Ocean Beach tonic
Monday is Juli’s 28th birthday, so today I took her out to lunch at the restaurant of her choice. She chose Nick’s At The Pier, which is about as close as Ocean Beach gets to upscale. In other words, button your shirt and knock the sand off your flipflops before you go in. We arrived about 1:15, and were pleasantly surprised that there was no wait. We were lucky enough to score a window table, because as you can see, the view is lovely. (That’s my sister Sherry across the table from Juli.)
Today’s outing was a step toward breaking out of the funk I’ve been in for the past several days. I love Ocean Beach more than any place on earth, even more than Vegas. it sounds corny, but being there sets my soul free. Not like dying. Free like the gulls coasting on the sea breeze. It could be the crappiest weather San Diego’s ever had, but in Ocean Beach, it still looks beautiful. And the vibe is one absolutely unique to OB ? laid-back, mellow, accepting. A popular local bumper sticker gets it right: It’s OK. It’s OB. Sitting in Nick’s, watching the waves and chatting over crabcake tortas and California omelets, I could feel my ch’i aligning. I felt … right.
We wrapped up the afternoon with a shopping excursion to IKEA. I placed an order for two of everything in the store just to save time, but all I came out with was a stoppered glass bottle for transporting drinking water. After spotting the tag on this faboo retro chair, I just had to snap a shot of it. Don’t you think it would look perfect with a naked man sitting in it? (Click to enlarge photo.)
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 am
“button your shirt and knock the sand off your flipflops before you go in” - brilliant line!
The beach looks like a little slice of heaven, I could certainly use a bit of that right now. Glad you all had a great day! :o)
Penelope’s last blog post..Sunday bloody Sunday
April 21st, 2008 at 5:15 am
Happy birthday, Juli! Wow, 28. I remember it like it was 13 years ago.
I’d much rather have a lime green suede retro chair than the 70s orange.
Karl’s last blog post..Dearest One?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:44 am
The ocean always has a calming effect on me. Wish I lived closer to it…
April 21st, 2008 at 9:04 am
I’ll have to remember that restaurant when we visit in September. Love OB.
I thought I was your favorite naked man, but then I clicked on the link. I’ll happily take a step back if I have to include pictures.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:30 am
Happy Birthday to Juli!
I need to remember to get to the coast more often…it’s only 10 minutes away!
April 21st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Happy Birthday Juli!
I want to go to Nick’s at the Pier for my birthday too
April 21st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
You’re making me vacation-sick (?) for Cali, S.J. Beautiful! : )
April 21st, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Penelope: We’ve got room on our beaches for a few more - come on over!
Karl: Don’t you know orange is HOT right now? It’s the new “neutral”!
Dave2: I can never get enough ocean time.
ajooja: Well, the chair has Karl’s name on it. Or at least the tag does. You may submit your naked photo for consideration privately, if you’d rather. And Nick’s is only half a block from South Beach Bar & Grill, with the to-die-for fish tacos.
Hilly: Funny how we take it for granted, isn’t it? Until we don’t have it …
Kim: I’ll treat, if you can get here!
John: Yep, I live in the best area in the world. Time for a surfin’ excursion! Hey, why you don’t have a Gravatar?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Happy Birthday Juli! Good god, 28 was 9 years ago. Good time for sure.
From the sounds of things I need to get my butt to San Diego and soon.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Happy Birthday Juli! Ah 20s I remember those!
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
Happy Birthday Juli!!! It sounds like it was a wonderful day and I’m so glad it helped your mood. God I need an ocean near by. If only I could convince the boy to drive to California for our honeymoon instead of Vancouver…
Big hugs blogmamma…
(I’m cheating on the techno detox cuz I miss you. And I’m at work, and have to have the computer on anyway…)
April 24th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Just the mear mention of lunch by the Ocean sets my soul free.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
RE: Hey, why you don?t have a Gravatar?
Because I suck. Perhaps I’ll make that my weekend project. : ) Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for your message on Buddha this evening. Very lovely of you. And where’s YOUR DAMN EMAIL LINK WOMAN?
: )