The weather, oh, the weather! It's like summer in December and it makes a girl want to drag out her beach bag and drive to the Hotel Del and lay out on the silky soft white sand. I have been missing San Diego a lot these days, to my own surprise, and one of the things I remember most is the occasional spontaneous trip to the beach with only a plush beach towel and a copy of Vogue. Hearing the waves, feeling the sun, enjoying the nap of a lifetime.
What I am forgetting about San Diego is how bored I would sometimes get. Trips to Target got old fast, and I could only eat Saffron chicken so many times a week. And the towniness of things -- like when I would go get a bowl of pho and never be able to avoid having the excruciatingly polite conversation with those that recognized me. Oh, it was all charming and delightful, but I missed anonymity. Now it turns out anonymity is quite a bitch and the pendulum swings to city loneliness. But... it's nice to have both kinds of memories.
What was life like without Starbucks? I know so many people who consider it a second home, and for myself there is a great comfort every day in stopping by. Today's freaky episode was when I was waiting for my nonfat peppermint mocha with whip and I spotted a perfectly-sized Averatec laptop at a nearby table. It was all silver and small and electronically delectable. I wanted a closer look very badly and did the whole walking slowly back and forth thing around the guy and his computer, just to finangle a better vantage point. It escalated to me actually craning my neck near him, when he finally did the 3-second head turn as if to say, "What... are... you... doing." I blushed noticeably. "Oh, I like your computer," and scurried out of there. Ultimately, I reasoned no buyer's remorse for my Dell, especially when I remembered how prominently placed Dell products were in Ocean's Twelve.
I wonder if it's OK that I watch this much Fox News Channel. Probably not. Sentimentality, what can I say.
posted by Lucy Sloan @ 1:14 PM
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