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> Try Belmont Park in Mission Bay area. There is a boardwalk for
> people watching, inline skating, etc + a roller-coaster, bumper cars
> other fun stuff.
> 
> Of course the Zoo is a must, very different from the Wild Animal
> Park.  
> 
> Seaport Village, downtown, lot's of neat shops, nice restaurants, etc.
> 
> Old Town: antique shops, great Mexican food, historic sites.
> 
> Day trip to Tijuana: take the trolly to San Ysidro, walk across the
> bridge and then take a taxi ($5-10) to Revolucion.  Lot's of
> tourist shopping, places to eat and bars to drink in.
> 
> This should keep you busy for the weekend :).
> 
> Laura (not Jeff)

This sounds like a weekend in hell.  I would avoid all of these tourist
traps
and head for some of the small but very good ethnic restaurants in the
North
Park area.  There is a very good Afgan restaurant on the 4100
block of 30th just south of El Cajon Blvd.

For something unusual head out to the Unarius Academy of Science in El
Cajon.
The Unarius Academy is a UFO based religion that maintains a bookstore and
museum just off of Main street in El Cajon.

For nature try visiting the cliffs of Torrey Pines State Park.

There are still a number of nice old buildings downtown - a walk through
the
Gaslamp quarter is worthwhile.  By all means avoid Horton Plaza - it's just
another stupid suburban style shopping mall.  They tore down a block of
nice
old buildings to build the monster.  The only reason to visit Horton Plaza
is 
to use the parking structure.  You can go to the liquor store in Horton
Plaza
and buy a 10 cent candy - they will validate your parking.

Buck