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So other than having to get up far too early for our flight to JFK, it was a great morning. Ben and I ate a solid breakfast of stone-cut oatmeal in JetBlue’s T5 (seemed to be the best value and the best nutritionally too) and then I actually found some decent espresso before boarding our flight to SAN. I also had time prior to boarding to recharge my laptop and make sure my phone was fully charged – I had a real issue with iPhone battery life in Seattle and didn’t want to get to San Diego and not be able to reach TJ (who it turns out was meeting us at the airport).

The flight actually wasn’t as long or tedious as I was afraid it might be – I caught up on some work and even had time to watch a bit of Dirty Jobs, what with not having cable at home, it’s actually a bit of novelty for me to be able to watch TV on the plane. We landed about 30 minutes early – again – props to Jet Blue and TJ got there right when we did. Ben and I both sent a few emails we’d been drafting offline on the plane and then we met TJ to take the bus to downtown.

Our gracious host had a growler of Stone Brewing’s “Ruination” IPA waiting – a wonderfully refreshing way to spend an hour relaxing in his gorgeous loft listening to music, sipping good beer and enjoying the warm breeze. Ben and I were both starving thanks to the time difference so TJ walked with us down to Neighborhood – a true craft beer bar. It was such a great place with a stellar selection of beers and some really unique and satisfying food, I had a steak sandwich that was out of this world while sipping my first taste of Stone’s 09.09.09 Vertical Epic Ale.

After lunch we wandered down to the waterfront via the gaslamp district. It was neat seeing the USS Midway docked there with tons of planes on deck. We kept walking, ending up at the boundary fence of the airport to watch some planes land overhead (and a few took off from that same runway right in front of us while we were there). As if we aren’t spending enough time in and around airports

From there we walked back toward TJ’s via little Italy and I got my first taste of a west coast grocery store via Ralphs (namely for a much-needed can of Res Bull). We met up with TJ’s friend Steve back at Neighborhood (there were a couple more beers we wanted to try from lunch, plus Ben and I needed some food before our flight). I had (try not to laugh too hard) a fantastic peanut butter and jelly sandwich – I figured if a place of that caliber was going to put it on the menu it was likely going to be pretty good, and thankfully I was right.

After a few more minutes of listening to music at TJ’s place we went downstairs and caught a cab back to the airport (the bus schedule didn’t line up well with our flight out). Got to the airport just in time for them to start boarding and I don’t think we had even finished climbing out before I was out like a rock.

I can’t say I slept all that well but we’re at Boston Logan waiting for our connection to New Orleans right now, I’ll probably catch a nap on that flight too so it’s all good.