Arrived!

...and I got Joanie's freely-offered cherry, and left her in knots...

Flight out here was uneventful, and we arrived waving at the terrified tourists and blase locals 6 feet under the aircraft as it crossed I-5 (which is damn near the threshold of the runway), but there was a nice view (looking up) of the chick just coming out of the shower in the apartment building 6 feet away from the wingtip. The guys-in-front let the bird mush a bit and hadda goose her on landing to not set down short of the white stripes, which gave a nice little float there and then she quit flying and flopped down on the runway while the GIF stood on the brakes. I know it's a tough approach into Lindbergh, but my last recollection of landing there was coming in steep and slamming down, not just gliding in over the houses...

Got the bags, got the car (new G6, 55 miles on it) and headed out.

Missed the turn onto the highway, out of the airport, which was good. Took us right by the harbor where they're having a tall ships event this week, so we got to see the ships as I sought a place to turn around.

Then discovered that the road on the map that clearly shows going through, doesn't. Ends in cul-de-sac. But it does look like they intend to put it through sometime. Just not anytime soon.

We hooked up with Joanie and went to a local eatery called Trophys. Essentially a sports bar with a good menu, it is chock full of sports memorabilia... like the 1974 Oakland A's World Series trophy and others of that ilk and caliber.

Then the ladies planned my day today, which, I believe, is Balboa Park and the museums (and shopping) there. I'm for it. The Aerospace Museum, Model Railroad Museum... yummy. Tomorrow, Blog-B-Que at Doc-in-the-Box!

I gotta go hit brekkies and such - here's what's briefly of interest around the Castle:

If you haven't already, check out AFSis's new digs! Hubba-hubba, girl!

Alan gives us an update of what Johnny Depp is up to... with Hunter Thompson.

Kat continues her attack on western mis-understanding of Sha'ria (or, perhaps more accurately, male western writer's misunderstanding of Sha'ria after talking to Muslim men about Sha'ria) as it pertains to women.

Punctilious discusses 'bed head' and Rammer, like me, is speechless at this piece of political theater. Let it be noted that this Right Wing Blog said, "Governor Taft, Resign."

SWWBO has the Carnival of the Recipes, Volume II, Number 1!

What? No Tech Wench? Cassandra rambles on...

This is probably illegal, me, linking to Barb, who is channeling SGT B... about the USS New York, the warship being built with some steel from the WTC. She then muses about Understanding the Culture. Which, since I'm linking to a post that links to here, may cause a wormhole and suck you into an alternate univers where Kos is president. If so, I'm sorry.

The Snarkatron is loose! Free as in Freedom. Not Free as in Beer.

Jack at Random Fate changes tack for a bit and discusses nanotubes! Get some, Jack!

SGT B discusses Grunts and the Press (always a dangerous combination!)

Fuzzybear Lioness discovers being a Mover and A Shaker, plus having a real job, eats into your blogging time...

MSG Keith reveals his mushy side...a>