Sep 10 2007
I’m In San Diego
As I posted about earlier, I’m finally in San Diego (”America’s finest city”, according to their website) after 8 hours of travel. On the plane I sat between two guys who both wore khaki shorts, t-shirts, and sandals. I read Ron Carlson’s excellent The Hotel Eden most of the way, except when I was watching the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, an amusing, dramatic story about a race car driver who can’t accept anything but winning. The race car element didn’t interest me, but the movie IS well done - it made me laugh out loud more than once.
The airport here is right IN the city; the planes fly a hundreds of feet over the buildings, right next to the coast, which makes for a lot of noise.
It’s hot here. The drone of air-conditioning is everywhere.
The news reported three earthquakes off the coast during the weekend, which is higher than usual. I couldn’t live here with that threat, although I’m spoiled: the only natural disasters my climate receives are blizzards.
Temperature is reported in four general areas: Coastal, Valley, Mountains, and Desert. It’s only 105 Fahrenheit in the desert today, which is around 41 Celsius.
I don’t know how much time I’ll have for sight-seeing, but I DO hope to visit the San Diego Zoo and the market that Rob mentioned.
I’ve been meaning to read HOTEL EDEN for about 15 years. How’d you find out about it?
41 degrees? Hike.
It’s your book; you signed it at the front. I don’t know why I have it. There are also our rating check-marks beside some of the stories, which I didn’t do, so you must’ve read it at some point. Good stories, too.
I couldn’t live here. Too fucking hot, and I’ve been here less than a day. Too many cars, too. It’s like Detroit, but prettier.
I am curious about the “Market” mentioned…so yeah skip the german dungeon porn nightclub and let me know about the market…
That’s MY book? Hmph. I guess I did find it after all. I remember looking for it, but I don’t remember finding it or reading it. Did I like it?
Hope your visit is fantastic, Jody. Enjoy a fish taco in my honor! Since we haven’t taken a ‘real’ vacation in nearly 2 years, I’m living vicariously through you…