Motor-Heaven: The Shaggy Update

So.......yesterday (after a kick-ass dim sum lunch) we wandered the downtown streets of San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter and popped in & out of cool shops -- in search of 'Shaggy decor'! Insanely gorgeous stores that we visited included Z Gallerie and The World Market --- their websites suck but the stores were awesome. They were like warehouse-sized 'emporiums-of-coolness'. Even Tim shopped for hours (that's the ultimate sign of a cool place!). We got tapestries & baskets & candles & tea & incense & all kindsa Shaggy-enhancing type stuff. Now I wanna live in my motorhome all the time..... (all the pix on this post are inside the new-&-hipper Shagmobile!)

Also went to Ocean Beach's outdoor street fest --- they call it a farmer's market but it's more like a groove market. All kindsa homemade food & breads & chocolates & essential oils & tons of cool jewellry and knitted hats & hippie clothes and good people everywhere. I bought two bracelets from this awesome chick & when I went to pay for them she said... "here, I'll give you a discount". But then I told her that I wanted to pay full price (which was super cheap anyway) but she just handed me back my money! People are actually pretty mellow down here. Everyday someone comes up to us & yaks about our dogs. Everyone loves Kiya because there aren't a lotta huskies down here so they all freak when they see her......

Oh yeah --- and I found a good link to the area that we're living in down here --- it's called Sunset Cliffs. It's right on the tip of a point called Point Loma & it's one of the surfing meccas of southern california. Every evening the roads are filled with people who have driven from all over to watch surfers in the setting sun. People hang out at the cliffs with their beer in paper bags and they just meet & yak & hang. All the dogs are off leash & well behaved. It's weird. I think that with the whole "yellow/orange/red alert" thing in America, that it's keeping all the conservative weirdos inside & allowing all the mellower people the space to hang together outside. At least, that's what we've noticed so far down here in San Diego. Palm Springs is different. There's just nobody outside. We're heading back to Palm Springs this afternoon to have Christmas up there. Lots of sun, tho! Palm Springs weather is still super sweet!