Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert Clark wrote: >I'll be out in San Diego next week and would like some opinions on places to eat, photograph, and to see the sights. Robert, Things to see: Balboa Park -Zoo -Museum of Photographic Arts (current exhibit: Photographr's Wife). Good Bookstore inside too. --Menge Museum (crafts) If you have a car, get out to end of Point Loma in late afternoon. View of city and bay and ocean not to be missed. road out there runs through the military cemetary, Ft. Rosecrans, that is pictureesque setting. Tidepools below. About eating: Gaslamp quarter (good for street photography) has numerous restaurants/pubs. Also La Jolla, where I live, several moderately priced places with nice views of ocean in walking distance. Also in La Jolla, within a few blocks of the house, is the only Leica dealer (Bob Davis Camera) in the city and a photo gallery that specializes in "art" and landscape work. Current hanging are 4x5/5x7 format images of the Sierra mountains from the air. Shot several decades ago. There is an image of the photographer with giant Linhof aerial camera and plane. Incredible stuff of peaks and valleys and snow patterns. A Adams worthy print quality. Two blocks away is Thomas Mangelson's gallery, one of the finest wildlife photographers working today. La Jolla coastline also good for walking/shooting: the Cove, the beaches, rocks, surfing, Children's Pool where numerous sea lions have taken up residence. "Old Town" near crossroads of I-5 and I-8, is also picture place, though touristy. Shops and restaurants. Couple Mexican-type cantinas. Call for details and schedule a coffee or brew: 619-230-1750; cell: 858-775-7351. donal __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com