August 4, 2008
Coronado is a San Diego island treat
If there is one place where Southern California charm, history, style, beaches and sun all converge, it has to be on the 7.4 square miles of ground you’ll find at the west end of the sweeping, skyscraper-high Coronado Bridge. The makers of the movie “Some like it Hot” were certainly onto something when Coronado Island was selected for that movie’s locale. Overlooking the Coronado beachJust 2.3 miles across the bay from downtown San Diego, Coronado Island is an island retreat in every sense you can imagine - it’s still relatively quiet, studded with swaying palm trees, blessed with some of the best beaches in California, and adorned by some of the most magnificent and historic buildings in San Diego County.But lest you think this sounds like a great place to live as well, be assured that the price of admission will keep out all but the most well-heeled - unless of course you’re willing to live on bread and water while you make mortgage payments so high they each could buy a late-model car.But that’s why it’s so fun to visit Coronado. It’s like appearing in your own episode of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” if only for a […]
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