A weekend in San Diego

[thewayne]

One of my favorite Mexican food restaurants in San Diego is closing. Casa de Pico is in Old Town, in the actual Old Town complex, in a little corner called Bazaar Del Mundo. Though they have apparently gained a temporary extension, it's pretty well doomed. The restaurant itself will be relocated and will grow and multiply, and its sister store, Casa de Guadalajara will continue as it is on privately-held land and is not leased from the City. Without going into lots of detail as to how they've been kicked out of Old town, let's leave it at a friend and I went to San Diego for a last hurrah.

Here's some pictures. These are the raw take with zero Photoshopping to clean up exposures and color balance. Here's two stitch photos of the interior of the courtyard (9MB) and the exterior showing the entrance (3MB) of the Bazaar itself from the Old Town plaza. The first picture covers probably over 270 degrees of the plaza, the second over 100 degrees.


Early 2004, a new museum opened on the water front of San Diego. It was the 1945 aircraft carrier USS Midway. The ship served for over 40 years and had over 200,000 men serve on it through its history. Currently open are the flight deck, the island (that's the superstructure on top of the flight deck), the hanger deck (the level below the flight deck), one of the galleys, the sick bay, the munitions watch room, the inertial guidance room, enlisted and junior officer quarters, and the machine shop. Opening in March 2005 is the engineering spaces and apparently a diorama in the sick bay.

There's a tremendous number of stories to be told, and far more than I can get into here. So I'll leave it at this along with the raw photo take.


No guarantees on how long the photos will be up.

Comments

[jadziaesq.livejournal.com]

I used to live in san Diego and that was a good mexican restaurant. i hate to hear that they are having to leave Old Town. I guess some times change is bad.

The restaurant will be dead, long live the restaurant!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I've heard that Diane, the owner, has opened a second location elsewhere (in addition to Casa Guadalajara relatively across the street) and is planning on opening "a" Bazaar Del Mundo at Seaport Village, this is apparently in addition to one to be built near the current location. It is to go into the old police building which will require extensive updating, so its opening is a couple years away. I don't know whether or not it will include a Pico's or equivalent. I think it would be a great addition to have an excellent Mexican food place in Seaport Village as that is a sit-down cuisine that is lacking.