Unexpected, delightful La Jolla.(tourism in California)

Sunset | September 1, 2000| | Copyright

Step beyond the shopping temptations to find a beachside resort town still full of beauty, serenity and surprise

It's very peculiar today," says underwater photographer Judith Garfield as she digs her toes into hard-packed sand near La Jolla's famous Marine Room restaurant and squints at the heaving blue sea. "You rarely see waves breaking this big at this time of year."

I watch a suffer catch a right-breaking curl over the very spot where Garfield and I are scheduled to do a little snorkeling this morning. We opt for coffee instead.

On a normal ...

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