This place is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E, clean and beautiful! Ocean Beach is a quiet little beach town with lots of houses and there's not a lot going on. Just one little strip of a few shops and restaurants. It's quite a long hike to the beach if you want to go frequently, like we did, but we had a car and there was always parking at the beach as well as the cottage. We took many of Sylvia's recommendations from restaurants to kayaking to biking on Coronado Island to chasing the grunion (fish) on the shore at midnight (which was amazing!). She really helped to make our trip extra special with all of her recommendations and we felt like we experienced all of San Diego at it's best. The little town of Ocean Beach is tiny as far as things to do, but it's hopping at night and we visited other beaches and areas during the day. Also, the restaurants are really good here. It's not a place to shop or ride bides along the shore. We drove over to La Jolla to kayak, Mission Beach for Belmont Park (fun at night w/ kids), and Downtown SD to rent bikes for Coronado Island and Seaport Village. They were all very short drives. Don't miss Seaport Village (eat at Puesto) and be sure to hit the Gaslamp district at night in Downtown! We loved our stay here and loved San Diego! p.s. you don't notice the planes after the first day, but they were definitely noticeable at first! Earplugs were provided and heaven sent!

TIP: Valet park at Seaport Village if you're going to be there for more than 4 hours (you will want to be! Bike to Coronado and hit Seaport Village and then the Gaslamp district @ night- walk to Gaslamp from here, it's just a few blocks). It's WAY cheaper parking than anywhere else and much closer. You can talk them into giving you back your keys and picking your car up whenever (their usual limit is 4 hours for $15, we stayed for 10 hours!)