Point Lobos - Hiking With A Broken Arm

While my friends and I were up in Monterey for First City Festival we decided to spend a half day hiking around Point Lobos putzing around and going on a long and absolutely breathtaking hike - without proper shoes ;). Don't worry, the festival didn't even start on Sunday until the afternoon, so we weren't totally skipping out.

I was really good about taking off the sling for pictures, drove everyone crazy

Rock that everyone else got to climb

If you haven't visited the California Coast I would highly recommend it, it is one of the most beautiful places on earth, but please, visit in September or October (for the Northern California Coast). We experience "Indian Summers" here, so the fog doesn't really burn off until September and it is just gorgeous through October and sometimes into November.

Fog on the California Coast in August

Fog on the California Coast in August

It was definitely tons of fun - and to boot, we even packed food to make our own sandwiches after our hike. I wouldn't recommend trying to feed a seagull, they are smarter than you. No, really, they are.

Really, this seagull was smarter than a UC Berkeley engineering grad..

First City Festival - Monterey, CA

During the weekend of August 23rd, a few friends and I headed down to Monterey for First City Festival, a two day concert with a pretty decent line up: Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Capital Cities, MGMT and a bunch of others. One of my awesome friends was able to score us tickets, so naturally we went! Even though I had to go as a cripple, it was tons of fun getting to see so many great artists live. Plus, the ambience didn't hurt either. Would I go again if I had to pay for tickets? Probably not, being subjected to carnival food two days straight was a little harsh. On the up side, the corn dogs were REALLY good (although with the one piece of $4 bacon wrapped around it, it should've been).

One of the main stages

Stage all lit up - MGMT

MGMT

First City Festival sign all lit up