Yep, I'm in San Diego right now. Neal and I (one of my coworkers) are in San Diego for a training conference on internet marketing and real estate investing.
The seminars have been good but super intensive! That could just be mingled with my own tiredness from being on the go for the last few days.
So we flew out of Raleigh at 6am on Saturday morning. Which means I was up by 4:30am that same morning. that totals my sleep for Friday night/Saturday morning at around 3-4 hours. We arrived in San Diego exhausted but alert and jumped straight into seminars.
Anyway, we're staying in the hard rock hotel here in San Diego which is right on the edge of the Gaslamp district. The Gaslamp is the historic-scenic strip of sorts which is pretty fun to just browse. Last night while walking around, Neal and I saw this procession of about 20 early 90s cars with midget tires and 3 ft hydraulic jacks on the front and rear axles. They were 'pimped' out with neon lights and they bounced on their hydraulic jacks. It was one of those I'm not in NC moments.
My second funny story just happened. They were serving refreshments, and I grabbed three bottles of this VOSS water, which looked really expensive. I was just trying to save on my own bottled water costs. I cracked the lid, took a sip, and almost gagged. It was sparkling water. Yes, that is correct. Somebody decided to take water, put carbon dioxide in it, and sell it for more than regular water. This stuff retails for between $2-$4 a bottle. I mean seriously, who the heck are these people? Who found out they could carbonate plain water and make that a product. I didn't have to pay for the water bottles I took—thank goodness. Now I've cracked the lids on all three, hoping my water will go flat so I can drink it. Well, seminars are resuming once more, so I better get back to it. Pictures to come soon from San Diego!
Interesting experiences...and I'm with you on the carbonated water...sounds terrible.