Ed Jacobs, Author at EDWARD JACOBS

Saturday, January 4

Jan 05.2020 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, Day 9

After a quiet morning of the usual, plus Pattie’s starting to look and plan ahead for a dive trip she’s wanted to make for a while—this for next December already!—we left at noon to head up to the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla.

It’s not an enormous aquarium, but its highlights are super; namely seadragons, which are new to me. Sea horses, more familiar, were also great to see, but the sea dragons, as you can see, are otherworldly.

…and in motion

sea dragons being sea dragons

Their central tank had a nice variety of animals, from California Morays to a 300-lb 30-year old sea bass, leopard sharks, and more. We enjoyed seeing the divers enter, clean, feed, etc., while hearing a talk about the impressive and enormous sea kelp.

Friday, January 3

Jan 04.2020 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, Day 8

A work day, a relaxing day. Pattie slept in, then had some pampering time at a local shop. And that time became productive writing time for me (in addition to doing laundry). A nice stroll around North Park in the late afternoon, followed by a super dinner at Tribute Pizza. Really great, and we didn’t even taste the pizza!

Thursday, January 2

Jan 03.2020 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, Day 7

The morning routine continues—writing, yoga, Pattie taking care of her business and taking phone calls from family (all are well, which is always nice to hear).

We drove to the Cabrillo Nat’l Monument; heading west to Sunset Cliffs, then straight south through Point Loma, which is a gorgeous area. The monument/park is a great place to spend a few hours (we were there for nearly three), with astounding views of downtown San Diego, the harbor, and also the Pacific. We did not see any migrating whales, but things were no less breath-taking. Very windy, as you’ll hear on the video, but that’s expected at a spot exposed on all sides, and pretty much the highest spot around.

After spending time at the visitor’s center, and walking around the monument, th...

Wednesday, January 1

Jan 02.2020 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, Day 6

We’ve found a number of spots we want to hit—Cabrillo Monument, La Jolla, some beaches—which are beyond our walking zone. So today we’ll take advantage of New Year’s day inexpensive car rental rates and have a few days to go further afield.

Good writing started the day, then after yoga we took public transport (bus) to the airport, which was very simple. Picked up the car and headed north to La Jolla, where Pattie had scouted out a great fish place—El Pescadero Fish Market.

And it was fabulous. I could’ve stayed and eaten several meals there. Then we strolled a bit, noticing folks scurrying in a particular direction...

Tuesday, December 31

Jan 01.2020 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, Day 5

We seem to be settling in to a good routine now, with the last days seeing my early morning writing while Pattie sleeps; Pattie’s up about 3 hours later and we have coffee. I fit in another 1-2 hours while Pattie catches up on news, we get in an easy breakfast, Pattie readies for the day.

Today I got in a good yoga session while phone calls came in from some of Pattie’s family, catching up on things.

Then we just explored a new area, walking north to Adams St., then east through Normal Heights and into Kensington. A day of beautiful weather, so lots of people out and about, kids and parents in parks, dog walkers, and a very pleasant afternoon of walking.

Monday, December 30

Dec 30.2019 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, day 4

Cold here in this studio apt, especially pre-dawn. But coffee and the space heater make it tolerable.

Slow morning; disappointed in myself for letting some ECU-work emails distract from writing—breaking from that is really the point, isn’t it?—but it’s my own fault. Just want to assure that I’m not shirking certain particular things that feel like my responsibility to finish up, rather than passing the buck to Travis. He’s got plenty to do, really doesn’t need anything added to his plate that should have been taken care of already. This issue should have been dealt with a month ago, but one can’t control others’ adherence to deadlines passed… Hoping my email this morning will put this to bed, but am unsure.

The day became a fun one,...

Sunday, December 29

Dec 30.2019 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego, day 3

A good night’s sleep, and the morning an excellent one for writing. “Let Them Not Say” has been slowly emerging over the past few mornings, today taking on some discernible shape and harmonic form. The opening measures now feel quite right, quite prayerful, meditative, evocative of incantation. Of course, we’ll see how it feels tomorrow…

We spent some time looking forward to our first week in HI, on Oahu. We planned a few scuba trips, a snorkel trip, and scouted out a really interesting looking “secret waterfall” hike, and a fruit farm tour. Not sure those last two will be possible, but we’ll see.

A pleasant evening walk to the New Zealand eats spot again, and a nice beer/snack.

Alas, no pix today.

Saturday, December 28

Dec 29.2019 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego

A day of relaxation, yoga, laundry, strolling around the neighborhood, and a “New Zealand Eats” late lunch. Very glad to get a surprise call from Sam, who’ll be here for a tango festival. Looking forward to a lunch with him on Monday!

Just finding the right people to hang with

Friday, December 27

Dec 28.2019 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

San Diego

Arrived SD yesterday—Alaskan Airlines is great!—and made our way to the AirBnB. Small and cozy, with a great patio. Hoping the weather cooperates to make the patio comfortable to use; a bit chilly now, as I’m up with coffee, with coat on inside.

What a fabulous day; started with a walk to University Ave., continued for ~8 miles. Once we reached Balboa Park, we realized what a great spot that it. It’s home to numerous museums and small parks—not the least of which is the zoo—and also a food truck festival.

in Balboa Park, amidst a food truck festival!

happening upon an organist’s practice session in Balboa Park

We’ve found lots of spots we’ll head back to over the coming two weeks...

Thursday, December 26

Dec 27.2019 / Ed Jacobs/ / Setting off.

Leaving Baja, heading to San Diego

Alvaro very kindly had some coffee and breakfast out for us early, knowing we were leaving earlier than the usual desayunas time. And it was a good thing, as we tried some of our instant coffee before he arrived, and horrible doesn’t begin to describe how atrocious it was. Trip to the airport smooth. Car return easy; have to admit that I was so happy when the xcar started right up this morning. The suspension/struts were so worn out, the seats so uncomfortable, the gas pedal so sticky, the a/c keeping only the front seat cool…we’d saved a bundle by not going with a company that was legal, and charged the required Mexican insurance fee. It all worked out fine, though my back may feel otherwise.

Pattie enjoying shopping in the airport…Tim g...

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