I’m back from my 12th Guavaween. Another year, another great time. The first thing I learned once I arrived in Ybor City was that the Tampa Bay Brewing Company relocated. They left 15th St and reopened in Centro Ybor next to the 20-screen Muvico. They lost their upstairs, balcony and dart boards. They gained a [...]
Friday I’ll be heading out to Tampa, Florida for the weekend. It’s the last Saturday of October. That means it’s Guavaween. This year The TailGunner and myself will be repeating our 2004 costume and going as The Blues Brothers.
There is this trend recently where you need to surrender your name in order to buy lunch or a latte. I miss the good ole days when I was just a number.
Number 17 your order is up.
I guess people were too stupid to read their number off the receipt. Now numbers are being replaced [...]
This 5 mile hike near Jamul was a steep one. This was hike C-9 Trip 4 in Afoot and Afield in San Diego County.
McGinty Mountain
For the most part I eat a clean diet. Upon closer inspection I found a few things that I need to eliminate.
Mayonnaise - It’s the glue that holds my albacore tuna together. Sadly it’s mostly low quality oils and egg yolks. High low quality fats are to be avoided.
Monday I swapped my Mayonnaise for [...]
Two weeks I went over the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Nutritional Programs and patted myself on the back for following the rules most of the time. Well I may have been too quick to give myself a gold star. On closer look I’m getting too many starchy carbs and not enough protein.
A typical dinner [...]
In March 1992 I went to Spring Break in Panama City, Florida. While there I paid $45 to bungee jump from a cage-lifted cage 180 feet in the air.
Bungee Jump - March 1992 - Panama City, FL
This morning I will be giving a demonstration on how to roast coffee using a popcorn popper at Caffe Calabria for the San Diego Home Coffee Roasters. This is open to the public and is a free event. It starts at 10 AM and will run 1 hour. It will be held on the back [...]
It was a nice day for 2.5 hour hike in the Laguna Mountains along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Monument Peak + Foster Peak
Last December I hiked the Clevenger South Trail in the San Pasqual Valley. Today I went back and did it again. No new photo gallery, you’ll have to look at the old one.
