought an old fashioned Sakk's dress, had my hair done and was in all my finery. When I hit the Bellagio for O I was feeling good, but the rich older ladies picked me out as a phony right from the start. They were actually mean and made nasty comments! The next night I just went out in my little black dress, nothing fancy again!! I just can't pull it off!!

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Claire

Also....fun for others, notsomuch for me (former Coast Guard brat), is a trip to see the Naval yards. The ships are so overwhelmingly huge and there are so many. We don't have anything like it in Oregon, not by a long shot!

i'm with Claire on this one. The catch here, is that your son might like to see the ships, and there's a way to do that.
Seaport village is a nice little mall, across the street from Kansas city bbq where they filmed the bar scene in top gun, and a mere short walk away from some of the navy ships.
You dont have to go all the way to the ship yard and its a nice little excursion.

[Name]

mmmmmmmm, Balboa Park, I'm going there this afternoon actually. One of my classes has an assignment where I have to visit an art musuem and write about a piece of art. Damn the bad luck. I'm a member of the Musuem of Art in Balboa Park, so this is a breeze assignment, just gives me an excuse to visit my favorite musuem, like I need one.

In the Seaport village area, you can visit and take a tour of the USS Midway as well. Then hop on over to The Fish Market next to the Midway for a fabulous lunch or dinner. My parents took one of the SD Bay tours when they came out to visit me, and said it was a good time, got to see the navy piers and a pretty up close look of the ships. Didn't excite me too much, I was in the navy at the time and saw the ships up close all the time, but may be worth looking into.