In which I gig and consume media. Friday night I waited for nearly an hour for my bro to finish an instance in WoW, then we went to Rosita’s for dinner. Mmm, chile rellenos! I went to bed early Friday night because I was tired from going out Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday I woke up at nine. It really pissed me off, so I went back to sleep until eleven. I got my nails done Saturday afternoon. (My nail tech lady told me my skin looked bad and that I needed to cut back on the caffeine and cigs and drink more water.

The Douro valley is in the Nature Reserve List for the New 7 Wonders. The Reserve List contains nominees from the second phase of the Official New7Wonders of Nature that qualified as one of the top 77 nominees from over 440 nominees participating, but that did not qualify as one of the 28 Official Finalist Candidates announced on 21 July 2009. You will find hints from why the Douro valley is such a special place from the description written at New 7 Wonders.

Mendocino annual music festival markets itself as “Music on the Edge of the World.” It’s not only music, but also pretty much everything else here that is on the edge. Art gallery-rich Main Street is paralleled by an open shoreline of the Headlands State Park, where seagulls are feeding on restaurant leftovers, and arguing sea lions are only interrupted by passing cormorants and pelicans. Blooming succulents on the dunes and wind-twisted wild cypresses are a part of the town as much as artisan bakeries and designer coffee houses.