I'm back from my travels. Here are some thoughts of a Monday morning in reference to the U.S. cities I visited.
#The Atlanta airport has too many words in its name. (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)
#Delta is still the best mainstream air carrier. I heart me some Lance crackers.
#Captain's wafers with cream cheese and scallions eastbound. Whole wheat with cheddar westbound. Mmm.
#My dad's classic car is cool, but the gas fumes made me a little sick. Did people stay a little sick from gas fumes all the time prior to catalytic converters?
#It's weird that one of the best Philly cheese steaks I've ever had (and yes, I've had them in Philadelphia) is made by people from the Indian subcontinent at a strip mall in Atlanta.
#Getting from Atlanta to San Diego by way of LAX is a pain in the ass, but my Honey made it seem easy.
#Should you have occasion to stay at the Sheraton Marina in San Diego and the front desk person says, "we'll put you in the Bay Tower," please know that you will be in an entirely different hotel. And it will sucketh.
#Downtown San Diego looks a lot like Waikiki. Too much like it, really, only cleaner, less crowded, reachable by car, and with fewer one-way streets. There are fewer street performers, unless you want to count drunk people.
#Petco Park is a great place to watch a ballgame. There are no pets there. The food was good for ballpark food. None of it was kibble.
#People should not be preparing to be stupidly drunk at 8pm. The Gaslamp district was full of people whose paths were clearly about drinking a lot then getting arrested.
#Boring conferences are boring.
#Hard cider at a cool Irish pub will help make the boring conference go away. Leave early, though. (cf. drunk people)
#There are a lot of places that sell fancy cheese in San Diego.
#Most of them also have fancy jam. The jam will probably be more fancy than you want, if your jam tastes are anything like mine. The jars will be pretty, though.
#Did all the cheese stores used to be book and record stores? What will happen to the cheese stores when someone figures out how to internet market fancy cheese?
#I'm glad to be home.
5 comments:
I luv San Diego...specially hillcrest. (gay)
So the last time I was down there, I was amazed at how many Hot sauce stores there were...maybe the cheese places are the hottest thing now.
Interesting bits, these. Maybe the fancy cheese stores will become museums dedicated to what shopping used to be like.
What book did you read?
Giggling at your observation of the food in Petco Park.
I think it's a travesty that Petco Park doesn't allow pets, though they would totally have to serve kibble if they did, and something I would never, ever like to see is a plate of kibble covered with liquid nacho cheese sauce and pickled jalapeños.
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