Round the World with Mick

See photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaellar/ just in case you forgot.

I arrived at LAX and tried to find the secret gate 44c to catch my commuter flight to San Diego. I won't be flying american airlines in a hurry (well, at least until wed night when I have to go back to LAX) since after shuttling me to the secret gate they then almost didn't put me on my confirmed flight due to overbooking it. They obviously didn't interpret my 'I've been up for 20hrs, don't friggen mess with me' look correctly. Bloody americans.

It was 26 degrees when i touched down in San Diego- a very welcome change from sub 18 degrees temps in the UK. It was a pleasure to be picked up by Mary at the airport. We headed home to Mary's apartment in La Jolla (pronounced La Ho-ya for the uninitiated) and then out to dinner at Rock Bottom for Mac & Cheese (Mary) and Jumbalaya (me) and some beer (would you expect anything less from Mary?)

The next day after a sleep in we headed down the coast to Pacific Beach (PB) where we waited for half an hour in the sun outside Kono's on the beach for breakfast burritos (ahhhh sun...) filled with eggs, bacon, potatoes and some other goodies. well worth the wait.

After breakie we had a walk around Garnet ave in PB and a look in the shops. After admiring the extraordinary range of porn outfits (a.k.a. 'halloween costumes') in the stores, and making a few purchases, we headed back to the car. We found some icecream (cold rock style for the adelaideans) and then headed down to Coronado Island. Coronada island is home to the famous Hotel del Coronado, the site of Some Like It Hot. It was pretty cool and home to 2 weddings (that we saw). We wandered around and then settled in to the bar for a cocktail (Mai Tai for me) and a beer for Mary.

We had a meal at home (love home cooking) and then went out in to downtown San Diego for a drink at Yard House. We admired the porn stars (a.k.a. halloween revellers) before heading home when everything closed at 1am (boring huh).

OK, that's all for now. I hope to write again from San Diego before I leave on Wed night to head back to Melbs.

Cheers.