10/7 San Diego

10/7/05
Friday night after his class, Rio and I went on an adventure to the beach and Mexican food, both at his request. It was a beautiful, clear day, so we were able to drive around with the top down. We went to the beach in La Jolla, saw seals from about 15 feet away (photos to come), and had dinner on the outdoor patio at Alfonso’s.

Then we wandered through a few art galleries that had fun, funky art that appealed to Rio, including sculptured dragons (for ten thousand dollars and up), and original Dr. Seuss paintings and drawings. We also explored the La Valencia Hotel, which is a 100-year-old elegant mission-style hotel in La Jolla across the street from the beach. We snuck up the fire escape ladder to get a better view of everything! Rio decided he wants to come back and stay there. Good taste, kid.

La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla, CA
Inside La Valencia, view to beach

Working again

10/7/05
No photo to post yet, but at this moment I am working on my laptop in Peet’s Coffee, a coffee house in the Hillcrest district of San Diego near UCSD. I am here for a few days while Rio does the Landmark Forum for Young People, a course about life. We drove out last night and are staying here together for 3 days, then we will head off to Mexico (again).

Now here’s the amazing, new-millennium part of this… I have a question about formatting of an item in the curriculum I write, so I pick up my no-roaming, no-long-distance cell phone and call one of my goes-to-the-office-every day “co-workers,” and ask him my question. I get my answer, he probably wonders why it sounds loud and echo-y like I’m in a bar, but he doesn’t ask. I have my answer that quickly, and I am back to work. He’s on the west side of Phoenix in a cubicle, I’m in San Diego in a coffee house, and I have access to everything I need.

I don’t know if I did anything to deserve this, but I’m grateful for it…