Yes, I was at Oktoberfest today. I was totally excited! I love a good Oktoberfest! But I also love a street fair with all the shopping… It was a win-win!
So anyhoo, I had this wild hair last year, and went with a friend I had at the time. Apparently the Oktoberfest in La Mesa is a very big deal out here. So this year I gathered up some of my Idol boys and THE Idol girl and we hit La Mesa like Paris, Nicole, and Britney out on the town! Okay, not really. First we had breakfast. But not all together. The breakfast part of our plan turned out to have guests that weren’t doing the ‘fest. But it was fantastic anyway. Now breakfast is NOT a social event for me, so even tho it was my idea, Richard did the prep. I just tried to wake up and look pretty. He did an amazing job. Then our Idol girl arrived with homemade banana bread. With no nuts. It was then that I knew that I loved her. *wink*
Then it was time to catch the public transportation to La Mesa! We parted ways with the party poopers not doing the ‘fest (after they dropped us off at the trolley station, sure it is only like 2 blocks away but, yanno.) We rode like 3 stops and then got stuck in what will forever be known as the mysterious ‘trolley traffic’ and it took like an hour to get there. It’s 5 miles away. We were at the fugly Grossmont Station forever. It was there that we realized how many trolley folk were actually headed to our same destination. We were afraid. I felt sooo bad since I had been ‘Julie Cruise Director’ on this one. And now, stuck at a sweaty dusty trolley stop for 30 minutes? Gah!
Eventually we arrived, hit a beer tent, and all was well. We met up with the rest of our Idol boys that were doing the ‘fest and the rest is on Flickr, yo. It was a blast!
I do love Oktober. Maybe I’ll do my Autumn Decor Home Tour soon.
tagged: san diego beer idol boys la mesa brats weenies oktober fest '07 oktober fest '07
