San Diego, CA
It’s not all work and no play down here though; we all manage to find some time to enjoy ourselves (as if playing dodge the anchor wasn’t fun!). First off, we held an assortment of teamwork exercises, which met with varying levels of success:
I also managed to break away for a day to spend some time with my friend Otto enjoying that most exciting of uniquely American pastimes: Disc Golf. What is disc golf you ask? Heathen! Take golf, remove the clubs (which are expensive and heavy and no one likes anyway) and the ball (which you’d probably only loose) and add in their place…Frisbees! (And not just any Frisbees, SPECIAL Frisbees… ~ Tiffany) As we demonstrate below, they are just as hard to control as golf balls, way easier to find, and overall just way more fun!
Mind your head and no dogs allowed, unless they are an established pre-agreed course hazard.
The crew went out to a dinner which led me to this new part of the blog: wines of the world.
As many of you know, I like wine and one of the things I really wanted to do on this trip is sample different wines from around the world and report back to you what I find. That way I would know what to order when I get home and you all can get some wine recommendations from exotic locals that you can pick up for yourselves. I mean, come on, how cool would it be to have some friends over for dinner, calmly stride over to your wine cabinet, and say to your friends “Shall we open the Mexican Cabernet or the Tahitian white tonight?”
See, I’m all about you looking good.
Well, so far Mexico has been a complete bust and not for lack of looking. They make beer & tequila and import most of their wines from the US or Chile. I have nothing against Chilean wine mind you, it’s just that I’d like to taste a Mexican wine in Mexico. I’ll keep looking and for now, I managed to find a decently priced really tasty red wine down here in San Diego.
I should take a moment to describe Tiffany’s and my wine tastes. In whites we heavily favor sweet over dry. Ice wines are right up my alley and personally, if they would just ferment the sugar I would drink it. Tiffany’s not as into sweet as I am, however she really avoids the dry stuff. In reds, we prefer a smooth taste with a minimum of bitterness in the aftertaste. If that didn’t make any sense to you, don’t worry about it. I don’t either. The only way to figure out what you like is to start tasting.
For this project, I will also focus my attentions on wines that you can actually afford to buy and ship and not feel bad about. I love a good bottle of expensive wine as much as the next guy and, having lived an hour from Napa valley and except for the extremes of the spectrum on both ends, I often find that the price and the quality of a bottle of wine rarely have anything to do with one another.
Finally, the day of our departure back to Mexico arrived and we made ready to get underway. As part of our final preparations, we all went out for a final American lunch. As the final meal for what could be a very long time in my native country, I believe I made the right choice.
…and Michael, don’t worry, I had Chick-Fil-A the night before for dinner.
