Work, Play & Relaxing In San Diego

This last week I headed to San Diego, CA for training on some digital pathology software called Aperio.  Amazing stuff.  It even utilized some algorithms from NASA for cellular recognition and differentiation!  Nerdy as hell! :) While I was there I found a chance to try out some good restaurants and even hit a Shogun. I hadn't been to one of those in probably 15 years! Teppanyaki is still way cool...:)
This trip also gave Mara, Rohan & I a chance to spend an extended weekend in CA with work picking up most of my costs.  Greg & Nico took Linus & Schroeder (thank you so much!) and Mara flew out with Rohan on Thursday.  We hit up Little Italy right away and tried out a new restaurant (to us anyway) called  Zia's Bistro.  Rohan was a trooper ALL night.
Friday we picked up our rental jogging stroller from Baby's Away.  They have sites all over the country for people who need to rent baby equipment.  We couldn't have been happier with the stroller we got!  We got in a 2mi run around USD, before hitting up one of many Indian restaurants.  This time we hit up Royal India.  Rohan was a charmer and was LOVING the Mint Chutney & Chicken Pakoras.  He even charmed the hostess into a couple of pieces of chocolate.  We walked of dinner by walking about 8 miles the rest of the night around downtown San Diego.
Saturday we got up early and hit up Crown Point Coffee‎ for some awesome bagels for our pre-run snack. We then went to Crown Point Park to wear Rohan down before our run. We ran along the beach, and even found some ducks to feed fruity cheerios to. Rohan wasn't too fond of sharing with the ducks, but they got along just fine. From the park we set out on a 13.1 half marathon along the boardwalk that run around Mission Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. We took a really light attitude to the run (as we've been doing lately). Who cares what our time was? We ran, we felt good, we got Rohan out when he needed it, and it was a great time! The weather was perfect, about 70°F with a light wind off the ocean and tons of sunshine!  We ended up running it in ~2:11, and we never felt sore! We rewarded ourselves with a fruit smoothie from Cafe By The Bay and a Roast Beef Sub & Antipasto Salad from Poma's Italian Deli‎ (Our favorite place in SD).  It hit the spot!  After lunch we went back to the hotel and hit the hot tub to loosen us up a little before we took a quick nap.  We hit up another Indian restaurant for supper, Star of India this time.  Rohan did us a HUGE bonus and napped the whole dinner in his stroller.  The food was spectacular at this place!  We walked off dinner by walking a few miles back to Little Italy for dessert.  We LOVE the Crème Brûlée at Cafe Zucchero. Needless to say, we crashed that night...:)
Sunday we found another awesome coffee shop, Filter Coffee & Tea‎.  We then wore Rohan out by taking him to North Park Community Park where he ran all over their giant playground.  We headed downtown and walked around Horton Plaza for a while before heading to Petco Park for a Padres/Diamondbacks game.  It was an awesome ballpark, and Rohan had a blast dancing to the music and running around their "Park At The Park".  After the game we headed up to Torrey Pines State Park to watch the sunset from the cliffs.  Unfortunately the weather didn't hold and we didn't get to see much. We did get to relax a while by the ocean and watch the surf crash. It was a VERY nice time. We hit up one last Indian restaurant (Ashoka the Great).  The food was good, but the service sucked.  Oh well, we have other Indian restaurants to go to...:)  We tucked Rohan in to his hotel crib and relaxed with a nice bottle of wine (Bear Flag) before crashing hard and enjoying our last bit in CA.

Monday we flew back to PHX, got a ride from Sasha to Jimmy John's for lunch, then hit the pool for some more sun.  Rohan took a nice nap and allowed us to unpack, do laundry, and grocery shop the rest of the day away.

Whew!  What an awesome trip!!!  Enjoy the multimedia below:

Rohan & Dad Feed The Ducks:



Rohan Shows His Moves At The Padre's Game:



We Leave You With The Relaxing Sounds Of The Pacific Ocean...:)