Back from vacation
By jase - Posted on October 26th, 2007
Yes, yes, as noted by Stef below, we're back from vacation. We had an excellent, relaxing time (honestly, there's not much to talk about because we didn't do much but eat, walk around, and sleep). I enjoyed being disconnected from the various sets of work that I normally am wrapped up in, and being able to spend time with the kids without feeling like the clock is constantly running.
Random thoughts from the vacation...
- The ocean is beautiful. Sharks are both scary and exciting.
- Visit Gianni's Pizza in Pacific Grove for family fare, and Isabella's On The Wharf for grown-up dinner.
- Avoid Lambert's Ice Cream on Lighthouse Ave. in PG like the plague.
- Online play with Metroid Prime: Hunters on Nintendo DS is horribly addictive, though it can also be difficult to find other players, even around the world. Not surprisingly, most non-US players are from eastern Asia ;)
- The day of the 20" TV/DVD combo have passed.
- Honking the horn in the tunnel between Monterey and PG is still fun.
- I had more fun at Dennis the Menace park than Ethan (see pix).
- Try the Bison Chocolate Stout beer (obtainable at Whole Foods)
- Pretty much anywhere is much cheaper to buy stuff than Whole Foods.
- When you find a 20 year old collectible PlayMobile dollhouse that you wanted really badly as a child hidden on a top shelf in a toy store, ask about it. It's just possible that they may sell it to you dirt cheap!
SO bad! It was kind of funny and super freaky. We weren't sure if we should sit and ask more questions or get up and run.
Basically, the guy running the store was a huge Republican/conservative hater and thinks Bush and Arnold are out to get us. Pacific Grove gets sprayed a couple times a year, for their moth problems. Around 8pm 2 nights every 4-6 months, planes go over head and spray the city (or possibly just fields where fruit and such are growing). He told us that its Arnold (the Nazi, apparently) trying to kill our kids. He explained that thought we think the Holocaust is over, its still very alive and strong and these are ways its alive and strong.
He went on and on and started sounding really off the wall within a few seconds. Then he went on and on to another customer about how Ben and Jerry's, Bryers and Dryers are all the same ice cream, but the government wants us to think its all different and special (getting us to pay more) and then they put stuff in the cheaper stuff that causes our kids to slowly die. He explained that is also Arnold's fault.
So weird. His ice cream was terrible too.