san diego - the whales vagina 2014

"i was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future"

san diego's become an annual trip for me.  last year i flew in to officiate lisa and lewis' wedding.  this year i hopped on the pacific surfliner and took the 3 hour amtrak chug down the pacific coast while reminiscing quotes by kerouac.  3 hours later, i found myself at sante fe station amongst the amish.

i knew we'd be drinking.  it's always good to drink in san diego.  but family life, driving life, california life takes the fury out of life.  moderation takes a front seat and cards against humanity secretly adds maturity to my life forcing me to hang out at home with couples...

i had such a great time...i ended up staying for a week.  i had such a great time, i ended up wanting to get involved with some projects.  i had such a great time, i went brazilian jiu jitsu twice....i had such a great time, i started working out again...and i had such a great time...i miss the pooches!!!

day 1. cucina urbana

day 2.  carne asada fries, the doggie beach and all you can eat korean bbq!!  (so awesome seeing pooches run straight into the water....not so awesome mochi running away and across the fence into the naval facility....)

day 3. selfie story -  we took a day trip to laguna beach on saturday.  it reminded me of kristen cavalleri.  i took selfies.   a special someone whom i haven't spoken to in a while texted me while i was in san diego....which coincidentally was a trip i took with her a few years back...it was a hilarious topic of conversation the entire weekend as we mimicked her selfies and mispellings and well...this is what we came up with....

cards for humanity...this is what ended the night...

day 4. - im not sure what we did on sunday.  i think we spent the entire morning watching movies on netflix.  chinese and korean movies to be exact.  we had homemade 麵線 by lewis....and we continued to watch more movies while i chowed down on salt and vinegar chips...oh yea we at some sushi joint made by mexican ladies.  that was fun

day 5. wasn't i supposed to leave already?  but i changed my flight didn't i?  and don't i always.  so we went for a long run in the morning to continue the work out streak from the day before.  the park was just a warmup...today we went around the city...perfect weather...and that's why i want to move to cali.

i forgot hoa lives in san diego.  she travels a lot and works from home  but just got back on sunday night.  and she came out and hung out with us...which got the conversation started..."no i don't wanna get choked out....but do you wanna train tomorrow???"

day 6.  skp texted me about this lucha libre gourmet taco joint he saw on tv...it's got a ton of yelp reviews.  and it was close enough to walk the pooches to get tacos.  we got there too early to have taco's so we settled for breakfast.  and the sauces were a testament to how good this place could be...but we didn't want to eat again...so we walked back...and i went to train...and hoa choked me out.  im actually not in horrible shape.  my conditioning isn't terrible even tho im overweight.  i have decent control of my body because of a wrestling background.  but it did take a bit to get back into the grappling feel.  and there was no point for me to overpower my opponent when i have no clue about technique.  so when i felt hoa's headlock...i just let her throw me...knowing i'd re-roll.  in jiujitsu...the choke goes deeper when you re-roll someone.  "she choked me out"

training - wings...carne asada tater tots...and drinks...its such a college town down by PB....i love the american in me.  people forget how american i can be.  esp when i answered "who was the lakers coach that year" with no hesitation..."rudy tomjanovich"

day 7....i made my way to carlsbad for the day...came back...and hoa came over for homemade spring rolls and cards against humanity

day 8...went running the next morning...headed back to hoa's for more training...and she drove me up to LA so we could go to ktown for the night.