Encinitas, CA

Went down to Encinitas with the padre y dos hermanas. For lunch, we ate at this burger place my dad saw on Food Network. It was a little past Sea World, right next to the beach. The place was called Hodad's. Walking in there was pretty scary. It looks like a stereotypical motorcyclist's bar. Its decor featured hundreds of license plate frames covering the wall, stickers stuck in random places, and surfboards hanging from the ceiling. They also blasted classic rock music, and I mean BLASTED. Some of the waiters/workers looked pretty intimidating but all seemed like nice people. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger basket, which meant it was a burger that came with fries. I think the chef secretly liked me because he snuck in three onion rings with my fries. Thanks chef! We also ordered a strawberry shake and it was huge, as was all of the food. The burger was so good but so filling. It was pretty tough to finish without feeling like you're running out of breath. They put about a quarter of an onion in each burger and were gracious with the bacon portions. It was a good burger joint and we made it out of there alive and tatooless. Then we went to this place in Encinitas called the Design District. It's basically a street filled with shops that sell home decor stuff a la Urban Outfitters style. Except everything is pretty pricey. I thought it was dull to say the least but they had some cool art pieces here and there AND it says "hump" on the street. We then took the party to the beach where I wore my shark hat from Japan. People stared, kids laughed, some probably called me a loser beneath their breath. We just walked along the sand for a good eight minutes and that was enough. An Albertsons was the next stop to get some beverages. We all got drinks that were on sale for a dollar or less. Bar-GAIN! As the sun was setting, we headed home for the forty five minute freeway ride back North.

Day With The Fam Bam

Krystle, Danielle, my dad, and I went to the Spectrum to hang out. We went into the pet shop to look at the little doggies and the wonderful odor they produce. Then we went to the Verizon Wireless store to look at the new LG Dare, which is supposed to compete with the Apple iPhone. I looked at other phones but Krystle looked at it and wasn't very impressed. But we found out that we can get new phones next week so that is pretty awesome. After the Spectrum, we went to Red Mango and it's still good even though I'm kinda getting over the whole fro-yo craze. We stopped at Sam Woo on the way home to pick up some dinner. And that was basically it.




awww love birds!







well... the color of the hat is right

Sawtelle

Today (saturday, july 12) was a pretty eventful day I guess you could say. The day started with a trip to the gym with the always gorgeous girlfraand. Then my dad and I drove to LAX to pick up my sister Krystle. Once we added her as a passenger in the car, we hung out at this street near LA called Sawtelle. It's basically a street full of Japanese inspired shops, restaurants, and markets. We got our snackage on at Nijiya Market (I think that's what it was called) with some seaweed salad (tastes like a turkey leg at Disneyland, don't ask) and a roll of salmon nigiri. My sister also bought a spicy octopus roll, on accident. She wanted a spicy tuna roll but grabbed the wrong one. Buuust. But it wasn't bad. The salmon was fresh and fatty aka delicious. Then we walked around the street, went into Japanese toy shops and whatnot. Hunger struck again and we ate at this ramen place and ate... ramen. My sister bought a little figurine monster for $9 because she thought it was cute. Fast forward to later that night, my sister was telling the rest of us at home about her trip to Japan. She also bought each member of the fam a souvenir. She bought me a shark hat! It's rad and I will have a lot of fun with it out in public. Photos below:















(HAD to do it. sorry.)