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Posted by Moose on September 13th, 2009. Filed under: Travel.There are few things I like better than getting on a plane and going somewhere with sea, sand, and girl-on-girl action.
LUCKY ME:
(Photo thanks to Leah.)
Yes, that’s Jemima planting one on Leah, much to onlookers’ delight. (And my favorite camel is planting one on me.) (It was that kind of a day.)
Spending the weekend with Jemima led me to the horrifying conclusion that I both eat and pee more than a pregnant woman. If I ever procreate, I will not only be toting a gestating baby, I will also be hauling a mini-fridge and porta-potty with me everywhere I go. Maybe in a little red wagon. Or maybe I’ll hire a team of sherpas to carry me to and fro on a velour-covered chaise lounge, with extra Sherpa-lets to dash out to the deli whenever I need potato salad. WHICH WILL BE OFTEN.
San Diego culture – what we saw of it – was comprised of the Hooters near our hotel and the man in a hot pink speedo. And women who trolled the street in very small bikinis. After asking the hotel about the over-abundance of naked flesh, we were told there was a popular pool party in the area, one requiring women to totter through the streets in high heeled sandals and enough spandex to make a coin purse, if you don’t have any quarters. No pool party on the planet could convince me to walk down a busy street in nothing but a bikini, I don’t care if Don Draper is serving the daquiris and Jim Henson is giving a Kermit the Frog encore from beyond the grave. When we hit the long line full of scantily clad women, Jemima mumbled something like, “Get me out of here before my baby catches syphilis.” We hid in the bookstore. No scantily clad women in Borders!
We were all in town for the much-anticipated wedding of Holly and Sean, and that meant pancakes, beach photo shoots (more scantily clad women! and very smug men!), alarmingly good cupcakes, and pub dinners with some of my favorite people. I really can’t recommend the out-of-town wedding enough. Even when your “friends” try to banish you to Tijuana.
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September 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am
It was a great weekend, wasn’t it? Even if you didn’t even make it to first base with me…or the pregnant one. (Next trip, next trip.)
September 14th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Happy San Diego! Sounds like a fab and fascinating weekend. ;o)
xox
September 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Looks like a blast. So jealous!
September 14th, 2009 at 10:30 am
De-lurking to say that Jim Henson-from-the-grave would *almost* motivate me to attend a bikini party. Almost. When I was in Seattle last month the Muppet exhibit was up at the EMP and I wanted to see it so badly my sister said to me, “I think you have a different relationship with the Muppets than the rest of us.” I went by myself and it was amazing.
Can’t wait to see more pics from the wedding. Living vicariously over here in Nashville…
September 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
GET ME OUT OF HERE BEFORE MY BABY CATCHES SYPHILIS.
Why did the fates take her from us?! Why, God?!
September 14th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I want to travel with you guys!
September 14th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I traveled to SD for work with someone who had never left the East Coast before and rarely left Virginia. Her impression was that people were obsessed with appearances and that there were a lot of beauty salons.
September 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Hilarious. When I went to SD uh maybe 2 years ago for a friend’s birthday party I was also fascinated/frightened by the way no one seemed to need actual clothes there. I ended up spending a fair amount of time in our house’s backyard so I could still be outside, but not feel weird for, you know, wearing clothes.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
You had me smiling as soon as I saw that photo. And, there is nothing wrong with Tijuana. I’m told that’s where I was conceived. (Yes, how unfortunate that I’m privy to that information.)
September 14th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I’m with Kristabella – I want to come next time!
September 14th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Sounds like a blast.
September 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Yeah, you all do seem like a fun bunch to travel with.
September 15th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Just so you know, Sage Green is so YOUR color.
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