Next time you are in San Diego, check out the Costco Business Center on Convoy. It is a familiar but different experience. Parking is much easier, and their walk in freezer section is huge and you can pretend you are in a Michigan winter for 5 minutes while you check out their frozen meats.
And if you are into retail history, the Costco on Morena Blvd that Mitt Romney used to shop at is the oldest one in the USA. It wasn’t the first Costco however, it was a Price Club that is older than any other existing Costco.