Category — San Diego

Last night Julie and I took a gander outside our apartment to try to find out who could possibly be holding the BBQ in our neighborhood that was sprinkling ash all over our kitchen. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a black sky. We’ve been tuned into the news and the radio ever since. Fires, fed by roaring Santa Ana winds are tearing through San Diego county. Check out the NASA picture to the right - even from space, the fires look biblical.

I woke up this morning to a declared state of emergency just north in Del Mar, Carmel Valley and Rancho Bernardo. More than 8 Fires have covered immense ground and the buzz is that the winds are so strong that they may make it all the way to the ocean 15-20 minutes drive north of our house. Thousands of people are being evacuated all over San Diego just north and just south of us. Qualcomm Stadium has been opened for evacuees (sorry, no horses - I never knew that that would be a problem, but there are frequent no animals warnings from every news source). No one is equipped for this. [Read more →]

I went surfing with the guys this morning before work for the first time this summer and it was perfection. 4 ft, perfect, consistent A-frame waves - 71 degree bathwater - cloudless sky. Being out in the water at La Jolla shores and looking back on the green hills and the beach and being in the water with people laughing and hanging out before work reminded me of exactly why we moved out here — this is what southern California is all about. What a great way to start the day. I’m loving summer in San Diego.