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Comments (22)
LaLa Land in SoCal
Posted by jfree | February 3, 2006 11:16 AM
Miami
Posted by Honest John | February 3, 2006 11:16 AM
Dallas, TX?
Posted by no one in particular | February 3, 2006 11:19 AM
Would also guess Los Angeles
Posted by lex | February 3, 2006 11:21 AM
SAN DIEGO!!!!!!!!!! Nice ball park, don't you think? If you're staying at the OMNI during baseball season, you can even walk across a private skyway into the park.
A city over twice the size of Portland, but it's City Council-members get paid less than Randy, Erik, Dan, and Sam.
Do I get a prize?
Posted by Weishapt | February 3, 2006 11:26 AM
sounds like Portland minus the sun and fairly warm part.
Posted by bobby | February 3, 2006 11:29 AM
"There are 1,050 tax lawyers in this hotel right now."
Tax lawyers ... real party animals, no doubt.
Posted by Cousin Jim | February 3, 2006 11:42 AM
San Diego (thanks Google): if you can make it to Point Loma Seafood Company, try the "Fish Market" crab sandwich. Cheap at twice the price.
Posted by Alice | February 3, 2006 12:12 PM
Don't bother taking the red light rail to the border, unless you're prepared to take a taxi on into TJ. All they have at the border now are drug stores and liposuction parlors.
Posted by Barnie Jones | February 3, 2006 12:23 PM
If there's time, stop by El Indio on India Street [freshly made corn and flour tortillas]. And yes, by all means, visit the Pt. Loma Seafood Company.
Posted by JC | February 3, 2006 12:50 PM
San Diego.
Tell your tax team good luck.
Posted by Jud | February 3, 2006 12:51 PM
SanDiego, yep yep. Get out on the Bay with a few hundred of your fellow digitheads, and enjoy a Margarita. I bet you knew already that it would be tax deductable.
Posted by Harry | February 3, 2006 12:55 PM
San Diego, land of my youth. I was born there and lived there for 18 years, 22 if you count semi-annual migrations home during college. Not a days goes by I don't thank my lucky stars that I'm here in PDX, not there. The city, for all the sun, is cold. Perhaps 3 or 4 "walkable" neighborhoods in the city--everywhere else is a get-in-the-car-and-drive kind of place. And I say this having lived in one of the top 3 neighborhoods in the center city. It looks great on a postcard, but living there? Ugh, no thanks.
Posted by Dave J. | February 3, 2006 1:07 PM
An interesting scene we took in from close-up range during a break: an aircraft carrier heading out to sea. On its way to the war, no doubt.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 3, 2006 3:26 PM
I win: San Diego.
Posted by Princess of Portland | February 3, 2006 4:30 PM
No way, Princess, I win. I got there first. One of the few cities in America where City Hall is more phuct than Portland, but at least they don't get paid as much as Mssrs Sten & Co.
Yeah, Pt. Loma seafood is good. Hotel Del Coronado is good. Mr. A's up on Fifth. Surf is best at Encinitas, but there's some good spots in PB and LJ. EB breaks well, but you're close to the raw sewage outflow from TJ. Foggy's Notion near the Arena. Dick's in the Gas Lamp. The Penant at Mission Beach.... Ocean Beach if you're willing to take a walk on the wild side. Old Town for the best taco salads. Best fish tacos are in MB... How do I know all this? I haven't even got started on La Mesa, Alpine, El Cajon, etc.
You lose, Princess. Surrender unto me.
Posted by Weishapt | February 3, 2006 4:51 PM
Jack --
Good to see you this afternoon. Hope your team did well. I'm ignoring all the nasty comments about tax lawyers from these yahoos in PDX! :-)
Posted by Greg | February 3, 2006 6:18 PM
I lived in SD for about a year and guessed wrong. Shame on me.
Posted by Couch Blogger. | February 4, 2006 3:58 AM
I lived in SD for about a year and guessed wrong. Shame on me.
Posted by Couch Blogger. | February 4, 2006 3:58 AM
Tax Lawyers. Conference. San Diego. I've seen this movie, it's called Old School.
Jack, if you take an early flight home, only to find your wife engaged in some twisted orgy, let me know. It'll be time to start up a fraternity.
"It tastes so good when it touches your lips."
Posted by Justin | February 4, 2006 1:22 PM
Hackensack?
Posted by Jim Golden | February 5, 2006 9:13 PM
Too Bad Weishapt, you're disqualified. Several of the places you mention in S.D. are either gone or misrepresented. Foggy's Notion? Long gone. Mr. A's sold out to another owner.
EB? It's IB as in Imperial Beach. Encinitas and north county are now part of one overcrowded suburb.
And, the City Council gets paid way too much for causing the current financial crisis. Reminds me of the tram project.
Posted by Dave W | February 5, 2006 11:04 PM