sunny visitor

Katie & I,  May 2006



Katie & I at a sorority recruitment event.

My dear friend, and Sigma Kappa "sister" from University of Arizona, Katie, came to visit this past weekend, after she had to gone to San Francisco for a work conference. Since she had trekked from Minnesota to California it only made sense that she stopped in San Diego before heading back. Katie is the one person in my sorority that I connected with instantly, she has the most cheery, friendly personality! Katie and I lived together with our friend Sarah, my senior year; that year we spent lots of time attending sorority events together and going on double dates with our then fraternity brother boyfriends. Katie is a friend that you could call on for anything and she would do it for you and no matter how much time passes we pick up where we left off.

Katie arrived late Thursday (after a crazy day of travel) and we enjoyed a yummy dinner that night and hours of laughing and talking.

Friday Katie worked from my apartment and I slept in and worked out; early that evening we got sushi (one of our favorite things to do when we lived in Tucson) and then watched Sex & the City 2.

Saturday after breakfast we headed over to Coronado Island to enjoy the AMAZING weather Katie must have brought with her, high 60's and so sunny. We walked through the downtown area, Hotel Del Coronado (checked out the ice skating rink at the hotel that due to the weather was starting to look like a wading pool), walked along the beach and boardwalk, fulfilled Katie's Mexican food cravings, and then headed to La Jolla.

Hotel Del Coronado on a gorgeous day.

View of downtown San Diego from the west side of the island.

Katie playing in the water.

Upon getting to La Jolla you would think we had traveled a whole lot further than we had. The temperature dropped 12 deg and it was like we were in a cloud. We walked along the boardwalk, said "hi" to the seals at Children's Pool, and then checked out a few shops. We headed home for dinner and a movie.

Seals kissing.

Children's Pool all fogged in.

Beautiful sunset

Sunday morning we were greeted by even better weather than Saturday. After breakfast we went to the Hillcrest Farmer's Market and then it was time for Katie to head home. Luckily she did not have any problems with her flight as we were anticipating due to the many flight delays and cancellations on Saturday from the biggest blizzard to hit Minnesota since Halloween 1991.

It was such a pleasure to have you visit Katie, and I cannot wait to come check out your stomping grounds sometime soon! I hope you had a relaxing weekend in sunny California! Thanks for all the laughs and reminiscing too!



Katie & I, December 2010