California [Day 3.5]
So obviously I don't need to talk about the weather... it's beautiful... and I don't want to rub it in... especially since I know my loving friends and family are dealing with thunderstorms and days of non-stop rain back home...
It is Tuesday and I haven't had the chance to write since Sunday so I'll catch you all up
Sunday turned out to be an amazing day - We went over to seaport village, which is basically like a clean / amazing version of the boardwalk in NJ - We ate greek food, ordered a couple pitchers of beer, laid out on this amazing soft grass, watched a young couple do dirty things under a blanket, bought some funny souvenirs, sampled some hot sauce at this place called "hot licks" (i kid you not)... a fine afternoon
That evening we headed over to Coronado Island - The drive over was amazing - We crossed this huge tall beautiful bridge that kinda reminded me of the Palaski Skyway... only less ugly and deep blue water and paradise surrounds you instead of Newark factories - We hung out on the beach for a little, made funny pictures in the sand of penis's and boobs and whatnot and after we got bored with that, we made our way over to the Coronado Hotel... Apparently it is one of the most haunted places in the world... the place was beautiful... built in 1888 and still looks exactly the same... obviously it's been renovated and whatnot (i'll post pictures when I get back... you'll see) - we hung out at this outdoor bar, our bartenders name was Jose, we watched another amazing sunset, bullshitted about life and continued to have an amazing time
Afterwards, for late night activities, we headed over to the gas lamp district which is kinda like San Diego's version of a downtown New York bar hop - We watched people do bad karaoke, met a really trashed girl who asked if we were Mexican, I of course answered yes, and when she asked where we were from, SteProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 n said Brooklyn, and I said... "yeah Tijuana Brooklyn... then for some reason the girl asked so wait... where in Norway is that? it was entertaining
That was pretty much Sunday
Monday we hung out at Balboa park... which is most definitely more than a park... there are tons of museums (space, art, history, automobile, you name it)... We hung out in a botanical garden which would seem like an odd place for four guys to hang out together, but it was very nice... We bought astronaut ice cream at the space museum, checked out an SR71 Blackbird (the plane the X-Men fly)... it was another amazing after noon
That evening, we headed over to Chris's Dad's home... which is... well no words can describe it... it's a beautiful beautiful home - Just gigantic, but crafted with class... many many rooms, and fun hallways to get lost in, a beautiful courtyard in the backyard that overlooked a valley, there was an amazing pool, a guest house, there was even a freakin huge doll house that kids could use (if he had kids that age... of course you know we went in it and snapped a picture (again... i will share pictures when I return). We played football out by the pool for a little while and then went inside (very winded)... we ate a feast of steaks, green beans, onions, avocado salads, and then coffee and cheesecake for dessert... It was really nice seeing Mr Buckenmayer again too... it's been like 9 years or something like that... I've always loved that dude... great people
I don't want to keep this too long but there was a lot to catch you all up on
This afternoon, we're going to the San Diego Zoo and then Chris has some other stuff planned for us... which probably involves beers and good mexican food
Right now it's about 11am - we're gonna go get some coffee at this awesome cafe down the street (which we've gone to every morning) and then hit the road of adventure
enjoying my time on earth
J
It is Tuesday and I haven't had the chance to write since Sunday so I'll catch you all up
Sunday turned out to be an amazing day - We went over to seaport village, which is basically like a clean / amazing version of the boardwalk in NJ - We ate greek food, ordered a couple pitchers of beer, laid out on this amazing soft grass, watched a young couple do dirty things under a blanket, bought some funny souvenirs, sampled some hot sauce at this place called "hot licks" (i kid you not)... a fine afternoon
That evening we headed over to Coronado Island - The drive over was amazing - We crossed this huge tall beautiful bridge that kinda reminded me of the Palaski Skyway... only less ugly and deep blue water and paradise surrounds you instead of Newark factories - We hung out on the beach for a little, made funny pictures in the sand of penis's and boobs and whatnot and after we got bored with that, we made our way over to the Coronado Hotel... Apparently it is one of the most haunted places in the world... the place was beautiful... built in 1888 and still looks exactly the same... obviously it's been renovated and whatnot (i'll post pictures when I get back... you'll see) - we hung out at this outdoor bar, our bartenders name was Jose, we watched another amazing sunset, bullshitted about life and continued to have an amazing time
Afterwards, for late night activities, we headed over to the gas lamp district which is kinda like San Diego's version of a downtown New York bar hop - We watched people do bad karaoke, met a really trashed girl who asked if we were Mexican, I of course answered yes, and when she asked where we were from, SteProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 n said Brooklyn, and I said... "yeah Tijuana Brooklyn... then for some reason the girl asked so wait... where in Norway is that? it was entertaining
That was pretty much Sunday
Monday we hung out at Balboa park... which is most definitely more than a park... there are tons of museums (space, art, history, automobile, you name it)... We hung out in a botanical garden which would seem like an odd place for four guys to hang out together, but it was very nice... We bought astronaut ice cream at the space museum, checked out an SR71 Blackbird (the plane the X-Men fly)... it was another amazing after noon
That evening, we headed over to Chris's Dad's home... which is... well no words can describe it... it's a beautiful beautiful home - Just gigantic, but crafted with class... many many rooms, and fun hallways to get lost in, a beautiful courtyard in the backyard that overlooked a valley, there was an amazing pool, a guest house, there was even a freakin huge doll house that kids could use (if he had kids that age... of course you know we went in it and snapped a picture (again... i will share pictures when I return). We played football out by the pool for a little while and then went inside (very winded)... we ate a feast of steaks, green beans, onions, avocado salads, and then coffee and cheesecake for dessert... It was really nice seeing Mr Buckenmayer again too... it's been like 9 years or something like that... I've always loved that dude... great people
I don't want to keep this too long but there was a lot to catch you all up on
This afternoon, we're going to the San Diego Zoo and then Chris has some other stuff planned for us... which probably involves beers and good mexican food
Right now it's about 11am - we're gonna go get some coffee at this awesome cafe down the street (which we've gone to every morning) and then hit the road of adventure
enjoying my time on earth
J