I second the La Jolla Cove, the childrens pool – esp. if you have kids, its a great spot, and you can walk all along the coast, over from the seals at the Childrens Pool up to the sea lions and pelicans area, ant then up the hills along the coast behind the rich people’s houses – also can easily walk to nice restaurants..Bring you swimsuit, if you can. and take a swim at the swimming cove just down from the seal cove, lifeguards are there and ten feet out you will be swimmng with garibaldi in gorgeous blue water..Great place to khayak also. I’ve seen whales just standing on the cliffs there..
The rest of SD is real metza-metza fot me – I mean not that great..
I geuss the zoo is an internationally famous botanical exhibit, it’s pretty cool.
And the Del – take the ferry across to Coronado and rent a bike (right there at the ferry landing) and bike over to the Hotel Del Coronado, it is bike path almost the whole way, going under the Coronado bridge..
But you have to go to some event, or something? Just bag that!
(Kidding!)