Tag: San Diego

False’s Four – Things about San Diego

Things I like:

  1. I appear to be only fifteen minutes away from everything in the entire city.
  2. It doesn’t get very cold.
  3. Harbor seals!
  4. the sunsets and sunrises.

Things I don’t like:

  1. It never rains (how am I going to justify sitting all day on the couch with just a cup of tea?)
  2. It doesn’t get very cold.
  3. Suburban and exurban hell.
  4. No decent forms of alternative transportation (cars required.)

Things that would be neat:

  1. If it snowed here just once.
  2. being able to see some of those million dollar home slide off the hills.
  3. I got a job.
  4. Seeing a Chargers game (hahahahhaahahahahah).

Things I don’t want to see:

  1. A Chargers game.
  2. The Stone Brewing Company.
  3. Carl DeMaio become mayor.
  4. What the I-5, I-15, or I-805 look like during rush hours.

The New Place

The South end of the Living Room

Seeing as we’re all settled now I suppose I could share with my few readers some pictures of our new place in sunny San Diego! The place we got is a small cottage (550 sqft) and living in such a small space has been an adjustment.

The Northern end of the Living room with boardgame fireplace, bookshelf mantle, and computer cubby

But, we’ve been here for about a month and I’ve already come to find the smaller space superior to a larger house in many ways: its cozy, easy to clean, I have less stuff, it doesn’t feel cluttered, etc. There are some downsides as well; we don’t have a dining room and entertaining guests would be difficult but these aren’t deal breakers and over-all I think there are more positives than negatives with the place.

Our bedroom with south facing windows

The cottage, I think I should come up with a name for it has a simple floor plan the front door faces east and opens in on the living room which is connected to the kitchen by a long narrow hall that terminates in a full bathroom.

The kitchen with Jake

The bedroom is shares its eastern wall with the living room and its western with the kitchen. Another nice thing? The cottage seems centrally located and, so far, I haven’t had a need to spend more than ten or fifteen minutes in the car driving anywhere.

 

Now I just need to find a job!

Beer of the Week 49: Mission Brewery Blonde Ale

Mission Brewery’s Blonde Ale

From the bottle:

With the color of a pilsner and the character of an ale, our blonde is a welcome and refreshing respite. Endowed with an authentic kolsch yeast strain for a peck of fruitiness that compliments the blend of noble hops. Lager-like with its delicate dryness, it really is redolent of ales from Koln, Germany

From my notes:

Large bubbled, bone white head. Quickly dissipates. Clear, carbonated blonde yellow color. Malts and fruit on the nose. Malt sweetness and a little Pilsner snap in there finishes dry, with a straw-like, slightly bitter finish with subtle notes of fruit and spice.

An American Blonde Ale, Mission’s is easy on the palate though it seems to lack some of the complexities of a Pilsner

My first local beer here in San Diego! I know Stone Brewing Company is located in San Diego, one of their taste shops is just a few blocks away from me. But, if you’ve been reading these beer reviews for any length of time you know that I’m not a fan of their brew. Or their juvenile, machismo fueled marketing. Anyway, Mission Brewery is only five years old and I saw their bottles in the local liquor and grocery stores so I thought I’d take them out for a spin. Nothing amazing here this blonde ale is perfectly serviceable and would be great for simple grilling, including fish.

Rating (out of five):

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