"to pumpkin seeds, music, and friendship"

From October 26th-30th, my friend Trey who I met this summer through the internship program came alll the way from Atlanta to visit me in San Diego.  We had a blast!  I was telling him about how I blogged in Madrid about different trips/outings and kinda vowed to do the same with my normal life back in San Diego because I want to remember... so here is what we did (it was his first time to SD, so I tried to pack in as much as possible):

• Taco Tuesday at Fred's in Pacific Beach the night he got in with Ali, August, Jen, and Cole.  Also saw other friends like Devin, Olivia, and some Spaniards there!  
• Wednesday, Oct 28th: went for a loooong bike ride along the Mission Beach boardwalk and Mission Bay.  The weather was actually gorgeous while he was here (it had been pretty ugly in the prior few weeks), so he got really lucky!  Then I made dinner for us (Giada's chicken picatta) and we decided to carve pumpkins and drink wine.  Trey carved the Atlanta Braves logo (which turned out to be pretty amazing) and I attempted to carve a hand giving the peace sign.  We also roasted the pumpkin seeds!  Up until then I couldn't even remember the last time I carved pumpkins and I'm pretty sure I had never tried pumpkin seeds.  They were pretty good ;) Then we went to Guava Beach, this bar really close to my house, and got their signature "Bionic Beaver" drink.   
• Thursday, Oct. 29th: We went to see Ocean Beach and stumbled upon this Mexican restaurant called Bravo that just so happened to be having $2 fish tacos, $2 draft, and $2 tequila shots specials that day (I now know that they have those specials every Tuesday/Thursday all day!).  So we got tacos and a couple tequila shots (at 1pm... no worries).  We walked down the pier and it was a beautiful day again.  Then I took him to Mount Soledad in La Jolla, which I think provides one of the best views of San Diego.  Afterward we had amazing coffee and conversation at Birdrock Coffee, and then checked out a random bead shop nearby.  The packed day continued as we went to dinner at Casa Guadalajara in Old Town with Ali, August, and our international friends Anna, Hilla, and Stephanie, and out to the Beachcomber bar in Mission Beach.  
• Friday, Oct. 30th: showed him my school, ate at Filippi's in Little Italy, walked around downtown, did a tiny bit of shopping at Urban Outfitters, went to Coronado and walked around the Hotel Del, and chilled at home watching endless YouTube videos.  I would say the trip was a success.  :)