Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Things We've Noticed About San Diego

*A lot of tattoos—and not the kind that are administered with minimal discomfort and can be discreetly hidden for a job interview, wedding or family reunions. Not surprisingly, according to a post on Yelp, San Diego is also the city with the most people interested in tattoo removal.

*People are generally quite friendly—including sales customer service people.

*Gluten-free really hasn't caught on here yet. This makes me sad.

*Even bad traffic moves. After Los Angeles, I call this good traffic.

*Music in a time warp. It's been hard not to notice San Diegans' love of music from the last 80s and early 90s. I haven't heard Pearl Jam, U2 circa Achtung Baby and Zooropa, Dave Matthew's Band, Everclear, etc., this much since college. Even the alternative station has to sandwich a new song by Vampire Weekend between Nirvana, Rancid, Dead Milkmen and Sublime. Yes, Sublime (as well as Social Distortion, which we've heard) is a Southern California (Long Beach) band, but there are sooooo many SoCal bands that have put music out in the last 10 years.

*Real shocker: weather is lovely and air quality is excellent.

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