This is a first for me – to have my picture be selected in a contest – I am so excited!  Granted, mine was not the best picture, but my picture made it as one of the top ten!

Coronado, San Diego

I entered a competition that Get Away San Diego posted on their Facebook page, just out of curiousity.  My picture shown above of the sunset near the Hotel Del in Coronado is the reason I just had to write today!  My photo will be published in the next edition of Get Away San Diego .  I don’t think my picture is as good as the other nine that made it into the top ten, but all ten will be shown in the next issue.  However, since this is the first time for me that I have won such a contest, I am ecstatic!  If it’s good enough to be chosen, it’s good enough to be happy about.

If you want to see the other pictures in Get Away San Diego’s Album, you can take a look right here Get Away San Diego’s Photo Contest Winners.

My whole family loves the Hotel Del, and Coronado.  Here is my little Chandi on the beach at Hotel Del.

Hotel Del – Coronado

Hotel Del, Coronado

Hotel Del, Coronado

So for anyone who wants to wine a bit, I have a picture for you – it’s also taken in Coronado.

Wine Styles, Coronado

And for all those who would love to see what’s so great about the Hotel Del, here’s some more pictures.

Hotel Del, Coronado

Marilyn Monroe shot one of her movies here “Some Like It Hot”, and this tree is famous partly because of that movie, and Marilyn Monroe.

Hotel Del, Coronado

People love to visit the Hotel Del, and many weddings and parties take place here.

Hotel Del, Coronado

The grounds of this hotel are absolutely stunning!  Do you know you can spend an entire day here, and not be bored?  There’s the beach, restaurants galore, tennis, a swimming pool and of course shops, and the hotel lobby to look at.

Hotel Del, Coronado

Hotel Del, Coronado

Hotel Del’s Lobby Chandelier, Coronado

Of course, my little Princess belongs here, that’s why I like to bring her time and time again!

Hotel Del, Coronado

Don’t forget that Coronado is just a 15 to 20 minute drive from downtown San Diego, or just a boat ride across – here are some useful tips on how to get around.

I may have said this before, but the Hotel Del is swell!  I am so glad that one of my pictures is going to be published, and I’m glad that it was taken in beautiful Coronado.

On another note:

Lately, I have also been toying with another idea….to enter one of my videos into a competition or to make a new one – perhaps of San Diego.  I decided to not enter the competition or attempt making a new video for it, because I can’t go away for 6 months and leave my kids, neither can I take them with me (two of them can’t take six months away from school, and it wouldn’t be fair to take just the youngest one) – so this kind of competition is not meant for me.  Want to know which competition I am referring to?  It’s this one: http://www.mydestination.com/bbb/competition#faq1 and if you want to know who has my full support in this particular competition, it’s Lesley Carter from Bucket List Publications: http://lesleycarter.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/if-you-could-make-someones-bucket-list-dreams-a-reality-would-you/