T Minus Two Days.

I'll be in Long Beach on Saturday.
Holy moses, its hard to believe I've been gone for 6 months.

How does that happen?!?

I miss the people, I miss the places, but I definitely don't miss the person I was before I moved away. I felt like a crazy person when I left. I was tired, and burnt out, and I was in dire need of rest and the peace of Christ. I am happy to say I don't feel that way anymore. Portland has been a great place for me, and I am finally excited to go back to California and see the people I love.

In any case, there are lots of people to see and lots of food to be eaten and lots of karaoke to sing!

Here are the places I plan on hitting up:
Vientos Y Aguas (every morning)
Taco Surf (Veggie Taco & a Dos Equis and lots and lots of chips and salsa)
Berth 55 (Clams and Scallops plate)
The Old Prospector (karaoke at LEAST once).
The Creperie (probably monday night for 1/2 priced bottles of wine)
The Magic Lantern show on the 14th!
Fingerprints Records (and I really really really hope Star is working)
The Secret Spot (Surround Sound Burrito, I have been dreaming of you!)
The Park Pantry (Breakfast on Saturday, the 20th. PPBBE! For those of you who dont know, that means Park Pantry Best Breakfast ever which is the combination of the El Gringo Omelette and a short stack of pancakes.)
Two Umbrellas! Dollar Breakfast!
Disneyland. Probably on Tuesday.

LA Options: Canters, Fred 62, Amoeba, John Brion, Versailles, Cafe 101, Cha Cha's, Ginger Grass, The Red Lion, etc.

And yes, I realized that would require me eating like 8 meals a day -- but BRING IT ON! I'm ready. This is vacation, for crying out loud...

So, September 13-20th. California, here I come (right back where I started from. Californiaaaaaaaaaaaaa, here we comeeeeee....).

Yep, I just did that.
See some of you very soon.
See some of you (Portlanders) in a week.

***To Joey, and Peter, and Lauren, and any other Portlanders that read this: Take care of Nich for me. We are such wrecks when we have to spend time apart! So, distract him with bicycles and PBRs and Project Runway and anything else you dream up.