Life As A Cabrillo's Lighthouse Keeper In Old Point Loma, San Diego!

It is a reminder of different times: of sailing ships and oil lamps and the men and women who tended these isolated coastal lights. It was a demanding job. A dedicated keeper was on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no vacation. In 1851 U.S. Coastal Survey selected this headland as the site for a navigational aid. The crest stood 422 feet above sea level and overlooked the bay and ocean. At the time it seemed like the ideal location.

Kasia kissing Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European who set foot on the west coast of what is now  the United States. His expedition brought Spain's first great era of exploration to a close.

Builders completed the lighthouse in 1854, and in 1855 installed a Fresnel lens, the best technology of that day. At dusk, November 15, 1855, keeper James P. Keating lit the oil lamp for the first time. For the next 36 years, except on foggy nights, the light welcomed sailors to San Diego harbor. 

San Diego and Marilyn Monroe

San Diego jest miastem z pogranicza w ktorym widoczne sa wplywy zaczerpniete z sasiedniego Meksyku. Tymczasem slynaca z ekstrawagancji i snobizmu dzielnica milionerow Coronado, oddzielona od reszty miasta wodami zatoki, laczy w sobie amerykanski rozmach architektoniczny z luznym latynoskim stylem zycia. Coronado wyglada jak wyspa chociaz jest polwyspem polaczonym z ladem waskim pasem ziemi oraz majestatycznym mostem Coronado Bay Bridge.

Przejazd do tej ekskluzywnej dzielnicy jest jak przekroczenie progu innego swiata. A juz zupelnie jak z bajki wyglada HOTEL DEL CORONADO, najstarszy drewniany budynek w USA. Dyskretny urok tego miejsca dzialal kojaco na slynna Marilyn Monroe. Probowalysmy wyobrazic sobie ta platynowa blondynke w labiryncie misternie udekorowanych wnetrz i okwieconych ogrodach.

San Diego's Coronado District, famous for its extravagance and snobbery millionaires, amazed us with its imposing Coronado Bay Bridge (pics above). Coronado looks like an island but it's a peninsula connected to mainland by a narrow strip of land.
As a National Historic Landmark, the Hotel del Coronado has a rich and colorful heritage that sets it apart from neighboring Coronado hotels. From Marilyn Monroe to Charles Lindbergh, from state dinners to the ghost of Kate Morgan, The Del is an American treasure with more than 120 years of fascinating stories to tell.

Conorado Hotel, San Diego

Conorado Hotel

Lunch time in Conorado Hotel

1500 Orange Avenue, Conorado Hotel