Girly Northern Country Fun v. The Southern Nerd Special

This morning Darren left home, not for work as usual. but for a giant nerd fair called Comicon. He will spend two or three days looking at comic books, posters, toys, artwork, eating fried food, chatting with other "Con" enthusiasts (perhaps Ralph again), posing with scarcely clad women warriors, and costume rating. I, on the other hand, will leave tomorrow morning for a girls only! road trip up North for Garlic Festival food, wine country savoring, and beach/pool swimming fun. I think that I can say with confidence that I will be much better off than Darren will this weekend. I suppose it will depend on the photos and stories we return wielding.

Hooray for vacations!

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Fun in the Sun

Summers here and it's officially time for sunburns. We started early Friday morning. Packed up the RV and headed to La Jolla shores in hopes to score a fire pit. No luck. I stepped on a surfboard for the first time in probably 15 years but it's like riding a bike. A bike that I never really took the training wheels off of. 

We hit the surf, Q'd up some dogs and caught some rays. 

Then it was back to Ms. Burns' crib for some pool action. . The view from Kathys yard never ceases to amazes us. At nightfall the coyotes come out and do their tribal chanting. Gerard, Michelle and Kathy always give us the special treatment. 

It's like a little vacation when we visit. 

We headed back North in the evening and topped the night off with a little Luau to celebrate Cheris birthday. Good times had by all.

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Beirut Rules

I took Lisa to see Beirut in LA a few months after we met. She instantly became a fan. It was our first show. Everytime they come on the ipod, we talk about how cool it would to have them play our wedding. Rob seems to think that indie bands are fairly cheap and for roughly $1000, many will come out and do your gig. I might have to look into that but I won't get my hopes up. Check out this recent live show. Definitely good stuff.

Fourth of July Weekend Fun

In order to celebrate our country's Independence, Darren and I took a little trip to Alpine to spend the weekend with some friends. We had good eats, swim time, and plenty of sun tanning. Our vacation only lasted a couple days, but was so refreshing and relaxing, we can't wait to visit again (this weekend!).