For the San Diego area, I just found this list of Lunch & Dessert places .....

http://vacationidea.com/california/must-try-lunch-dessert-spots-in-san-diego.html

I'll try this again .......

Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA

http://ngis.dodlodging.net/propertys/Coronado-NAB----San-Diego-CA

The Phib Base is near and dear to my heart.  As a brand-new ensign I spent 4 months there in late 1974 as a student at the brand-new Surface Warfare Officer School.  And over the next 20 years of my naval career I stayed here dozens of times, and even now I still get there on occasion. 

My last visit there was in October 2013.  I was lucky enough to get a Suite in B/504 (what was the BOQ in those days):  the Neptune Suite, Room 935, looking south.  The 9th floor is the top floor, and the view is fantastic with a complete ocean view !!  (Amazingly enough, as an ensign I was in room 435 ..... it took me 39 years to finally work my way to the top floor).

          The setup for the Suite is you get 2 side-by-side rooms:  they cut/created a door in the wall between two rooms.  So one room is the bedroom & bath, the other room is a living room, and that bath has been converted into a tiny "kitchen."

          The bedroom has a very small "dining area" w/ table & 2 chairs. with There is also a small desk (I used that for my laptop).  There was a hospitality basket of welcome goodies on the table.

          Each room has floor-to-ceiling glass to the exterior:  one is a window pane, the other is a sliding glass door.  Each room opens onto a balcony, and in this case, both balconies are connected.

          There was free WiFi, kinda/sorta slow.

          Outside, there is actually a designated Parking Place for the Neptune Suite if you want to use it.

          The rooms in B/504 face south or north (view of the city/Glorietta Bay/Pt Loma).

There is another former-BOQ building (I don't know the number), the rooms of which face either west (ocean view) or east (city view).  The west-facing (ocean view) is spectacular (I have included a few pictures below).

Neptune Suite, Room 935, the view looking south:

the view looking at the SEAL compound:

Here is the bedroom:

Here is the living room:

the door between the rooms:

Living room and entry:

the "kitchen":

And, here are several pictures of the room & view in the other former-BOQ building:

Looking northwest at Point Loma:

Looking south:

Sunrise, looking at Point Loma:

Sunset:

Guest Housing - United States Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, California

 http://www.uscg.mil/petaluma/services/MWR/guest_housing.asp
 Nice place to stop on the way North or to local spots. Scenic, but a bit of a drive off the 101 (around 11 miles and not easy to find at night).  The USCG converted a corner portion of the enlisted barracks to what they term  five VIP rooms.  One suite with a one King size bed, small micro/fridge combo, private bath, cable TV, coffee maker and maid service every day.

 
Four VIP rooms, which include one queen bed with the same amenities. We did not notice an elevator and rooms are up the stairs - $55 a night;  older but clean, roomy and neat.  Had a double sink with plenty of counter-space for couples.  If you come back later at night and park next to the far end stairway you might get greeted by a couple of raccoons looking for a handout.  Windows and door (locked) to adjacent rooms did not do much to dampen noise or voices, but on a Sunday night not much commotion anyway.  There is a Consolidated Club adjacent to the building.

My first post, let's see if I can figure out the technology here.  My shipmate Stu pointed me at this blog to chronicle my recent visit (late August 2016).  So I wrote some notes in Word and will simply cut & paste them here.

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BOQ Travel Blog Notes for the Foster Creek Villa #63 at Joint Base Charleston, SC

Check-in Procedure:

·        The website provides detailed info and check-in information.

o   http://www.jbcharleston.com/foster-creek/

·        In short:  the Outdoor Recreation Office is open weekdays from 11am - 4pm.  I went there for check-in and learned that is not "necessary."  A lockbox on the front door of the Villa has a door key in it.  So you can call the Office and they will give you the lockbox code, thus you can go directly to the Villa at the 4pm check-in time.

·        The advantage at the Office was talking with the staff there (friendly and helpful) to get more information.  When I arrived at the office at 2pm, the staff called housecleaning and learned my villa had already been cleaned and was ready.  So I was given the lockbox code and was in residence by 2:10pm, much earlier than the "prescribed" 4pm.

There are 4 villas in this building:  2 upstairs, 2 downstairs.

         http://www.militarycampgrounds.us/media/reviews/photos/original/8c/39/37/Foster%20Creek%20Villas%20003.jpg

I was in Villa #63:  downstairs, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen, living room, dining area. 

The dining area has a large dining table with 6 chairs. 

The living room has 2 sofas and a smallish TV, with a DVD player and cable TV.

The kitchen has a small dining table with 4 chairs.

There is a small outdoor patio with access from both the kitchen and dining areas.

No daily servicing of the villa.

No "amenities" are provided:  no soap, no shampoo, no extra toilet paper.  When I arrived there was only 1/4 roll of toilet paper remaining.

No coat hangers anywhere in the villa.

There is a washer and dryer, no laundry soap provided.

The a/c works great !!

The kitchen has:

microwave, full-size refrigerator, gas stove with 4 burners,

1 large pot with lid, medium-size saucepan with lid, small-size saucepan with lid,

frying pan no lid, dishwasher, garbage disposal, coffee maker

dinner plates, salad plates, small bowls, cooking utensils, silverware, knives

large water glasses, small water glasses

electric can opener, toaster, dishwasher, 1 "cake" of dishwasher soap

rack for drying dishes, 1 small bottle of dishwashing liquid

1 handtowel

General Comments

·        I've been in a reasonable amount of BOQ's over the years, and I consider this one fantastic.  The best reason:  I was the only person in the entire 4-plex.  Total, complete, and absolute privacy, peace, and quiet.  Lots and lots of outdoors elbow room to the street, sides, and back.  Great views, very well-manicured grounds.  The "small" exchange is close by, and the "larger" exchange is not much further.

·        Of particular interest:  all of this area is wide-open to the general public.  Where I believe there used to be the familiar gate & security station on Redbank Road just east of N. Rhett Avenue, there is now no gate nor security and anybody can drive into the area at any time of the day or night.  Very "strange" and certainly unexpected after 46 years of seeing all military facilities being located inside a security perimeter.

·        All in all, I'll gladly stay here again next time I get to Charleston.
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(update)  I'll add a few pictures:

MASTER BEDROOM .......



SPARE BEDROOM .......






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