Catalina Island

Catalina is a nice little getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life. It’s a small island that you take golf carts to get around in, actually you don’t even need on you could just walk.

I hear it’s beautiful. I lived near Los Angeles for five years and never went. I will like to take all my graduation guests / fans here for a weekend when I get my PhD. Insha’Allah.

i already made the reservations! we’ll be staying at the seacrest inn… it wasn’t my first choice, but las flores la paloma was already booked cuz of a wedding. hohum. but the seacrest seems nice enough. a whirlpool tub for two.. that’s about all my husband and i wanted! month and a half, i’m so excited!
it’s okay if it’s touristy… i’m really not going for much of a cultural experience. every place i’ve been has been about a cultural experience and i’ve never allowed myself to really be a tourist. so, i think it will be a fun, once-in-a-while indulgence. whatesle would someone want on their one year wedding anniversary!? indulgence is about all I can think of… :P

Scuba diving on two occasions in 2003

i miss being on an island. so for now any island will do. my husband and i will be celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary this july. we don’t have TOO much money or time to spend so we are going to take our anniversary weekend and go to catalina island. we live in palmdale, CA, so it’s not that far for us. won’t be that expensive and will be a break from the extremely hot temperatures of the high desert in the middle of the summer. jamey will be in training around that time, so we’ll only have weekends to do anything fun. we’ve never been there and it looks like a wonderful place to get away from everyday life for a couple days. i think it will be a blast!