La Mesa Oktoberfest 2008

When I was a kid I lived (for a time) in Nurnberg, Germany. When I was in college I lived (for a time) in Vienna, Austria. In both of those places the locals speak German, they drink beer, and they eat sausages.

I learned just today that there is a big multitude of transplanted Germans living in Lakeside from my coworker who used to live there. This population probably is one of the reasons that Oktoberfest in La Mesa has been so popular for so long. It seems to be regarded as the best San Diego location for Oktoberfest and since it is right off the trolley line just 20 minutes from our condo by public transit we figured this would be a great outing to kick start the weekend.

Now I know Flor doesn’t drink beer but seriously; how could you turn down all those great sausages and liederhosen? :) Here’s to a great night out on the town. Who said married folk can’t get out and have a good time? The Mars Volta one night followed up with Polka the next. Prost!

My Co-Workers Are Going Wacky

Good idea to keep The Man out.

Mars

Mars

My Simple Way To Prevent Coffee Jitters

Over the past month I've found that coffee has been affecting me much more than it ever has before. I've even been eating breakfast in the morning and I still am feeling uncomfortably jittery by noon despite not drinking any more coffee than I have drunk in the past. It's been uncomfortable.

Additionally I've known for quite some time now, maybe a few years that if I don't have coffee in the morning I start getting terrible headaches in the afternoon and if I wait to long before indulging in the beautiful sludge then the headache will not wane but only get stronger.

I've decided to combat this by limiting my coffee intake.

Flor tells me that this is the first step in fighting an addiction; admitting you have a problem.

Well, OK. I guess I'm not as young as I used to be. I can't eat greasy burritos at 1am anymore and I guess I can't drink too much coffee anymore either.

Starting this morning I'm dumbing down my coffee with half decaf. At home I don't have any decaf so I will have to go buy some and mix the grind up. Maybe I'll look into Folgers’s 1/2 and 1/2 blend.

Anyway, I'll definitely have to update this situation as my experiment sets in. Hopefully I won't be too grumpy without it. :)