Jared's World

Boxes of rejected beans called Belly Flops. $9 a bag.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:00:24 -0800

Boxes of rejected beans called Belly Flops. $9 a bag.

Outside the Jelly Belly factory

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:22 -0800

Outside the Jelly Belly factory

Best Man Fail. This is hilarious.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:53:19 -0800

Best Man Fail. This is hilarious.

Bay Area Trip Pt. 1

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:19:02 -0800

I’ve been in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay area since Thursday evening. This is the first trip I’ve taken of this length in about 8 years when our family went on an Alaskan cruise. I was the summer before my senior year in high school then.

I’ve really had a good time down here. For November, the weather is very warm, in the high 70s to low 80s and sunny. I’m looking forward to going home, but not to the dreary, gray overcast Seattle skies. On my list of things I’d change about Seattle, weather is 1 and traffic is 2. Thinking about that, I’ve just been convicted that the first thing I would change should be the number of people who love Jesus. I think I’ll pray about that tonight.

Enoch was gracious enough to let me use his buddy pass for free airfare on Alaska air, and we flew down on Thursday night. We stayed at our friends Nate and Annie’s apartment the last 3 nights and we’re staying at his grandfather’s house tonight and Monday night. It’s not a long trip, but it’s been relaxing and fun and what I needed.

On Friday, Nate, Enoch and I went north to wine country in Healdsburg. We got a late start and only went to 2 wineries. I can’t tell the difference between red wines, which is what we tasted except for 1 really good white wine. After that we went to a brewery called Lagunitas. We missed the 1 free tour they do per day, but they let us in anyway and we had about 6 free cups of beer to try. I really liked their Censored Copper Ale and the Brown Shugga Ale. Enoch and Nate split a 12 pack of 22oz. bottles of Hopped Stoopid, their IPA above the double.

Saturday, the 4 of us went to San Francisco. We took BART in to Powell street then walked around the shopping district, through China Town, up (yes up) Lombard Street, then down to the waterfront and Fisherman’s Wharf. That’s probably around 5 miles of walking. We went back to the apartment for dinner, drinks and 2 games of Settlers that Enoch won.

I’ll post later about the second part of the trip.

We need this in Seattle big-time. One stop shopping!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:59:58 -0800

We need this in Seattle big-time. One stop shopping!

Watching the Seahawks game at the Bears Lair in Berkley.

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:15:11 -0800

Watching the Seahawks game at the Bears Lair in Berkley.

Check out photos from my trip thus far. http://is.gd/7Izv. Will keep updating as it goes along.

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:15:10 -0800

Check out photos from my trip thus far. http://is.gd/7Izv. Will keep updating as it goes along.

http://twitpic.com/m3jk Seattle needs stores like BevMo! in California.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:14:46 -0800

http://twitpic.com/m3jk Seattle needs stores like BevMo! in California.

http://twitpic.com/m2id How can an upscale restaurant use Papyrus as its font?

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:14:38 -0800

http://twitpic.com/m2id How can an upscale restaurant use Papyrus as its font?

http://twitpic.com/lzth At the SF Apple store. There’s a glass staircase.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:14:31 -0800

http://twitpic.com/lzth At the SF Apple store. There’s a glass staircase.

Morning everyone. It’s going to be sunny and 75 down here. We’re going to go to San...

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:14:26 -0800

Morning everyone. It’s going to be sunny and 75 down here. We’re going to go to San Francisco today!

Going to see Quantum of Solace with Nate, Annie and Enoch.

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:14:09 -0800

Going to see Quantum of Solace with Nate, Annie and Enoch.

Heading back after doing some wine tasting. I’m definitely not a big wine drinker, most of it...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:14:01 -0800

Heading back after doing some wine tasting. I’m definitely not a big wine drinker, most of it tasted the same to me.

Going north for a tour of wine country. Should be a fun day!

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:13:59 -0800

Going north for a tour of wine country. Should be a fun day!

Hello Oakland! Nice to see you!

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:13:16 -0800

Hello Oakland! Nice to see you!

Just got through security. They took my freaking toothpaste. Apparently it was too big. What a...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:13:09 -0800

Just got through security. They took my freaking toothpaste. Apparently it was too big. What a country.

Landed at PDX. Fortunately the light that says the landing gear went down worked.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:13:09 -0800

Landed at PDX. Fortunately the light that says the landing gear went down worked.

The Q&A clips from this week’s sermon are posted now at http://is.gd/7cor

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:24 -0800

The Q&A clips from this week’s sermon are posted now at http://is.gd/7cor

The new RED cameras look amazing! Up to 28K images! Both stills and video! http://red.com

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:07:24 -0800

The new RED cameras look amazing! Up to 28K images! Both stills and video! http://red.com

Got my MBP back from Apple. Seems to be working well again. Glad I got it back before my trip...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:06:03 -0800

Got my MBP back from Apple. Seems to be working well again. Glad I got it back before my trip tomorrow!