This was the third Christmas we had spent at Christine and Derek's place in Pacific Beach. We keep coming back for many reasons: besides being up the street from the pier and beach, it's located close to grocery shopping, good coffee and breakfast joints, Mission Bay, and the wonderful Kate Sessions Park (which has a wonderful view over the entire city and bay); it's well appointed with a great kitchen, dishwasher, washer/dryer, and a lovely backyard where you can hang out beneath the swaying palm trees, rain or shine; Derek and Christine are very welcoming, unobtrusive, yet readily available if needed; and they have a lovely shy dog who put our small dog at ease and was ready for playtime anytime we were all in the backyard. Great place in a great town.