Neighborhood boat parade

I recently moved into a condo with one of my best buds ever. Overlooking Bristol Cove off Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, we landed a pretty nice little spot with our own boat slip. Here's the thing - we moved from downtown San Diego to Carlsbad for work and, needless to say, we missed our endless options for food, drinks and just down right social fun! However, this new little pad of ours really shinned last weekend when the neighborhood lite up for their annual Christmas Boat Parade. Driving down the street you would have no idea this was happening just on the other side of these seemingly boring homes. The decorations had been building for weeks, but when I came home from work I instantly started giggling like a little school girl at the sight - it was ridiculous! I live here!

I may not have restaurants I can walk to anymore, but I like this little cove and now that the holiday celebration is over I am anxiously awaiting for the return of summer.