Fun In San Diego

Samantha and I just got back from a wonderful weekend in San Diego. It was really nice to get out of the heat and enjoy San Diego's cool breezes and wonderful atmosphere.

Friday night after checking into our hotel we went to a friend's house to attend an anniversary celebration for some of my friends. We had a pretty nice time. This was the second time in a week that Samantha had had to meet my friends or family, and once again she was a trouper.

Saturday we had an amazing day. First we spent a few hours at the San Diego Zoo, which is always a wonderful experience. After that we met up with Dating Dummy at Tourmaline Beach, where we swam and body-surfed and watched DD chatting up a really cute surfer girl. Later DD lent Samantha his surfboard and she had a go at learning to surf. She did amazingly well for a first time! I was very impressed both with her bravery and her skill.

After swimming and surfing, we went for sushi at Ichiban in Pacific Beach. I had the teriyaki chicken and DD and Samantha split some sushi, which she said was really good. After dinner we split up for a while, then met up at 9ish at Lestat's Coffeehouse for some wonderful music from Manuok (as in "Man, you okay?") and local DJ and "folksinger" Anya Marina. All in all it was a truly awesome capstone to a wonderful day. Many thanks to DD for his wonderful hospitality -- he's an awesome guy.

Sunday we got up and drove home, a long long day. We were a bit tired since we've developed this (bad?!) habit of staying up until 2 a.m. or later talking about all kinds of stuff.