he picked me up from the airport thursday night and promptly took me to his favorite bar, appropriately named "the hole." they boast a "cheers" type of atmosphere, and i can't say they are too far off. at least on thursday night. might be a little harder to know everyone's name on a sunday afternoon, i hear that when the place gets nuts. then to bourbon street...eek. daniel almost had to dance on the bar in his undies, we snuck out of there quick and went to another bar...the lancer? then i was tired and we went home for bed.
friday went out to torrey pines, completely out of the loop and unaware that the buick invitational starring tiger woods was happening there. we just wanted to hike (walk), but there were crazy golf fans everywhere. we walked around the trails and bluffs and through a little hobbit trail and up to the highest point of the park...a whopping 17 or so stairs up.
daniel thought it was half dome all over again! we drove around fiesta island just for fun, it was weird out there...kind of creeped me out. then lunch at whole foods where i got a $1.20 burrito (whoopsie, somebody forgot to reset the tare on the scale), and then home for a nap after our strenuous hike. then we went to see The Orphanage, it was awesome and creepy and daniel screamed like a girl. then to the top of the park for a drink, and to another bar, i can't remember what it was...then tried to go to the gaslamp but got annoyed with parking, then to another bar just because we really had to pee...that one was cool though, it had a big balcony out back with lights and fountains. it was really pretty and then a plane flew past us about 20 feet from our heads! it's crazy how that airport is right in the middle of town. then home, tired.saturday got up and explored presidio park, that park is rad. we found a big statue commemorating the mormon battalion, it was awkwardly hidden in a corner of the park, the man was carrying the book of mormon and a gun.
then we went to old town, lots of people dressed up as pioneers and singing folk music...turned out there was a mormon battalion commemoration festival going on! woohoo! good thing i said no when daniel asked me to straddle a cannon for a picture. 
then to the thrift store. then to daniel's friend's house for mimosas and reading magazines while he got a massage. dinner at my new favorite restaurant, ranchos in north park, mmmmmmm. veggie mexican. i was feeling pretty crappy that night so i asked daniel if we could just stay in and eat ice cream and watch movies, he was nice and let me have my evening in. chocolate sorbet, The Ten (a funny and ridiculous movie by The State folks), cold meds, and i was out by 10pm. sunday morning got up and went to coronado to walk on the beach and see the pretty hotel. met up with nick and bo for lunch (i made them go to rancho's again because i'm the only decisive one and that's the only restaurant i know). it was awesome. again.i miss daniel already.
summary: daniel knows lots of bars. everywhere we went he ran into people he knew. there are way too many cars in san diego. parking is terrible, maybe even worse than san francisco in some areas, even with the evocation of the spirit of doris day.
at the airport i found out pretty much all travel between san diego and the bay area was canceled or delayed. how the heck does the rest of the country fly in snow and ice and we can't manage to get through a little rain? ugh. anyway, my 3:00 flight turned into a 7:20 flight, but at least i got home. flying congested was more painful than i imagined it would be. i was half deaf when we landed, i think i'm at about 75% of normal now.
