We decided to take a mini-vacation down to San Diego to use our free passes to the zoo- we needed to escape the snow and cold and experience some real California weather. Job wanted to look up his old friend, Steve Leader, who is a Resident Director at Point Loma University in San Diego. Steve was an amazing host, and let us all- Job, Lisa, and our family, stay at his unbelievable apartment(can you picture ocean views from all sides?) More than that, Steve turned out to be an excellent tour-guide- he took us to a full-of-character restaurant, and then to the Del Mar Hotel- the ritziest place you can imagine.
He took us to breakfast at the school dining hall, and then came with us to the zoo for a few hours the next day, even though we had forced him to play the longest game of Settlers Of Catan ever the night before.
I forgot how much I liked Steve Leader. He's a nice guy, all-around. My kids liked him, too. But Lucy is really excited about where she gets to eat her dinner.

So the children were stoked to be able to eat dinner in the front part of a VW bus at this restaurant called Hodad's. They really ate up the atmosphere, and didn't really eat much else except for chocolate shakes.