Old Town - SD Pt 2

After Cabrillo we drove over to Old Town San Diego (kinda like Acadian Village) to "learn about life in the Mexican and early American periods of 1821 to 1872." It's kinda cheesy but really really fun! There was supposed to be a tour at 6pm, but of course that tour was canceled that day. So we just wondered about and did a self guided tour.

This little guy was in the main visitor center - I have no idea:

Hanging Laundry (and Mon's feet): Crates of Pandas, Incense, and HI AMY! (seriously, who ships pandas like that?):
Pretty backdrop by the restaurant where we ate. The food's good and cheap - Monica and I split a plate and were still stuffed:
Dia de los Muertos: She looks so happy! I love this imagery.

Finally, we went check into the hotel. There, in the lobby, was one of the greatest things I've ever seen (rivaling the Cozy Dogs).

May I present Sir Waffelot:
(it's way better if you hum Baby Got Back and fill in the words with breakfast items)(And why yes he does have a pat of butter for his nose. and that 'pat of butter' is a piece of Styrofoam with the bottom corner chipped off)

2009 Cabrillo Festival - SD Pt 1

Doug, Monica, and I went down to San Diego for the weekend. After our day at Disneyland yesterday, we took the morning easy and didn't get to Cabrillo National Monument until almost noon. After a quick lunch and looking at the little museum, we went up to the Old Point Loma Lighthouse:
We were there on the weekend of the 2009 Cabrillo Festival so there were reenactors!!! This guy was pumped about the whole HI AMY! project.He quite excitedly told us he was in the Peace Corps (of course, that made so much sense). He said he was stationed in Northern Africa. He wanted to know what unit you were in - but none of us knew what that meant so we ignored the question. He was SO EXCITED about this whole thing, yelled at the other reenactors for us to get a HI AMY! picture:The woman with us was really sweet. She said this was her first reenactor gig and was all nervous.

The Peace Corps dude was so excited he almost took off after Miss Cabrillo (the Festival Queen) to get a HI AMY! picture with her. Mon and I talked him out of it - I can't imagine many things would be more petrifying than him running down the hill, yelling, and flailing his sword about.

It was really fun - but we had to leave. Old Town San Diego was calling!