Tuesday, July 14, 2009: San Diego

After sleeping soundly like pigs in blankets on our lovely 1/1000 of an inch thick REI camping mattresses, we woke up early in order to leave by 6 am. We fought with our sleeping bags and camping mats…and camping chair…nothing folds up as small as it is supposed to and it’s even harder to manage at 6 am.

Then we started driving to LA to meet up with Amanda and Aubrey. We drove like zombies for hours without talking. Char thought her tires looked low so we stopped to fill them. We have a surefire, never fail method of pumping up tires – park your car next to the air pump and look helpless. Works every single time! Some helpful gentleman soon came over to check them for us and told us to head directly to a car place because they were dangerously low and the air pump at the gas station wouldn’t work properly. Thanks to our helpful GPS, without which we would be lost, we found Toyota dealer who made us wait around for awhile and then told us they were fine. So we got back on the highway.

The plan was to make it to Nat and Maddy’s new store for their first day. So we met up with Amanda and Aubrey and all walked in together to surprise Nat and Maddy, who didn’t know the other girls were coming. The store is called Maisonette and it is the cutest store you have ever seen! Seriously everyone should check it out!



Since it is strictly forbidden to come to the San Diego area without stopping by The Fish House, we went there to celebrate the first day of the store! The Fish House has the most amazing sushi you will ever eat. Even if you’re not a sushi fan, this place will convert you. Guaranteed.


We met up with some meeting people at the beach after supper and hung around to watch the sunset. Oceanside is such a cute place and we love the beach there. On the way back to the Warr’s, we made a quick stop for frozen yogurt and felt our lives were now complete.