The 92007 has two summers running at once. One happens on the sand side of Coast Highway 101, where the Kook keeps getting dressed up and Seaside Market's parking lot smells like tri-tip by 4 p.m. The other happens on the Manchester Avenue side, where the lagoon reopened as one connected reserve and the Nature Center parking lot fills before 9. If you live here, the season is really about how often you cross between them.
The through-line most guides miss
Cardiff got quietly re-stitched over the last two years.