This past weekend was the pride festival here in San Diego. I attended the pride parade in Hillcrest. The parade includes techno, bright colors, drag queens, feathers, sports cars....well you get the picture. We got all kinds of stuff thrown at us ; stickers, condoms, lotions, coupons, lollipops, flavor ice. It was a good time. After the parade we ate lunch at an Afghanistani restaraunt. I had this really good eggplant and mixed vegetable dish with rice and a mango lassi. Then we went to Ocean Beach. The OB is my favorite little section of San Diego. It seems like that's where the real people live. It is full of young people, and old hippies. It is kind of dirty around the edges. I like the idea that it isn't this perfect little ocean side retreat. It has its faults and it doesn't hide them. Faithe and I jumped in the waves and got totally soaked which we hadn't planned on doing fully clothed.
On Sunday I went to the farmers market, also in Hillcrest. It is a great market. There are so many fruit and veggetable stands, live music, prepared foods, jewlery, clothing, wood carvings, and other great stuff. Plus, while you are there people are always handing out samples of their food. I had this amazing nectarine that literally melted in my mouth. I didn't leave without buying some of those.
For the first time since I got here I had some time to think about what I should do next. I know that I can stay here for a while and that is good, but I know that I will want to check out other places. This is a good vacation spot, I'm just not sure if it is a "I live here" spot. A nice location for pondering life's little questions is Balboa park. I sat in the grass and sketched the buildings and trees. My hand was a little rusty so it took me a while to get into it, but there is much to see and much to sketch. I will most likely have more opportunities for that.
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