Dreamy Catalina Island, California 🏝️✨

No work on Halloween—tagged along with my partner on a “business trip” 👩‍❤️‍👨! He had a testing project at the iconic Catalina Casino, so I hitched a ride to explore. Ocean views always soothe the soul 🚢💙 Attractions 🏛️ 🎰 Catalina Casino A stunning bayfront casino building with a classic ballroom, circular viewing corridors 🌊, and a theater beneath adorned with marine-life murals 🐠—full of retro charm! 🦊🌱 Wrigley Memorial and Botanic Garden Features native island plants 🌵. Visitors say foxes 🦊 appear at sunrise, munching on berries! 🖼️ Catalina Museum For Art & History Home to a Chihuly glass chandelier 🔮 and poster-style exhibits on island culture—very visitor-friendly 📘! Views 🌅 🛺 Golf Car Rental $65/hour self-drive island tour—perfect for breezy sightseeing 💨 🦌🐾 Buena Vista Point Scenic Overlook A scenic high point overlooking the bay, city, casino, and ferries ⛰️, plus a cross and stone ruins. While waiting for sunset city lights, a massive buck brushed past us 🦌! Close encounter with wild fauna—awed as if meeting a mountain spirit ✨ 🔔 Catalina Chimes Tower An old clock chiming hourly from 8am to 8pm—time slows here ⏳ 🎃 Crescent Ave Halloween school kid parade 👻, each grade as a squad—utterly adorable! Bars + Restaurants 🍽️ 🧉 Coyote Joe's Bar Mexican spot with Buffalo Milk drinks 🧊 Marlin Club Live music bar 🎵 🍸 Luau Larry's Cavern-like room, Mexican vibe 🏜️ 🦞 The Lobster Trap Local-recommended seafood & lobster spot 🦞 🦑 Avalon Seafood & Fish Market Fried seafood + clam chowder on the deck 🌊 🍹 Maggie's Blue Rose Two award-winning margaritas 🏆! Boat Tours 🚤 🔍 Glass-bottom boat 🌙 Moonlight flyfish 🤿 Semi-submarine Missed all this time 😢: glass boat under repair, flyfish off-season, sub too crowded… But added to my bucket list! Dreaming of moonlight flying fish ✨～ #LifeInNorthAmerica #LosAngeles #StudyAbroadLife #NorthAmerica #PhDStudent #PhDlife #Island #NightView