The Lido

Lido? Guido? Credo? Candido? Partido? Placido Domingo? Pulido? Salcido? Shiseido? Toledo? Tuxedo? Escondido? Penasquito? Inigo Montoya? Libido? RAWR
Aside from all the rhymes I could think of in my head, I had a flashback to the Love Boat (with Captain Stubing, Gopher, and Isaac, the Bartender), the 80s show, I watched as a youngin’! I finally get it! On the show, I’d remember hearing references to «the Lido» deck. The Lido deck is simply a recreational facility with a swimming pool and of course where the pool is found on a cruise ship? On the Lido deck! That said, I laughed when I heard the club house was called «The Lido.»
The Lido is not only the the clubhouse (and pool), but also the name for a condo complex in Mission Valley. The clubhouse seems to be about 2000 square feet including kitchen, high ceilings, pool table, lounging furniture that definitely looks like it’s been pulled from a West Elm catalog, and a nice 60″ plasma. Then again, we didn’t have the luxury to fully make use of the plasma — like watching pRon in HD! Alas, there is a condo policy that prevents us from connecting anything — DVD, game stations, karaōke — to it. BAH.
We also watched a number of residents use the adjacent gym facilities and the spa fill with bubbles? o. O
Regardless, only the condo complex residents (and friends) have access which is how I found my way into the Lido via a simple potluck with friends.
Although I showed up early and found parking, others didn’t find parking so easily. I’m told that during the summer (baseball) and fall (football), street parking can be hard to come by given the proximity of Qualcomm.
Some might call the clubhouse yuppie; others might call it modern and cosmopolitan — I call the clubhouse — a good time — including Dale. His special potluck fortune cookie courtesy of Albert mentioned one word: anal.