This weekend was fun and relaxing. Another couple of perfect 90 degree San Diego days. Saturday night a group of us went downtown to a new bowling alley for a friend’s birthday. I hadn’t been bowling in many years so it was fun to hit the lanes again. It was a little more expensive then the last time I bowled… $60 bucks per hour per lane! So the lanes, with shoes, beer and food ended up costing us a total of just about $400. Definitely not a family leisure-time activity anymore. But on a good note, surprisingly, I won both rounds on our lane. I still got it! haha
This weekend also marked the opening of the latest nightclub in Hillcrest called Universal. I actually ended up stopping in all three nights for a different event each night. Friday was a little private opening party. Saturday was the grand opening and then Sunday night was the industry party and we had a couple of booths with bottle service. The club is nice and the design and construction are well done, but we are all a little skeptical on how popular it will actually be. It’s a mixed crowd, straight and gay, which is cool but we’ll see how long that lasts. Already last night I heard people saying, “some drunk chick just spilled her drink on me… let’s head out and go to Rich’s” lol A lot of gay guys have a short fuse when it comes to really drunk girls. I felt like the club might be a little too LA or Las Vegas. I think people live in San Diego for a reason and that type of uppity dressed up crowd is a tough sell. Boys like their jeans and flip flops. Visually, I think the club adds a lot to that area of University Avenue. We’ll see if they can actually fill the place. I’ve always said the 2 rules of a successful club are 1- good drinks and 2- a good crowd. People want to be where everyone else is. If nobody is going there to look pretty and get a strong drink, the crowd will migrate someplace else.
Anyway, here’s a few pics from my iPhone.
The last picture is just a shot of a sunset I caught last week driving home through Solana Beach, just a couple miles south of my office on Highway 101. Summer is here!
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