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Seeing The Oceanside Sights

12/5/2022

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​SEEING THE OCEANSIDE SIGHTS

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        On Thursday, November 17, Tom and I drove an hour and a half south of Los Angeles to Oceanside, California,
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...for a few days' visit with my sister Romaine and her partner Stanley.
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      They were staying at a cute Airbnb near the beach,
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...with a lovely yard.
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    Tom and I slept in the guest room, which opened out to the garden.
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       Tom and I arrived late in the afternoon and after we settled in we walked down to the beach,
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...to watch the sunset.
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     On the walk back to the house we were treated to that phenomenon that my mother used to call "sky blue-pink."
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     For dinner Romaine and Stanley took us into downtown Oceanside to a restaurant called The Lab where the ceiling lights looked like molecules.
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      We sat on the patio.
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       The food was really good. We started with a charcuterie board to share.
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      Romaine had the Vegan Coconut and Curry Pasta,
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...Stanley had the Steak and Mushroom Pie,
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...Tom had the Lab Burger,
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...and I had the Philly Cheese Steak.
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      After dinner we walked to a nearby hotel called The Seabird for some dessert.
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        We sat in the couch area, but as this opened out to the patio and the night air had turned brisk we were feeling chilly.
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       However the nice server brought us blankets, which were just the ticket.
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        After looking at the menu we realized that we were in the bar where no hot drinks were served. The friendly server directed us down the hall to the Piper,
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...where we were able to procure some coffee, tea, and caramel bread pudding topped with ice cream.  
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     The following morning we returned to downtown Oceanside,
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​...for breakfast at an eatery  called High/Low.
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     After breakfast we walked for a bit by the shore.
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     After we returned to Romaine and Stanley's place Tom and I went for a stroll around the neighborhood.
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     Along the way we came across an interesting display of porch art,
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...with a nice message.
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       That afternoon Stanley and Romaine took us to the nearby cute little town of Vista,
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...where we spent the afternoon strolling the streets.
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     We passed along the way a love lock sculpture,
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...upon which sweethearts symbolically locked in their love for each other.
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       That evening we once again headed to downtown Oceanside, where we had dinner at a steak and seafood restaurant across from the pier,
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...called 333 Pacific, 
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...from where we had a lovely view of the sunset.
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      We started with appetizers of calamari (which happens not to be in my gustatory wheelhouse),
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...and delicious hummus (which was more to my liking).
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        For our entrees Romaine had the home made cavatelli,
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...Stanley had surf & turf, 
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...Tom had the meatloaf,
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...and I had a burger.
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     After dinner we walked out onto the pier,
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...then around the town for a bit.
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     Then we headed back home.
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    "Equal And Opposite Reactions"
     by Patti Liszkay
    Buy it on Amazon:

    http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
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    ​"Hail Mary"
    by Patti Liszkay
    Buy it on Amazon:

    https://www.amzn.com/1684334888
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    "Tropical Depression" 
    by Patti Liszkay
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