Even though I am retired I could get into working in San Diego. Started this morning by escorting two lovely ladies to coffee at our favourite coffee shop a quarter of a block from the beach. As true NW guy I am a Starbucks gold card holder but this little shop that my son and daughter in law are part owners of is a great place to sit and visit. The tall guy next to the ladies owns and runs the place is is one of those guys you just like from the moment you first shake his hand.



The coffee is great there to and he made me my first real macchiato. Pretty darned good and enough caffeine to make me skip my afternoon nap.



Then it was off to lunch where I was forced to eat shrimp tacos again. It was not real hard to force me.

Next stop was the Racine & Laramie Tobacconist in old town, a shop that has been in business since 1868. Their in house brand is a great tasting and easy smoking cigar and at $2.50 a stick a real buy. They will be seeing a lot of me.

Back at home it was an hour of studying Spanish on line to see if my old brain has enough left to learn an new language.

Then it was time to get out the laptop for some project management scheduling. More brain stretching learning both the software and the work of scheduling a real construction project.



I am not missing the rain and cold back at the farm.

Scott,

Looks like a good time is being had!

Where in SD is the shop? I go to SD every year for the OTL Tournament. Friends live in Bonita and we are always looking for good joints to try!

Coffee shop is Pacific Bean on Garnet St. about a quarter block off the boardwalk in Pacific Beach.

The Cigar store in in Old San Diego and is well worth the trip.

Sounds like fun Scott. Where did you munch the shrimp tacos at?

Oscar's in Pacific Beach.

Nice. My mom manages the Anthony's down on the boardwalk and one other one too, i think its in Lemon Grove.

So, how does it feel to be naked of your rights?

We're glad you're staying warm, Scott.
Happy New Year!

Spend a lot of time in PB, though normally at the bars!

Have you been to Cass Street Bar? Great steak sandwiches!

There's actually some conservative areas of SD.

So far that is the only drawback. I do feel naked, all the time. Since I only came with a carry on bag and a briefcase I did not even bring a firearm. There is a 1911 cocked and locked within reach of my bed but nothing when I walk out the door. I am researching what it takes to get a permit. Things are changing here for the better thanks to the ninth. If I can get a permit I may change my residency to here. I could then get my non resident WA permit as WA is shall issue for non residents and I can just change my OR permit address. That would make be legal up and down the coast.

The new business would benefit from the CA residency.

Not yet but it is on the list.

Scott,

Looks like a good time and it's always nice to take in great weather.

If I remember, the is a Jim Croce restaurant there. I realize it's sort of a chain, but wanted to go anyway. Didn't get the chance.

Nice to see you're having fun. All work and no play......yadda yadda.
Does the tobacco guy do internet orders? I haven't smoked cigarettes in years, but an occasional pipe is a nice thing.

Ernie

SD is the friendliest big city I have ever visited and I have visited a bunch. I have yet to see anything that caused me to be wary.

Open Bar
Lahaina
Sand Bar
The Coaster
World Famous

In El Cajon the mexican restaurant El Patio is great, the half saucer is my fav.

What it takes to get a permit: it's who you know, or who you blow. In the PRK, both being a requirement is quite likely.

Thought this was gonna be a thread on chinese cooking.

i lived in OB for a spell. worked at Pt Loma working on the navys wargame systems. nice area. i could get used to it. i love the food out there. awesome variety and really good mexican everywhere.

California is one of the most diverse and beautiful states in the lower 48. Such a shame the people have let it slide so far.

Good luck to you Scott!

I have had a CA permit. Easy to get in Nor Cal, almost impossible anywhere else in the state.

And...when you get it (and PAY a LOT for it) and read the fine print about where, when, and what you may carry you are better off without it.

Ain't worth it.

Stop by and visit on your way home. I have some ax heads for you.---Spano

Sadly I will be flying home when we leave or you could count on a stop.

After the 9th circus court ruling permits in CA will be a lot easier to get.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this!!

I've lived in San Diego more or less since '98 and love it, despite the drawbacks.

Cheers,
Eric

On the topic of San Diego, any great restaurants near the airport? I will be at MCRD next week for my sons graduation. We are staying in billeting on MCRD, so looking for something easy to get to.

Good for you Scott - looks like you are having a fine time in what used to be one of my favorite places. Hope that you and your bride enjoy it a ton.

Also looks like that machiato made your hair really shine.

Hope it works out for you guys.

Guess I'm out of the loop. What is it that the 9nth might do that would be favorable to gunnuts like us?

Glad you're enjoying retirement!!!

Are you a resident? Have you followed the Peruta case? SD County Sheriff is GTG on CCW once it clears higher vourts or appeals. Orange County to the north hired more people for it's CCW office. Changes are coming.

The ruling of the 9th on Peruta vs. San Diego County Sheriff addresses the good cause statement on an app for CCW. It was ruled unconstitutional. So when the ruling is finalized personalprotection will suffice on an application.
Additionally the 10 day waiting period has been ruled unconstituional. The reason being that if you have a ccw or are in the database as a gun owner, a quick background check will suffice. There is still a lot of work to be done on that one but it's a good start.
The biggest problem is our AG is a gun grabbing democrat psycho and intends to run for Barbara Boxers senate seat in 2016.
We have a pretty active political message board if you want to keep an eye on it.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/forumdisplay.php?f=329
I know of all the screw California people out there but we could use help. Remember, what happens here spreads across the US. Think of supporting the California Rifle and Pistol Assn. I think they do more for us than the NRA.

Thanks for the explanation. As an ex-Californian I feel your pain.

I wonder how long it will be until they will start issuing shall issue permits here in Southern CA.

Scott,

Don't know if you're a beer drinker, but if so, you owe to yourself to check out Ballast Point Brewery. Best IPA....IN THE WORLD!

They have several locations.

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Only been to SD once but if I go again Ballast would be on my short list...

My son says we will be checking it out. Went to a cigar bar last night owned by two Cubans. Has some wonderful beers and a great cigar.

I don't think that CA will ever become officially "shall issue". However, many of our counties are effectively just that, and other counties are having their hands slapped to the point (lawsuit wise) that CA CCW will become very commonplace.

Ballast Point Sculpin - yummm. Though for SD area IPAs, I really have to give the crown to Alpine's "Hoppiness" brews - both "Pure" and "Exponential". Take the drive and get ye to the brewpub itself, should you have the chance. Otherwise, just head on over to O'Brien's. Then there's Green Flash's West Coast IPA, Stone's offerings etc...

IMNSHO, there is more top notch craft beer being brewed in just SD county than is being brewed in a bunch of states.

Scott

scott
i can answer your ccw questions:
get in the car, and head east, when you see a big river in front of you, stop and take a leak on the california side.
Cross the bridge, into free country. You don't need no stinkin permit to carry in free country.
It's only a few hours till freedom.

Scott! Finally! Ive found someone with less hair than me!

Sadly I am not an IPA lover at all. Generally I like my beer dark enough to safely view a solar eclipse through the glass with no eye strain.

Happy Birthday Scott!

I have enough thin wispy hair to make it a pain to keep combed but at the same time making shaving it a chore. I chose the shaving and have to say a good wet shave involving a good brush and shaving cream designed to be brushed along with a double edge safety razor and really good blades make for the freshest, cleanest feeling ever. I get up in the morning and don't scare the chickens so bad they stop laying forever because of a wild hair day.

Long live wet shaving!

Point well taken. Being a long time Pac NW guy you summers would kill me but I love your part of the country and would like to explore more of it. The other drawback is you lack of salt water beaches. My wife would never stray that far from the beach.

It's not the heat so much as that it seems like it's 100+ from Easter to Thanksgiving.

well, if the stupid surveyor wouldn't have been drunk, we would have had a beach at rocky point, mexico. Although we keep thinking about beach front property in western arizona.
I haven't done it, but look at a map sometime from san diego east along the south end of arizona. You have to get permission to traverse that area but have been wanting to do that for years. Need for sure at least two vehicles.

Think I will wait a while to try that one.

Ron, my first job in AZ (1960) was down there somewaht east of Yuma. Things were easy and open in those days and we spent a lot of time exploring the area. Drove straight down to the border and east/west along the border area for many miles in a 54 Chev station wagon and later in a short/rough dune buggy I concocted from an old Studebaker coupe.

Some of that area was a gunnery range and there were warning signs - but no one ever kept us from going anywhere. There was very little gunnery action from MCAS Yuma in those days. Some of that low desert was fabulous and there were many natural tanks out there in the low mountains. We often saw Desert Bighorns and those small Sonoran Antelope.

Wish we could do it simple like that again. Tell you what - get Scott down to Phx, I'll get together a dune buggy and pick you two up, and the three of us can go run that southernmost desert. Bring some armament.

Than sure is tempting but we flew in here and we have no transportation to get that way. Being so close and having next month suddenly freed up it would be fun.

Scott, are you still going to the Philippines?

That got postponed. It's OK with me because as fun as it would be I was having a hard time justifying the expense to out host vs what we have to give. He would be better off just having my daughter come over.

I could get scott here easily enough. The question is logistics. I will have to do some research. I do know the last time i looked at it you needed permits to run that section, recommended two vehicles, and yeah, other things would for sure be of question. I got a life long friend that has a jeep, we have talked about it, will have to contact him too.