Snowfall at 510 Nautilus, Take Two!

My beloved dog Reggie does not like me going out on Friday nights. She retaliates by chewing holes in my down comforter, which typically leads to me spending between 30 and 90 minutes vaccuuming my room voraciously in a vain attempt to remove the down feathers (which tend to get stuck EVERYWHERE). Reggie is not too keen on the vaccuum.

As is evident by the guilty look on her face (and the large down feather trapped in her nose), she is begging me to forgive her for eating another hole in my down comforter.

Downtown San Francisco

As seen from 345 California Street. Obviously, not a bad view. However, one upside to being in SoCal versus in the city in San Francisco is the weather - the skies here are a little gray relative to what I'm used to in La Jolla.

Model Shoot #3 of Spring Season

This guy gets some credit because he is (at least) mostly clothed. I believe he was decked out in Fox Racing gear.

Model Shoot #2 of Spring Season

This shoot is notably different than most because this girl is actually posing on the sidewalk looking onto Windan'Sea. This past Sunday I was laying on the beach watching people fluff her hair and adjust her shirt for a good 30 minutes while the shoot rolled on. Interestingly, there were a number of camera crews and well-toned surfers with no shirts and jeans on wandering around the beach. Should be an interesting production...

Spring is Here at Windan'sea: The Good

Spring is here at Windan'sea Beach - this Sunday we enjoyed a great sunny day with temperatures reaching into the 70s. The flowers are in bloom, making walks on the trails above my apartment colorful. Featured in this pic is a beautiful arrangement of a neighbor of mine over on Kolmar Street. One day I aspire to have beautiful flowers like these in my yard...

Spring is Here at Windan'sea: The Bad

An unfortunate development of the beautiful weather at the beach is the proliferation of pseudo models that start having alleged photo shoots on the beach. Featured in this picture is one of the girls caught in action. I'm not exactly sure what kind of pictures she was posing for, but there were some provocative moves being put on. Unfortunately my iPhone camera wasn't quick enough to capture them. It's probably for the best because I like to keep this blog family friendly.

One upside of all the wanna-be model shoots is that they do provide quality entertainment for the variety of folks enjoying a walk along the beach. I'll keep my eyes peeled for other entertaining shoots, as the season is just kicking off...

Sunset at Windan'sea Beach

Please note this picture was taken at 6:57 p.m. Yay for spring-ing ahead!

The Shack: Hagar's First Beer

No, we didn't actually let Hagar drink beer. But this picture is too funny to not post. Let me instead direct you, dear readers, to The Shack on Sunday nights to enjoy our new tradition: the Hawaiian burger with 'tots. It is absolutely delish - the burger is topped with BBQ sauce and a pineapple slice. The 'tots are fried in the best grease you will ever taste and will take you back to your grade school cafeteria days. So tasty, and it's also quite a steal for $8.95!

Gowalla

My latest social networking excursion is Gowalla. A key feature on Gowalla is that you have to actively check-in, so you can choose when to share your location. This is a key improvement from earlier location-based networks that always shared your location (i.e. Loopt), which isn't always optimal. I just got my account up and running, so if you want to connect, see the next paragraph.

Join me on Gowalla! The easiest way to share and discover new places. See where I've been: http://gowal.la/u/kdeplatchett

Sand Hill Road

This picture is from the driving tour. I did an off-road, walking tour during which I managed to get lost and show up 20 minutes late for a meeting. Needless to say, I nearly reached the state of panic. Luckily my host was very kind and understanding...

The Car Bomb

This is what happens when Seth leaves Jena and I alone...we tend to revert back to college days of '98. However, instead of Players Dance Club and Top of the Hill, it's XR Bar and The Room. To re-emphasize, SoHo is one of my favorite places to hang in NYC!

SoHo in the Snow!

As the following post demonstrates, it was no impediment to the tour of SoHo. Definitely visit The Room, Peep, XR Bar and Jane.