san diego

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If you're trying for tomorrow...hm. Get up really early, at least, and definitely check with Spencer in terms of when you want to meet up so you can make it to the dinner properly. Amtrak does have southbound trains leaving at 6:05, 7:20 and 8:30 in the morning from Union Station and return trains back that arrive at 4:05, 5:45 and 6:45 in the afternoon (and as with all trains, there are always possible delays, so I would not recommend that last one given tomorrow night's plans). But it's really tight -- if you left Union Station at 7:20 and returned by 5:45, you'll only just barely have five hours in San Diego itself. At that rate all I could suggest would be a quick swing through downtown, seeing the Coronado/San Diego bay bridge (which I think is a seriously lovely bit of architecture and engineering), maybe an hour or two wandering through Balboa Park -- the Zoo is fantastic but deserves much more time than you'll be able to give it, so skip it and head towards the late 19th century Exposition buildings and the various museums (trivia -- some of the 'stock footage' of Xanadu in Citizen Kane comes from those buildings and the zoo). Ultimately, your call.

That's not true. There is a lot of marine fucking going on as well!

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V113/N31/briefs.31w.txt.html

Don't forget breakfast at the Original Pancake House on Convoy Street in the Clairemont area. Great pancakes/waffles/crepes/other.

Fun times in the mayoral race.

Relevant YouTube clip

An apparent military plane has crashed into a residential area, sparking at least one house fire, according to preliminary reports.

The pilot apparently ejected from the aircraft, but there is no report on his condition.

Eyewitness Shelby Lovitt, a senior at University High school, said she heard a loud boom just before noon and then saw a plane go down. She said she also saw someone eject from the plane with a parachute. She ran out into field and saw black smoke and flames.

The school had been put on lockdown and no one is allowed to leave, she said.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081208-1235-bn08plane.html

Live video.

Just want to say, guys: this "burn down the bomb factory" idea really has my attention.

Today's apparently the day people! Anyone know if there will be a live video feed somewhere?

I mean:

He said some papers that Berg indicated he thought were important are located on a coffee table and rest atop detonators containing HMTD. He said it would be too dangerous to remove the papers or anything else.

Dude stacked his papers on top of explosive detonators!

Here we go with the live footage.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/bomb-house/

Wow - it's going up quick!

T-t-totally f-f-frickin' awesome.

got a photo of it from my classroom window

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5247430462_2c13d5d433_z.jpg

helllllloooooooool SD. live from bar 'cherry bomb'

i bet i heard social distortion the last time
i wa s at this bar
in 1997

^ I like this style of posting

sup sd

sup

What's good this week? Want to grab a beer tomorrow / Friday?

this week, nothing afaict. can't tomorrow but could do friday. shoot me a webmail!

Cool, Friday works better for me too.

partaaaaaaaaaay

Been hanging out with work ppl all week, good to have a break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3vzEuVhnHM

Whoa, weird to see the Cherry Bomb show up on here. I live two blocks from there, directly in the flight path.

I learned this week that El Cajon has its own microbrewery now and its beers are named after the things that make El Cajon El Cajon: drug dealing (Shady Lane Pale Ale), jail (Breakout Stout), racism (Rowdy Redneck Red), prostitution (Back Alley Blonde), and unemployment (Overhopped and Underpaid American Wheat Blah Blah Whatever).

a friend of mine lived w/ a pagent girl who was Ms. El Cajon

sometimes I think of the concept of Ms. El Cajon

line in an sd-era notebook: "everything I own/smells like it's been to el cajon". never got around to writing the rest of that song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqJ1-5kHKEc

People of San Diego, thank you for your hospitality. Great place.

had fun :-)

Harder to navigate than LA w/out a car, true? If I go it should just be for 2 days, for the zoo, Padres, and gay bars?

timely! I'm going to be there this weekend but will be at a wedding on Saturday. Not sure what I'm up to on Sunday.

Zoo + Padres + Gay Bars are all fairly near each other, you wouldn't need a car imho.

Yah, you could absolutely do all that via bus.

my kind of guy

i will devise a sample itinerary for you

late great, what's a good area to stay that's hip and worth lingering for a day? I'm gonna be in Julian, like I said, for a wedding, but will have all day Friday.

what do you like to do?

Probably a good dinner and drinks at a gay bar.

Familiar with the Doubletree in Mission Park? How close is it to Hillcrest?

Do you mean over by the mall and the cheesecake factory? You could get a cab from there. Not really walkable unless you want a hike

yeah in San Diego terms it is practically IN hillcrest (ie less than five minute drive) but in walking terms it is a serious hike

OK. How easy is it to get a cab or ride the trolley?

Trolley would be good for going downtown, but not Hillcrest.

Seems like there would be plenty of cabs around there, or Uber.

Huh, lived for a year in Utah Street, between University Heights and Normal Heights, had no idea it was hip. My favorite shop was the bookstore on Adams Avenue. Bought way too many great books for 3 bucks, had to pay so much for overweight when I went home...

thx yall, i'm looking into staying 'round North Park/Univ Hts

...and I am. Sotosyn, scout the Eagle for me.

$42 for the bloody Zoo, huh? Sounds like a July 5th activity.

^Make that $46.

There's no reason not to go to the zoo on July 4, I guess, since it's open and Saturday the 5th will be as busy or worse? I think the orgasm of patriotism at a Padres game on the 4th would kill me, too.

a little too much excitement in NP

http://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2014/06/27/cross-dressing-man-injures-2-north-park-dennys/

you know, I was flirting with going to the SD County Fair til I saw that the Fringe Fest is starting up when I arrive.

http://www.sdfringe.org/

fuck the fair

well, sure.

I still need something to do after the zoo on the 4th, prefer no fireworks mayhem. Maybe look for the green ray at Sunset Cliffs. (Marine layer obstruction, tho?)

haha yeah it's pretty impossible to see the green flash in San Diego, regardless of time of year or whatever

well you're telling me that Fodor's lies, then!

fish tacos and sunset then.

so far i've been drinking most at Toronado SD

(they were also the only decent place open for dinner just now)

be sure to check out hamilton's and monkey's paw too, owned by same group

i'm kinda tired unless places are in my path

(zoo, Balboa Park and a Fringe show today)

I'm assuming Gaslamp is p much a tourist trap, but when I get out of Petco around 7:15 tonight is there anywhere safe to eat/drink?

monkey paw is at 16th and F, only a few blocks away

gaslamp is bro paradise, avoid at all costs

Neighborhood is a short walk from PetCo and is one of the beat places to eat and drink in SD.

agree w/LG on the gaslamp

Also there is a Lolita's for standard -Bert-o/a's style sdmex across from Petco on Tony Gwynn Blvd. zero ambience but works in a pinch for food.

A couple weeks ago I went to Jayne's in University Heights: good food in generous portions.

jayne's gastropub is great!

neighborhood is a burger place, very good burgers and a good selection of beers

monkey paw has great pulled pork sandwiches

hamilton's is my fave SD joint, the sort of place i wish was in L.A.

it seems like monkey paw has been scaling back their tap list in favor of their own beers, which i haven't really tried. they almost always have some good bottles in the case though.

neighborhood looks like it has a better tap list right now but for me the pulled pork beats out the burger

if you can make it to hamilton's though ...

ok. I was also thinking taking trolley to Blue Water Seafood for dinner.

just had breakfast plato at Mission down the street

blue water is SO DAMN GOOD but be prepared to wait in line for at least 30 minutes

(i basically never go to blue water any more because i hate standing in line)

monkey paw was the worst place i went on my last visit... that may seem like a slander but really I went to some great places!

but if that's your benchmark, it is low.

Dr. Morpheus, Neighborhood is good and near PetCo.

Wait this is crazy, were me Morbz and Alfred all in SD for the 4th and I was unawarez

no, Alfred was a couple weeks ago. I am here til Monday morning. I stayed in and slept last night.

made it to Monkey Paw, we'll see how my innards like the pulled pork by tomw a.m.

I guess i shd see the beach tomw eve. MCASD is closed til next week alas.

Ah ok. I'm already headed back to sf anyway

the last Sun night bus leaves Ocean Beach at 8:34 :(

Welcome to (most of) California.

I did make it to Blue Water... walking fron Balboa Park! Had a beer at the Aero Bar too.

I talked to more homeless than gay men, so just like SF.

RIP Larry Himmel!

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/06/to-larry-himmel-with-love/

aw shit :( :( :(

a warm breeze blows across the white sand
ten thousand ships and planes make up the heart of it
north island's just a part of it

a hundred tons of hair on a barber's floor
and tomorrow there’s a hundred more

and how did i know
how did i know
i'd be going down to san diego

a mom, dad, kids run across the freeway
they had a dream that they could be a part it
so they ran from the snake pit
headed straight for the bullshit

but how did they know
they’d be going north to san diego

pretty people in a row i wonder did they know about the counting machine
little houses in a line from pentecost down down to beaver lake drive

they're in the counting machine
count me count me count me

hot sand cuts into my face
a little bar under the freeway
where i can drink my blues away

come on and give me another beer
i’m thinking of staying here

but how did i know
oh lord how did i know id be staying here in san diego

https://read.atavist.com/coronado-high

Hey, I'm in San Diego

I'm downtown. Where should I eat dinner tonight?

I am not from there but there was a hipster cocktail place that had good drinks. No idea on dinner

I just wound up grabbing something at tender greens. Last night I had beers and a taco at the Local, which was decent.