My first "EB" was in 2008 from the mixture of pictures you see here...it was at Shoreline (South San Francisco) for the Journey Concert in late 2008. I met people from the Journey Forums for the first time that I've been chatting with for quite a long while...Johnny, Chica (Hope), David, Paul, Grace and James, Karen and her Husband, Rip, Terri...alot of people to list... I've met others from the old web-site before (Candy, Dan and Kristi... small get togethers), but this was surreal, and I was pretty anxious to meet some of the people I've only chatted with online. We all had a very good talk and it was nice to hang out with these people in real life. I also met quite a few Plokkers from the Original Arnel Site...Emma, Beth, Kelle, Will...the list goes on, but this Blog is about 2009...not 2008.
My first "EB" of 2009 was with my dear friends from San Diego. There was Candy, Malou, Lou, Anna and coming all the way from Napa Valley was Kelle and Will. We started off the night Eating and Drinking. I might have been a little drunk at the beginning of the night because I knocked down Malou's screen door to start off this fun night...I didn't mean to and I was a little embarrassed from it, but the klutzy side of me showed that night. Aside from knocking down a screen door (which I fixed...hahaha), I spilled beer and a little bit of food on the floor (it was Candy's fault...she made me laugh). 
Throughout the whole night, we sang Karaoke. Kelle's voice was nice and loud...she was louder than the Karaoke system that we sang along too. Candy has a very beautiful voice too...even though she doesn't give herself enough credit for it. But the Singing Voice of the night belongs to Anna...Talk about a really good singing voice. Anna can flat-out sing and she sang through most of the night. I was quite shy from singing and when I did attempt to sing, it was more of a whisper...I remember the girls telling me to sing a little louder but I was nervous as heck...it didn't take me until months later, when I built a little confidence in myself that I started to sing loud. The "EB" Party was an ALL-NIGHTER and it finally ended around 6:30am. It was the funnest thing I've done in a long time and I hope to do it again sometime soon.Thank you my friends from San Diego...I really needed a night like this.
The next "EB" I was involved in was meeting Jackie. Jackie is a really nice woman that came all the way down from Florida. Lou calls both me and Candy up to hang out with Jackie for a nice Filipino Dinner in National City. The Place was called ZARLITO's Family Restaurant and it was pretty decent considering where it was located at. It was fun to talk with Jackie...you can kinda tell how big their heart is when you hang out with a person and let me tell you...she has a big heart.
The next "EB" was in Chula Vista. This is where we met Cheri from the AP Site. Lou calls me up to tell me that she wanted to meet some people from San Diego because She was down visiting our city and took her family to LegoLand and Sea World and just wanted to hang out. I thought her Family was pretty cool...especially her husband and kids. They have a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of energy. They loved to talk about how beautiful our city is and it made me proud to be a San Diegan just hearing it. We ate at an ALL YOU CAN EAT Chinese Restaurant and had a nice little chat also. I like them...they are nice people.Mae and Mel...
What more can I say than I love these two people. Even though this wasn't quite an "EB", we got to hang out with each other on July 30th, 2009. The night before was the first time I've ever met these two....it was at the 1st Pala Casino Journey Concert and right from the get go, you could tell right away that this couple from up north (Canada) is very special. On July 30th, all they wanted to do was have an IN-N-OUT Burger...they heard all the stories of how good these Hamburgers were but I wasn't about to let that happen...I decided if they wanted a really good burger...than why not the best in San Diego. I treated my dear friends to the BAREBACK GRILL in Pacific Beach. To be honest...you've never really eaten a good Hamburger until you've eaten at the BAREBACK Grill in Pacific Beach....The Best Burgers in San Diego...and they both loved it.
But the day wasn't over yet...To me, lunch wasn't enough and when Mae told me that they had quite a few hours to burn, I treated the both of them out to the USS MIDWAY (CV-41) Museum. I took them up and down on the ship...from the bunkers where we slept at (as Sailors), to the Galley's where we ate, and then finally all the way up to the Flight Deck where there was all sorts of War Planes to Marvel at...Both Mae and Mel were fascinated from it and told me that they would never forget the tour I gave them...it was an honor for me to do it because Mae and Mel are very good people and most of all...very good friends.I love them both...
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