Don’t go on vacation. Live it, at La Jolla Crossroads.” The
slogan of this grandiose apartment complex magically floats through your ears
as you enter through a driveway flanked by palm trees and whitewashed
buildings. Then, your butt suddenly jolts off your seat as your car madly
shakes from the newly installed, wretchedly tall speed bumps. Crossroads offers
beautiful facilities including an indoor theater with 38 leather lounge chairs,
an oasis spa, a racquetball court, free tanning beds and multiple pools, to say
the least. Yet the facade of this heavenly resort fades with residents kicking
in the security-locked doors instead of using their high-tech keys and
elevators deciding to malfunction by skipping the third floor and going
straight to the fifth instead. I haven’t used any of their facilities and I
keep missing the free Monday-night yoga classes, but the defects make the
fantastic paradise into home.

Address: 9085 Judicial Drive