3.19.2006

Spring Break 2

So on St Patrick's day, we went to ShamROCK, this huge block party put on by the city of San Diego. They closed off the gaslamp quarter and had DJ's + live Irish rock. We checked out THIN, a cool little lounge in downtown. It's got a sleek modern look that comes off as cheap, but hey this town loves clubs. We had free admission to a bunch of other bars, but they all had long lines. And again, I don't really find drinking shoulder to shoulder with strangers appealing.

On Saturday I went to Malibu! Tried to find David Geffen's house, but the celebrities actually live down the hill next to the ocean, in a way that's inaccessible for the ordinary person. They seal off the roads to their residences to all except residents. Malibu itself is a city defined by the coastline, it's long instead of wide, and everyone's got a view of the sea. Here's Pepperdine U. Lotsa people from my law school wanted to go here, but were too dumb.



This is me on the Malibu beach. Ya it was really cold and windy, remember it rained the day before, and would rain the day after.



The real reason for the Malibu visit was to check out the remodeled Getty Villa. It's like Hearst Castle, although instead of going retro it goes modern with an emphasis on long lines and geometry. It's also a museum, with a huge collection of Grecian vases.





Then we checked out 3rd street promenade (my 4th time there!) and had dinner in japan town at this conveyor belt sushi place! I overdosed on toro and two other types of tuna. Ya, I had to pretend to like raw fish.

Today I went to La Jolla cove! Check out the seals. It's pregnant seal time. Mom seals + baby seals, which are grey and look like squirrels.




I also went to a cave in the cove, you pay $4 and go down a long flight of stairs. You emerge in this water cave, filled with nesting pigeons. Here's some pigeon eggs


Came home today with 100pgs to read and all the usual terrible things that plague me, and I've gotta go back to school tomorrow =(