Day Two, what did i do day two ? Kind of getting vague here, should of written when it was fresh in my mind , but still can give it a whirl. Was on good behavior in Palm Springs (well as well as can be expected). And didn't do any wild drinking or anything. So the next day was able to actually do something productive. That being,  thinking of renting a bike , first i thing i did was go get myself some breakfast . There was a Irish establishment by my hotel called Dickie O'Neals , that caught my eye ..Me being Irish (i am half Irish) knew it wasn't a option , it was a requirement .not really , it's hard to explain, but being in a Irish establishment makes me feel at ease. something like that. Growing up on the east coast  around the Boston area. There was no shortage of Irish folks . lot's of em , sadly when i moved west , doesn't seem to be as large a population of Irish . Just trying to say try to say,feel comfortable in a Irish establishment something like that!! So  made it to Breakfast there , it was less than a quarter mile from the hotel i rented.Got some corned beef hash   and eggs and toast . Me being a late , mid -morning kind of person. Not a early riser , something like that.My receipt says i was there at 11:09 am . That's seems about right for me ,Prime time morning , that s about the time i having my morning coffee.My server was really good and attentive , the restaurant wasn't very busy , maybe like 5-6 people in there. So my server gave me some pretty good service.no complaints. After Breakfast , I had thought about renting a bike. At one point was going to bring my bike with me from Los Angeles. Didn't happen . So when i pulled into town the first night spotted a bike shop (rental) So thought i would give it a try. Made it to the bike shop it was called, Bike Palm Springs right on Palm Canyon. Got something like a beach cruiser , for twenty dollars for a half day. Thought that was a fairly good price versus lugging my racing bike all the way from Los Angeles. The clerk (think his name was Bart if i am not mistaken-will explain later).Gave me bottle of water to bike with. Doesn't seem like a big deal a bottle of water , but let me explain.When i left the bike shop it was about quarter to one something like that.As i was leaving the rental bike shop i had my headphones on , playing some music on my mp'3 player , didn't hear my water bottle drop. I was only about  maybe 1500 or 2000 feet from where i dropped it . Doesn't seem like a big deal losing a water bottle now does it? Well actually it is in Palm Springs, because it was like Ninetie degrees outside! In Los Angeles you don't really need as much fluids as you do in the desert found myself drinking triple the amount of fluids i would drink back by the coast. guess i am trying to say, it's cheaper to live out in the desert i am sure . But in the hotter months be expecting to stop by the local 7-11 and  buying water and soda every few hrs.So add five - seven dollars a day to keeping hydrated in the hotter months. i mean if you lived there. I actually noticed that because i  don't get out to the desert to often . OK so where was i ?Getting my bottle that i dropped , re-traced my path on the bike and found it . I was stoked , because really you CANT  do any physical activity without water, you would actually get heatstroke or something to that effect, it's not a option it's really a necessary! So I continued my journey on my bike , it was really a great way to see Palm Springs. You cant' really ride in Downtown Palm Springs so to speak . They will give you a ticket riding in the center of town. However Bart gave me a map of the the bike paths and they were really awesome. Really enjoyed the bike ride, only almost got run over once by  a pickup truck. Remember i was listening to music through my headphones.Zoning out in the hot sun , not a good thing to do not staying to the right,Other  than that every thing went fine , the bike had a lock included .. so was a able to stop at a hotel on my bike and refill my water bottle. Actually a really cool bartender gave some free water. Like i said before , constantly need fluids to be doing thing's in the heat.And also  made a stop at a coffee stand for some iced coffee. Anyway had the bike till like 5 pm but i was getting pooped out , in that hot sun , so thought i might head into the shop a little earlier then 5 pm .Bart said the shop was open till 5 pm and i sure he wanted to get out of there too. Anyway finished my bike ride and got into a conversation with Bart for like 20 minutes. He was really interesting, Think he was German-actually he was - i asked him (he looked kind of German , and he drove a German make car) part of our conversation . He was way cool and told me some things about the desert and where he used to live , Houston or something like that. I lived in Houston when i was teenager briefly.Anyway enough of that . It was a good bike rental store if your ever in the desert .. Check em out and maybe you'll talk to Bart . he rocked. the folks in the desert are really accommodating and service oriented it's there livelihood so to speak . It's a  great little desert community  (town) to visit even for a day or a few day's ..so if your reading this check out Palm Springs and the surrounding communities.. Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta...

. Went to a wedding in Portsmouth NH in Sept. and have not really got out of town  since. My birthday is in April , April 21^st to be exact and thought this may be a good time to pack on up and get out to the desert, that being Palm Springs. Didn't come out on my birthday because of the Coachella Festival. Really didn't want to deal with the crowds so thought the day after would be much better.  I mean my  job takes me out of town, from time to time for work reason’s . May get out of Los Angeles for the day  but I have to return back to town because I have a company vehicle . So this little three day jaunt was WAY due. Got out about noon on Mon. for a Much needed  three day weekend ! you see I work a tremendous amount of hrs. usually twelve hr. shifts. And not much time for rest and relaxation. So this was  a much needed break,. Day one: packed up and. and didn't have to be anywhere till Thurs morning.. as I am writing now I am in a small coffee shop in Palm Springs called Espresso Cielo. Something as  simple as writing on my blog in a coffee shop .. Mainly because when I am in Los Angeles doesn't seem like I have to much free time. So this time is really precious for me, and really enjoying it to say the least.

OK got out of Los Angeles at noon and pulled into Palm Springs about 2 pm. Whenever I come into town. Don’t ask me why , but always stop at this Mexican Cantina in downtown. It’s called Las Casuelas, don’t ask why, but I can even pronounce this restaurant correctly, it's pronounced Loss Cause way las.. I mean  Spanish is not my native language. . Don’t ask me what is means.. think it’s something to do with the family . Something to that effect.Think when I first came to Palm Springs in my twenties . Came into town with my mom and a few friends and think we came to this establishment. So I have been coming here ever since. It’s still the same restaurant as it was 25 yrs. Ago. Hasn't changed much. OK after lunch checked into my hotel . Booked my hotel on AAA’s  website. Didn't really know to much about the hotel itself but looked at the map and the rating 3 stars good enough for me . And it seemed OK to me. The room was actually really nice and they had  a adult pool and a separate pool for children . The spa wasn't working, the sauna or the steam room (or the hair dryer in my room for that matter). Did actually use the exercise room one day, had my gym clothes and my mp 3 player so got a quick workout in.However still a fairly nice hotel not complaining , just think they should have a little better maintained at the hotel, However would stay there in the future because it was really peaceful , Wasn't very crowded and very relaxing.

OK so i wanted to get some dinner last night at 8:40pm last night in the suburbs of Los Angeles last night, first establishment I stopped at in Hawthorne Ca.That i have been too several times. Luigi's Italian Restaurant told me didn't want to serve me because they had already broken down the kitchen. Ahh a Friday night again at 8:40 pm. not especially a late dinner and it was going to be a to go order. They apparently closed at 9:00 pm.I mean they were still technically open! So i moved on second establishment was a new Mexican restaurant in Redondo Bch (Lawndale town line) that being Chile Verde. They DID take my order however they were closing and requested i did not sit in the dining room. jeez what ever happened to Customer service?.. anyway just letting out a bit of frustration. thanks for reading. if your a associated with Luigi's you may want to think about getting out of the restaurant business and start a dry cleaning business or something. However if a customer came in five minutes before you were closing you may not take their dirty shirts!

well think it has been resolved. he ended up getting some helpers.so never mind about my little problem. things are looking really good today. the sun is out and it's my Friday.. this week has been really smooth at work(don't want to jinx myself) I mean i have one more shift till i am technically free.. but they (work) gave me a preview of what i am doing this evening.. doesn't look to bad.. So ready for a few days off out here. The weather report is looking good for my off days.Not sure why i like this program (twitter) it's odd my followers are more stranger's on this site .. then my other application i use being Facebook. Those tend to be folk's i actually know and most are relatives or friends i grew up with back on the east coast.So i tend to be more discreet about what i post on Facebook then i do on Twitter . on twitter you are more stranger's so tend to post whatever the F---k is on my mind. So your getting a look at how i think. Because i might be doing the dishes or something and just get a thought in my head and just walk over to my desktop and write it down in a tweet. folk's must like it . Because i have a fairly good following, but i was actually just restricted on who i follow, I hit the 2000 limit and i am not able to follow anyone (till i get some more followers)it put's a strain on the application .so they say.so if your a new follower, that's the reason,more than likely i didn't follow you back(or it could be i didn't like your tweets, more than likely it's the latter the blockage issue). anyway probably need some more balance , better ratio on here anyway.. it's off i follow like 2000 and only have like 560 followers.. anyway thanks for reading have a great day . wherever you may be and keep tweeting(it's definitely keeps my typing skills up to date if anything).

so offered to help a friend move, i sent him a message about a week or two ago , "you know my day's off. let me know if you need any help".. now he has a moving van coming Sunday morning(not my day off) and he want's me to take time off from my job . to help him.. jeez, who's in the wrong here? he's helped me countless times moving and now he has put me in a spot.ahh who's in the wrong here?there really is enough stress in my life during the work week.. this is just added stress for no reason. #nonsense

OK my day today started out great actually. however a few things are messing it up.. mainly my clumsiness ... well the camera store called and my old Pentax is ready to roll.. it needed a cleaning and one of the lenses was not working correctly..so i had it fixed at Dean's camera repair in the city of Torrance CA... would recommend him if you ever need a repair on your camera.. he's fairly honest and does a good job( at least i think so , just got my camera back). This is good news cause i can take pictures now and pursue my little hobby i have of mine.. that would be taking pictures! Anyway considered buying a brand new camera ..however thought it out and just doesn't make sense .. I mean it is just a hobby of mine taking pictures.. don't think i have ever sold a picture of mine.. i am sure a few folks have stolen a few of my pics online. However what i am trying to say is i am not a professional photographer.if i was the new camera would of been a good option.. anyway have a zoom lens that goes i believe 200 meters and also the standard lens the 55 meter one..(the one that i was having problems with and just fixed). So my external flash is working and a good cleaning.. (it was showing a hair when i took the picture).. but oh the point of this blog.. yes that was the good news today getting my camera back ..the bad news (well nothing major). When i went to the market to purchase some extra fine corned beef from Boar's head brand.. the clerk offered me a sample.. she gave me the corned beef over the counter.. which i proceeded to drop on the market floor. first klutzy move of the day.. second kluty move was when i about prepare my corned beef sandwich at home.. reached for a festive plastic Halloween themed glass .. thought was about time to start using for this month..well there was a wine glass next to it.. that fell on the kitchen floor and shattered.. argggg don't you hate that ..anyway had to clean up the mess and here i am writing my blog .. and about to get ready for a off day.. not sure what i doing .. but i need a shower and shave for sure.. anyway here's a pic from my digital cam a few weeks back (on a off day) down in Huntington beach.. who knows may end up down there today.. far away from Los Angeles...see that city enough during my work week ..anyway thanks for reading about my day .. that is about half way over by the way.. it's a important day for me i am off from work!

OK after going to the market down in Torrance the other day, which buy the way is a great place if you like European export's and a great deli on site.. there's also a great restaurant deli(where i had my lunch on off day) where you can have lunch.. that i would highly recommend .They also have a main dining room too in the village.. i am talking about Alpine Village in Torrance Ca. (the 110 and Torrance Blvd).They have big bands that play during the week in the main restaurant and it's overall a great establishment.. However this is not the purpose of this little blog to promote Alpine village. The purpose of this little blog is I Bought a few items in the market they have on site, and was surprised they wanted to charge me $.10 (that's 10 cents) for a bag.Have been reading about this in the paper and heard though the media that this is coming .. when we have to have our own bags.. apparently it's good for the environment..well was totally unprepared for this, and declined the bag ( i only had two items).. so it's coming folks, glad i was caught off-guard in a small market i don't really frequent to much.However know the day is coming soon when you have to start bringing your own bags very soon in the bigger stores, I frequent more often .. purpose of this little blog, be prepared too

bring your own bags to the market.. odd combination i got , chocolate and beer (the chocolate was for someone i was going to visit) however the beer was for me.. think i had it before and i tend to like the darker beers..however not sure i would recommend, chocolate and beer together..