Bombay Beach
After exploring the general area surrounding the Salton Sea, I stopped at one of its former jewels, Bombay Beach, a near-ghost town that was once a booming retirement center and lakefront resort town. Bombay Beach has been featured on numerous shows and documentaries, so it seemed like a good place to mingle with the locals and take in the atmosphere of the area. I turned down a neglected side street and started driving toward the water, passing the odd inhabited structure sprinkled... Read More
Foursquare is Useful?
So, my friends and I use foursquare, except we’re all pretty much only “friends” with each other. This deems it mostly pointless, since we spend a lot of our time together. I mean, I know where we’re eating, guys, but I’ll check the app just in case one of us gets lost between the complimentary bread and entree. Basically, it’s just another way we can compete with each other for superiority (via points). We do this with Words with Friends, as... Read More
How to Not Be an Adult, Volume I: The Bank
So, the last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. To take the edge off, I’ve been hanging out with my car-buying friend (see banner…ha) and exhausting myself even further. On Tuesday night, after checking out some sweet lofts downtown, we decided to grab a drink, because duh, why wouldn’t we? At the bar, we had an uplifting conversation about how we will probably live together in 20 years and drive the same cars. Basically, we decided that we have reached... Read More
How to Be an Adult, Volume I: Buying a Car
So, I really needed a new car, but I kept putting it off due to things like rarely being at home and wanting to keep my money safely stuffed (like wads of $1 bills in a pocket, not like nicely stacked $100 bills in a suitcase, mafia style) in my bank account to use for things that allow me to rarely be at home. But, things changed when I borrowed my mom’s car, took off for the mountains, and stayed for nearly a month. That made my carlessness her problem, so I cashed in... Read More
