Pacific Beach With Old Friends

I have a tradition with some old friends of mine to get together every year in San Diego, Pacific Beach more specifically. That’s James on the left and Brad in the middle after I got there on Monday. We like to start our trip off with beer and cheeseburgers on the deck of Lahaina’s. 

In 1985, our first year to spend time in San Diego, we spent a lot of time at the Pennant. So after lunch at Lahaina we rented scooters and headed down to Mission Beach to reconnect with our drinking ghosts of the past.  It was just okay at the Pennant but we didn’t care much at that point. 

Sometime later that night we ended up at the Tikki Bar. That white thingy is the drink I got  when I asked my server to bring whatever drink she thought best.  That was a delegated decision that I would regret later that night. 

The next day we headed up to Lahaina’s again for more beer. I think we got something to eat too but I forget now. 

Now we’re joined by 3 more of the PB crew. That’s Dave and Tony on the left and Jack on the right. They just drove in from Phoenix.  

 

A fairly new tradition is pedicures. We’re becoming more “metro-sexual” and so much cooler in our old age. 

That’s my leg getting massaged. Ahhhhhh. 

We celebrated our now beautiful toes at the Open Bar where Rachel, our favorite bartender for about the last 25 years, took good care of us. 

We drank things besides beer sometimes, like coffee or OJ at Kona’s on Wednesday morning.   Before we all sat down, Brad overheard some ‘old geezers’ probably 20 years older than us (so really old) talking about getting thrown out of Lahaina’s back in the day. They became our new hero’s. 

I’m surprised we haven’t been kicked out of Lahaina’s. Maybe there’s still time. 

Of course we didn’t drink all of the time. A few times we made it to the beach where it’s been illegal to drink since the July 4th melee at the beach about 25 years ago. Partying at the beach has never been the same. 

We had a good time, even a few unique and exciting moments but I will let sleeping dogs lie.   I hope you guys have a happy, healthy and safe year. I’ll see you again next August.