Beautiful weather welcomed us to San Diego. The Convention Center is right on the bay where there is a marina filled with yachts and several places to grab a quick lunch while at restaurants overlooking the water.
After walking around the Seaside Park and the Gas Lamp District on our first morning, we hopped a trolley to Old Town where we browsed in the shops and enjoyed seeing the living quarters and gardens at the historic hacienda.
I was reminded of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's hacienda in Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Lacuna, where they harbored the exiled Leon Trotsky.
After the Advocacy Institute (see report by Judi Paradis), we attend the Booklist's Author's Forum. I was pleased to get free copies of the books signed by all four of the authors: Susan Vreeland, David Levithan, Stewart O'Nan, and Armistad Maupin during the Exhibit Hall opening.
No comments:
Post a Comment