Padres a Possibility!

Maybe the headline should be more with a question mark...right?...anyway, the mighty PADRES won game one last eve versus the always good Cards from Saint Looey...the new home of the old Pad, Jed Gyorko...ah hem, not one of my favs...I digress...some big hits by Wil Myers...who is on fire, kids...some tough chucking by S Cashner, and the relief guys looked terrific...the recipe for success...I tell you, they surprise me...BTW, they were wearing the brown uni's...

What the heck is going on with Ripa and Strahan?...you know what I'm talking about, right?...he has left for GMA...she is pissed...and the brouhaha has begun...the NY Post "posted" that the two never got along...hey, these kids are pro's...didn't seem like it on the pixels...oh well, they will do a nationwide search for a new partner of Kelly...figure the leader in the club house is Anderson Cooper...boring...

Went to a party over in the area of the park...Balboa...they have a few names for diff neighborhoods...Marsh's broker...the place was way cool...and yup, we have the bug...we are on the prowl for a house around there...geez, we love the SD weather...so guess what?...we start a long process to see if it is a go...get enticed...done...put our place on the market...nope, not yet...but yea, the tickle has been itched...

Oh my...not often I write a negative about a restaurant in the GQ...but...here goes...we stopped by after the party for a dinner at Searsucker...wildly acclaimed as a go to...we split a fresh "halibut" plate...smashed taters...and a caesar salad...sounds great, huh...BTW, who doesn't serve bread with a dinner?...not this place...when the fish came...it was tepid...the outside was like leather...the taters were like mush...I could go on...because the place was packed we tried to eat it...and bolt...never will go back...and shoot, at $42 for just the halibut, well...no bueno...

Speaking of Sears...I was, wasn't I?...they are on the brink of closing...many of their stores nationwide...too bad...back in the day, that is where I bought most of our appliances...think that we might go back to that style of living...hmmm...

I have to mention poli-ticks...this is near a done deal right?...Trump vs Clinton...hold the phone...there is a rumor that Bernie may run as a 3rd party candy man...that the Demos have been unethical...not a good move for Hilz...she needs to bring Sanders in her corral, and use his youth energy votes...well, at least the college kids...just another chapter...

Something down here...the Chargers released a version of what they are looking at for a new stadium in downtown....marvelous rendition...and it had got the people a talking...go figure...I thought that this was dead...hmmm...to be put on the other side of Petco Park...looks way cool...

Now that there is the warming of the CUBA/USA relations, can we get serious about this...can you now buy a Cuban cigar in the states?...

I digress...

1999

Hey, I'm BACK!...had a great time with the other Bozos...at a very nice place , away from most everything...in Borrego Springs...like a little less than 2 hours east of here...nice accommodations, super pool, and a well kept and fun golf course...it actually is called Borrego Springs Resort... guess a lot of peops around here go away and stay there for a short getaway...

Me golf?...OK...started super as we won the 1st day...3rd the next...and figure, out of the $ yesterday...had my worst hole to start the round off, wrong...it is a little hybrid, wedge hole...chunk chunk water...anyway, a snow man...ha ha...took me like 5 holes to get going and recover...oops, sorry team...

Just got home, and got a call from Snooki...telling me of the artist formerly known as Prince had died...sketchy reasons...a youngster at 57...way sad...the news sources of all types have made this their top story...he wasn't much in my music genre...but...way back...way back...I did like the upbeat...1999...maybe, just maybe, a drug related death...sad...

The Pads won a series with the Pitt Pirates...albeit, the sweep wasn't in the offings...as SD got beat up easily...finally got to see the game and it was a turn away...awful...one of the hugely negative quirks of the club...if they bring up a dude from AAA, they play him immediately...usually RP'ers...same last night...down 3-0 and still in it...they bring him in...he and the Pads got clobbered...game over...hmmm...like playing a JV guy...and rest the varsity guys...stupid...

Speaking of resting guys...the Golden St Warriors...doing the same with the best guy in the NBA...Curry...bum ankle...as they got beat in Houston last eve...not fan of the beard...makes a mockery of the sport...turned out to be close...these playoffs last FOREVER...

Caught up on a couple of our taped pixel shows...Dancing With The Stars...lawdy, I have had it with the judges....they absolutely ruin the show...with bizarre comments and even worse scores...so...we just skip right over that part of it...the dancers?...really really good...it must take a lot for the pros to stand there and listen to the crap those judges say about their product...

Survivor...a blindside...the NBA bloke got the axe...a total blindside from his little buddy...oops, not his buddy apparently...Marsh loved it and I hated it...ha ha...the girls get the upper hand...man, I bet those people really smell...awful...

So how is your fav candy man or woman doing?...Trump and Clinton appear to be heading for the promise land...as they easily won in NY...at least for now...I did ask many of the Bozos who they were pulling for....hmmm...more and more for the Donald...watch out...

Seems to me...why don't the people celebrate the rock stars, while they are still alive?...odd how this works out...

OK...we have to get out for awhile...housekeep here today...my sticks are resting...as is my bod...now...time for some grub at a nearby food vendor...

Party tonight...egads...gonna have to save myself...so I can party....like it's 1999...

Bozos

Morning kids...I'll be off from my blog for a few days as I am going on a golfing excursion...with 24 blokes...Bozos...it's a fun time for all....so...

The New Yorkers go to the poll today...as I have said for 2 weeks now...pay close attention to the results...especially for the Demos...as I figure the Repubs will vote big time for mister 7/11...ha ha...the Donald inadvertently used that date in lieu of 9/11...oh my...too many speaking dates I'd say...

Golden St rested Steph Curry with his bum right ankle...against the Rockets...the rest of the boys took care of 'em...BTW, Houston's bewildering star of sorts, and former boy toy of Khloe...James Harden (i)...has got to be the worst defensive player in the history of the sport...had an isolation on him where he literally got left standing...anyway, the Warriors won...easily...

The Pads did not get beat last nite...they played bye...who they dominate every time they have 'em on the schedule...the Pirates roll into town today..."wishin and hoping"....Dusty Springfield...

Finally watched the last week's version of Survivor...hmmm... the former NBA'er Scot Pollard, has turned into a villain...kind of funny...and such great producing...love that show...

Shhh don't tell me what happened on DWTS...taped it and won't watch until I return....shhhh....

The hot rumor about the Padres...is that they are going with brown next year...I'd like that...uni's...that makes them unique...so says Horse...

90 degree temp where we are going to be golfing...egads...great great swimming pool...think I'm looking forward to that as much as the hacking...

OK...we actually have out AC on...feels just like summer around here for the time being...weird weather, huh....

Gotta get a packing...see ya soon...

Monday Fully Caffeinated

It's the calm before...well, you know...as the entire state of New York braces for the immensely important VOTE!...this will set the stage for the rest of the poli-tick season...will the Donald romp, like the polls suggest?...and, will Hilz do the same in the Demo race?...the final day of reckoning for the orators is upon us...figure the pixels will be filled with it, right?...

So proud of our team in the Pomona Alumni T...tied for 1st!...played again in Chino Hills at Los Serranos CC...the weather was blustery...very warm....but winds up to 40 mph gusts...imagine the type of movement of the approach irons...it was just like that...we all had our moments...it was fun, other than the 2+ hours to get there...and 2+ hours to get back...I am a tired doggie...

Just a day of rest, and then I am off to a group event in Borrego Springs...we are called the Bozos...how applicable, I'd say...Marsh not too happy that I am going, but you know...it's a fun time...terrific pool...and it's the only game in that town...

The Padres lost another series...this time in SD...to the DBacks...listen, this is a pattern that is very disturbing...I suppose if you set your limits real low, you can say that at least we won one...and be happy...geez...

Staying negative...the Blazers got punished by the Clip Joint...never in doubt...fact is, PDX has no answer for Blake Griffin...no Blazer dude can guard him...the only way that Portland can beat them is by running and gunning....and hitting the 3 ball...I thought that Lillard was way off...and thus, no chance for an upset...dang....in fact...I thought the effort by PDX was awful...too strong?...

When our boy is around us, we seem to explore more than we normally do...this time we were out and about in North Park...an area that is adjacent to Balboa Park, on it's east side...beautiful older houses...and established neighborhoods...we went to a few open houses...and, well, it opened our eyes...yet another possible move spot...hmmm...

You confused about Coachella?...out of Indio...that's in the desert...they have two...one for the likes of the young and supposedly famous, you know the K Fam type...thus, I call it Koachella...the other one, is for the country fans...so much better, I'd say...and the one that more real people go to...am I biased?...naw...

OK...this is sooooo trashy...but it's a comment by my fav Dancing With The Stars dancer...no longer in the mix...Cheryl Burke...who bad mouthed one of her partners from a couple of years back...Ian...somebody...who was a jerk on the Apprentice...said she kept asking for the producers to kick 'em off...ha ha...think that happens more than we know...

So...one of the killers of the Manson Family...is up for parole...and is recommended for it...by the board...what you think?...you know what I'm talking about?...the horrific killing of Sharon Tate...I am one that says that it should be a no...

OK...so we have our minds set on possible move sites...yet again...and to quote Jackie Gleason "and away we go!"...not really....but the ball is moving....just a bit....

Lyin' Ted Cruz is on GMA this morn...egads...too much Raffy for moi....

Sunday Quickie

Morning...just a quickie as we bolt to Chino Hills for the Alumni T...still can't make up my mind as to
whether I should take my own rig...or come back tomorrow via Amtrak...a decision to be be made in an hour...oh well...

After a late dinner out at Harbor Island...the Light House...new to us...fantastic view of the City...got back in time to watch the end of the Pad's game...hmmm...went to OT...finally gave up on it, when we had the bases loaded in the 13th...that's right, thirteenth...inning...one out...and didn't score...went to bed....read in this am, we won it in the next...14th...2 run dinger by BJ, oops, Melvin Upton, Jr...hey, our first home W...celebrate!...

The NBA...a couple of upsets in day 1...at least, in me mind...Boston lost...Indiana won...the other two were romps...Golden St and OKC (Supersonics)....the biggee for today?...PDX at LA Clips...c'mon 3 pointers, DROP!...

The way the press covers the Coachella Festival in the desert, you would think they would rename it the Koachella, with all the coverage they give to the West Koast Kamelot Fam...

Let's see...balls, tees, shoes, glove, marker, sticks, cap, and luck...ready....