lake compounce: Balboa Park? La Jolla Shores? Dinner?|||hotel del, in coronado. La jolla shores. dinner in down town gaslamp area.|||i would go to the beach in la jolla and check out the scuba diving. and dinner at the boat house in coronado, maybe a musem at balboa park (every first tuesday of the month they have a free day) pretty much anywhere you go will be fun. i would so all the things you listed. sounds liek a blast.|||(Assuming it's a nice day) I'd call Bertrand's at Mr. A's to find out when they open for the evening, then get there at that time to get a table on the outdoor patio for drinks, not dinner. I'd order drinks or wine, maybe a few appetizers, and eat/drink slowly, watching the planes land at Lindberg field, identify the buildings in Balboa Park, point out the South Bay and Tijuana, Pt. Loma, North Island/Coronado, Mission Bay etc. I'd hang there 'til sunset...it's so pretty there! Other things to do would obviously be the zoo, Balboa Park, the beach areas. I can't make blanket recommendations because I don't know the "someone" therefore don't know what would interest/amuse them the most. Many people enjoy the harbor cruises, the Gaslamp, the ballpark if the Pads (ouch) are in town. But find out what things your visitor is interested in and let that be your guide.