Vik-TANIC Strategizing...

 

The Red Neck Yacht Club

 

The Regatta at Crown Point

 

Hagar

 

Mussels!

 

Starfish at Windan'sea

 

The Lone Flower

 

Reggie

 

The Hut at Windan'sea

 

Sunset at Windan'sea

 

The Reg

 

The Retriever

For a brief period of time, Reggie was intimidated by the waves. However, she has since evolved to be pretty fearless (and also obsessed with chasing the ball). It is hard to tell from the iPhone video, but she now goes out very far into the big waves up at Del Mar Dog Beach.

Del Mar Dog Beach

I'm convinced that Del Mar Dog Beach is the closest thing to heaven on earth for dogs. Reggie and I have spent several afternoons up at the Del Mar Dog Beach over the past few weeks, as the weather's been gorgeous and I had a three day weekend last week.

For some reason, Reggie really took to the guy in this video. I think he's her long lost uncle. I don't think it's completely reflected in this video, but Reggie was cracking me up because she'd get right up to the edge of the rocks and then chicken out about jumping into the water. Eventually her desire to chase the ball would overcome her fear of jumping into the water, but the indecision provided a lot of entertainment for me.

One of Life's Great Mysteries

To me, one of life's great mysteries is what takes females so long in the bathroom. This was emphasized to me this past weekend at the Black Eyed Peas concert, when every line for the "Ladies" bathroom was 10+ people long and none of the men's restrooms had lines. I can understand that women are more focused than men on the mirror after they exit the stall because they need to touch up their make up, etc.

However, what remains a mystery to me is exactly what ladies do in the stall that takes them so much longer than men. In fact, I've started to get so annoyed by it that I have a proposed solution to the problem. I think there should be a timer that starts in the ladies restroom as soon as a lady locks her stall. After 30 seconds in the stall, a warning timer should sound. If after another 30 seconds the lady still hasn't finished up with whatever it is she is doing in the stall, a stream of water will shoot up from beside the toilet, strongly encouraging her to move out of the stall ASAP. This provides a strong incentive (and a reminder) for the ladies to move quickly from the stalls. Otherwise us females will continue to face ridiculous lines at concerts and bars in general for the foreseeable future.

And if any blog readers have a plausible suggestion for why it is that women take so much longer than men in the stalls, I'd love to hear it.

will.i.am & the BEPs Concert

The Black Eyed Peas continue to be one of my favorite bands. Especially when I'm working out - there's nothing better than hitting a hill on the elliptical machine and having "Imma Be" blasting on your iPod.

I attended the BEPs concert down at Sports Arena this weekend - it was a good show. However, I think the venue was a little too big. And paying $100+ for floor seats to cram in with hundreds of other people was a little aggressive. Nonetheless, the Peas put on an energy-filled show with great dance moves and plenty of tunes to keep you hopping throughout the night. Now if they would only play at the Belly Up in Solana Beach, that would be an amazing event...

Darth Vader at The Presidio

Personalized License Plates...

...are one of my pet peeves. I can't articulate exactly why, but I really get annoyed by them. I apologize for making my readers squint in an attempt to read this plate. It says, "Makin up." Notably, the license plate holder was also a shout out to the "Southern California Make Up Association" or something. It was the second most obnoxious license plate I've observed driving into work over the past week. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to snap a photo of the most obnoxious plate - it was a Mercedes SLK 500 with a plate that read "LJ2ASPN."

As with the photo shoots on Windan'Sea beach, I will be continuously keeping an eye out for new pics of these to post to the blog. If you are cruising La Jolla or UTC in the mornings, keep an eye out for a beige SLK with the previously described license plate.