We love baseball and wieners ⚾🌭

If you don’t force your hobbies and generational trauma onto them, are they even your child??? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

When my sister saw me wearing my ‘Dub City’ shirt today that I got when we went to the Warriors playoff game in SF, she was like, ‘Laundry day?’

You know it! I probably last wore this shirt at the game in 2019.

Also, actual footage of my bottom half:

Boys, try not to fall in love with me.

I’m not into shoes at all – I’ve worked for a shoe company for 14 years and I don’t wear the brand or utilize my discount (50% off if your kids want some light-up shoes or your parents want some memory foam insoles LOL). I wear the same pair of slip-on Vans on the regular. I only wear my boots if it’s cold or raining or the outfit calls for it LOL. I have one pair of Nike Flyknits that I only wear to work out (I got them yearsss ago, and they’re practically new since I don’t work out wear them much 😅).

All that to say, Nike is dropping new Air Max 1’s to go with the new Padres City Connect colors, and I have to have them! It makes more sense that it’s for the Mexico City Series they’re playing later this month with the Día de los Muertos theme and colors, but the Padres have been teasing a Día de los Muertos themed City Connect 2.0.

I already designed a new shirt to cricut with the new colors, so I have to get the shoes to match, right?

Hey, quick question: Is it still called a ‘walking taco‘ if I’m eating it while sitting on my couch watching the Padres game in my chonies?

In my defense, Petco Park was closed to the public for the ball game 😜

P.S. Mason Miller is my new favorite Padres player. Cute? 🔥 6’5″? 🔥 Sick walk-up song? 🔥 Just don’t google what year he was born 👶🏻

P.P.S. Jeremiah from Love Island threw the opening pitch at today’s game, and I had to tell the only person I know who watches Love Island 😆

Today was a good day ✌🏼

(via @numetal_moment)

The sickest closer entrance in baseball 🤘🏼

I’ve been at Uniqlo Field Dodger Stadium when Shohei Ohtani’s walk-up song plays – Michael Bublé’s Feeling Good LOL – and it just doesn’t hit as hard as Mason Miller’s!

I walk Milo to Petco Park on the regular – it’s a solid mile roundtrip from my apartment and a relatively safe route, so I still walk him there even when the gates are closed to the public bc of special events or baseball games. The patios surrounding the park have mostly been empty during the offseason, but now that baseball’s back, the patios are full as fuck – Bub’s at the Ballpark, Villains Brewing, Nick the Greek, Tom’s Watch Bar, Knotty Barrel…

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I usually just throw my hair in a top knot, put on my sunglasses, and wear my over-the-ear headphones so no one talks to me while I’m walking Milo downtown – the riff-raff who hang out in front of Park Blvd Express Chinese Food To Go, the kid who tries to sell me a ‘free’ cell phone in front of the Grocery Outlet on Market and calls me ‘queen’ LOL, the drug dealers who not so discreetly deal drugs between 10th and 11th on G, and any unhoused people along the way.

Do I dress up when I take him out? No. But do I at least look cute? Still no LOL. Unless you think leggings and my ‘Future Corpse’ shirt is a cute look. I haven’t had any ‘meet cutes’ since I got Milo, but I also try to look as unapproachable as possible when I’m out with him 😅 Do I have to start looking decent now that it’s baseball season???

Welp. Shit def took a turn and the Padres ending up losing again. At least Jess & Abe ran into former Chargers player, Donnie Edwards, in the club lounge and I was able to spot them on TV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hardly home, but always reppin’

Just kidding (I’m always home) 💛🤎

If you’re driving downtown on G Street, my apartment is the only one with the Padres flag between 13th and 14th (next to the balcony with the Christmas Stitch inflatable that’s been up since the holidays – it’s damn near April!).

My apartment’s only half a mile away from Petco Park, but I got the best seat in the house right here.

…Okay, the second best seat – Jessie & Abe have tickets behind home plate this weekend!

I doordashed a burger from Hodad’s, made garlic parm fries to eat out of my souvenir Padres helmet, and doordashed banana pudding from my favorite place to get banana pudding (Magnolia Bakery in LA via NYC – they have a ghost kitchen in SD now!) and ate it out of my Western Metal Supply Co. Building souvenir box.

It’s like I was at the game, except I was in my chonies – we’re in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, you guys. Just let me.

Welp.

Come through if you wanna finish my garlic fries (extra salty from my tears) or throw a hot dog down a hallway 😆

It’s a beautiful day for Banana Ball (@ Petco Park)

It was hot as fuck outside, but luckily our seats were in the shade, bc white people were def getting sunburned out there 😅

Jess and I wore matching shirts that we Amazon Primed two days ago. A Man-nana (Savannah Bananas male cheerleader) was in our section giving out yellow roses, and Jess told me to take my shirt off 🤣 We couldn’t find the carajillos, so I was much too sober to flash my tits for flowers!

There’s always guest stars at Banana Ball games, usually a sports legend or a musical artist with ties to the city the game is in. Today, they brought out former Padres pitcher and Hall of Famer, Jake Peavy. I was hoping it’d be a musical guest (50 Cent guest starred at their Houston game LOL) – there’s so many from San Diego – Blink-182, P.O.D., Slightly Stoopid, Switchfoot, Jason Mraz… Also, the bestie ran into a member of early 2000s boy band O-Town once at a 7-Eleven in East County bc he apparently lives in Santee 🤣 You guys, I wouldn’t be able to identify a single O-Town member if they were in a police lineup. 

The cutest Padres fan 🥰

Jess & Abe are going to the Padres game against the Diamondbacks in Mexico City next month. Abe’s sister is going – she was born and raised in SD, but lives in Phoenix now – so I asked if she’s going for the Padres or the Diamondbacks, and he said Padres, ofc! 💛🤎 Once a Padres fan, always a Padres fan…

The Banana Ball game was a bit too loud for little man. Jess forgot his headphones, which he usually wears at Padres games (Jess and Abe are season ticket holders). It was like 100x louder than a regular ball game. They don’t have walk-on songs, but they blast music and have dance breaks throughout the entire game. Lots of Taylor Swift and country songs I’ve never heard before 😅 So we left a little early, which was totally fine by me! We decided that, while a fun experience, Banana Ball is a young woman’s game LOL, and we probably wouldn’t do it again 😅 I’ll just keep following @thesavbanannas on insta, where I can watch their videos in the comfort of my own home at preferred volume levels 👵🏻

Jess and I are going to the Banana Ball game tomorrow, and we’re already planning what we’re gonna eat and drink ⚾🍌🥃 We don’t fuck around when it comes to ballpark concessions, especially when Petco Park offers San Diego’s finest! 💛

Soaking up the last days of Spring before baseball season starts (@ Petco Park)

I walk Milo to Petco Park on the regular – even on days they’re closed to the public. It’s a solid mile roundtrip from my apartment, so I still walk him there to get our steps in.

I’ve always wanted to go to a Bark At The Park game, even before I had a dog, bc I love dogs so much 🥹 Milo would be perfect to bring bc he’s already familiar with the park and he’s not reactive to other dogs. There are six Bark At The Park games this season, so we’ll def go to one!

Sidenote: The temporary pickleball courts are still up for a couple more weeks. I’ve seen girls playing with other girls, girls playing with guys, but never guys playing with guys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Another day, another government shutdown 🙄

We got a message from Southwest that the government shutdown may delay and affect flights, so we went to the airport buttcrack early for our flight that wasn’t leaving until noon.

Everything seemed business as usual, and we went through TSA without a hitch. Luckily, Pammie has a Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card which gives us access to the club lounge with free food and drinks. There was this cute airstream with the most delicious Mexican food, which I washed down with my favorite Horchata Cold Brew Oat Latte from Peet’s.

We hung out in the lounge for a while before heading to our gate, where we met a woman who was on a layover on her way back home to Hawaii. We mentioned we were just in town for the music festival and Spring Training, and she casually was like, ‘Oh, I work for a baseball team.’ ‘WHICH TEAM?’ we ask. She was like, ‘The Savannah Bananas!’ I told her I’m going to the Banana Ball game at Petco next month! 🍌⚾ We’re instagram friends now, and I’m def hitting her up when I go.

I saw that the Padres were hiring a Senior Graphic Designer, but the salary is half what I make now 😅 Might be worth it if the perks are free games and suites 😜

Till next time, PHX ✌🏼

You guys, I think I just met my husband.

We ditched the Sunday lineup to go to a Spring Training game instead, so we had to sell our Sunday VIP wristbands. I usually resell my tickets on Stubhub, but I didn’t think I could do that with these bc we were still using the wristbands up until Saturday night and would have to meet the buyer before the festival on Sunday. I went on Craigslist, not quite sure if people still used that platform. I haven’t used Craigslist since I used to troll for hookups in their Casual Encounters section in years. I listed the wristbands for way below face ($200 vs $595 for single-day VIP!) and got a hit within minutes.

I had good banter with the guy who was interested in the tickets and he met us in the hotel lobby the next morning. I did some light internet stalking to make sure he was legit and not a Craigslist killer. I found his public IG, saw he was very easy on the eyes, worked in apparel and marketing, was probably loaded bc he said he got platinum tickets to the festival last year ($1K+ a day!), and his last IG post was at the Super Bowl with his friends 😳 Yeah, he could def afford my heavily discounted VIP tickets.

He met us in the lobby and was so tall, bearded, and handsome. We had good conversation, and he said he was buying the tickets partly bc his wife loves Blink-182 (of course he’s married), but mostly bc his birthday’s coming up and this was the perfect kickoff to his birthday week 🥳 He mentioned his dad was Filipino (he doesn’t look Asian at all), he was born and raised in Alaska, has been in Phoenix for the past 5 years, but has lived all over – SF, Milwaukee, Iowa… and he’s moving to Columbus. He works in the apparel industry, and is just following wherever the jobs take him.

When we were walking back to the hotel room, Pammie was like, ‘OMGGGG he’s totally your stee! Too bad he’s married.’ That should’ve been my first question – ‘Are you married?’ Follow up question – ‘Are you happily married?’ 😆

On Sundays, we go to church (@ Taco Guild)

I stuffed my face with tacos and confessed all my sins in this converted church 🌮🙏🏼

It’s a beautiful day for a ball game (@ Peoria Sports Complex)

The Dodgers didn’t play any of their starters (Ohtani, Freeman, Kiké, Mookie), and they still murdered the Padres 😅 I was also v underwhelmed with the food selection, but Petco Park is ranked the #1 baseball stadium in the league, so I didn’t expect to be impressed.

When you win Q2, Q3, and Q4 of the Benito Bowl Super Bowl squares 😎

Update: Bad Bunny didn’t use his platform to say anything bad about Trump when he absolutely could have (like Kendrick calling out Drake at last year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show). Instead, he leaned into pure joy, and Trump still had some shit to say about it 😒

You know who else ‘nobody understands a word’ of what they’re saying? Trump’s current Slovenian wife, Melania, and his Czechoslovakian ex-wife, Ivana, both immigrants with thick ass accents. You know who’s not an immigrant? Bad Bunny! Puerto Rico is an American territory, you stupid fuck. And you know what really is ‘disgusting’? Trump being mentioned over 38,000 times in the Epstein files. Go fuck yourself, man 🖕🏻

(via Netflix Is A Joke)

Petco Park was closed to the public today bc of Padres FanFest, but I still walked Milo there to get our steps in 🏃🏻‍♀️

Yes, I know I need to charge my phone.

Milo wondering what in the pickleball is going on (@ Petco Park)

Update: Found Gallagher Square’s schedule, and apparently these pickleball courts are open to the public. I won’t be using the pickleball courts LOL, but I will be using this schedule. I’ve walked Milo all the way to Petco Park to have the gates be closed sometimes. ‘If only there was a schedule posted somewhere,’ I thought 😅

One of my ex’s (who’s now married to Shi’s friend from high school) tore his ACL playing pickleball 👴🏻 We don’t need to run into him on our daily walks 😅

Our favorite place (@ Petco Park)

I was today-years-old when I found out that Petco Park is open to the public when they don’t have events or baseball games. There’s security guards roaming the property to keep out the riffraff, and the stadium is only a 10-minute walk from my apartment, so I’ll be walking Milo here in the offseason ⚾️ (@ Gallagher Square)

It was Raiden’s 1st year down 🏈 🥳

Chel’s kid was selling all his Funko Pops to fund this summer program at UCSD where you get to stay in the dorms and earn college credits. He’s just a freshman in high school! When I was his age (LOL 👵🏻), I was more interested in boys and makeup than the future 😅

Since the party was football-themed, wearing jerseys was encouraged. SD doesn’t have a football team anymore, and the only jersey I own is an old Merriman jersey (bought before the Chargers left SD and before Merriman famously choked Tila Tequila, but unfortunately not before he got that stupid ‘lights out’ tattoo). Since Merriman’s so controversial, Pammie let me borrow her LT jersey, but who knew my mom would show up in the most offensive jersey ever – an MLB LA Dodgers jersey! Actually, the most offensive getup there was worn by a relative on my cousin’s husband’s side – He was wearing a fucking Raiders jersey and a Dodgers hat.

Luckily, I was too busy indulging in the taco bar to get too riled up 😆

Just bought tickets to the Padres’ first game against the Dodgers for Spring Training since we’re gonna be in Arizona that weekend for Innings Fest 🎶⚾️ We’re selling our VIP Sunday wristbands bc I don’t really care to see Blink-182 – they’re a hometown band, but I don’t think they sound good live 😅 I’d rather go to a game. Don’t worry, I’ll be reppin’ the Padres, ofc – I gave my Freeman-lovin’ mom all my Dodgers gear when I moved out of LA – well, everything except this shirt – She don’t need to be wearing that shit 😆

You guys, I like hockey now. Okay, just the Capitals. Okay, really just Tom Wilson. Anyone wanna go to Vegas next March to see them play the Golden Knights? 🏒

(via @gimpy)

Also, I love whatever is wrong with this guy 😆

Who needs to watch the game when illegal fireworks going off outside my apartment tell me that the Dodgers won the NLCS (again) and are going to the World Series (again), and will probably win that, too (again)… They’ve been to the World Series five times since I moved to LA in 2012, and they have won every damn time 😮‍💨

My new apartment is blocks from Petco Park – Think I’ll see some fireworks for the Pads next year? 🤡

Sometimes you do what you gotta do to survive in these streets ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Seeing a lot of Padres posts tonight set to Radiohead 😢

The Pads have been breaking my heart all year…

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Welp.

Eating my feelings (@ Shake Shack El Segundo)

Their new French Onion Soup collabo ‘slaps’, as the kids say.

On today’s edition of ‘Things I’ve done instead of packing’:

– Watched the Padres shutout the Cubs

– Googled the MLB postseason schedule after the Pads win today to see when the games are tentatively gonna be if they make it to the World Series – my new apartment is 5 blocks away from the ballpark, so I’ll have to go, right? 😜

– Signed up for Puppy Yoga in West Hollywood this weekend – It’s Golden Retriever puppies 😭

– Applied to adopt this dog from California Doodle Rescue bc I don’t have enough going on in my life 😅 I have applied for a handful of dogs at rescues throughout LA, but I never get picked bc there are so many applicants up here.

– Designed a flyer to put up in the lobby of my building so I can possibly sell some of this furniture to my neighbors. A guy came by today who was interested in switching units within the building and told me he liked how I decorated the place. When people ask me what my interior design style is (absolutely no one has ever asked me this), I say it’s Mid-Century Modern Moo Deng 😆

Not saying the Padres won today bc I wore my Padres shirt, but they beat the Dodgers the last time I wore this shirt ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Umm, you’re welcome?

(via @terriblepadresmemes)

How am I supposed to focus when Game 1 of the playoffs starts today???

LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

Update:

Things I’ve done today instead of packing:

Taco Tuesday with Nori 🌮 (@ Tacomasa)

Got a car wash 🚘

Watched the Padres game 😔

Googled ’sacrifice bunt baseball’ ⚾

So far, I’ve only packed 2 boxes – my crystals and everything displayed on my shelves, and all the booze off my bar cart. Thinking I should’ve ended with these boxes – I could use the crystals and booze right now 😅

Nothing fazes this kid. Must be nice to go through life so unbothered! How does he do it? (Seriously, how? Everything bothers me 😅).

Today was a good day ✌🏼

A Padres player would never 🙄

(via @bbgreatmoments)

Jess sometimes gets tickets behind home plate from her husband’s contractor. She invited me to a game last season and our tickets came with access to the Home Plate Club, private access to watch the Padres take batting practice in their off-field batting cage, and complimentary food and drinks. She told me not to eat a hot dog while we were in our seats bc they were behind home plate and we might be on TV LOL, so I scarfed down that wiener in record time off camera in the club lounge 😆

As I was eating my Hodad’s burger, I saw this burly ass dude sipping on a red fruity yard slush from Frozen Friar like he was at a bachelorette party in Vegas, while his wife was chugging a beer. There are two types of drinkers in the world and these two married each other 😆

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I hate how much I love this man.

Petco Park, I am in you. LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

I have been to several Padres vs. Dodgers games (both in SD and LA, both during the regular season and the postseason), and the Padres have never won against the Dodgers in my presence until last night! It was incredible. Thanks to Pammie for buying us tickets in the Agave Club 😘

Jessie and Abe were there with Baby Isaac, and Jess was wearing a City Connect shirt. I was like, ‘How’d you know they were gonna wear their City Connect uniforms tonight?’ And she was like, ‘Because it’s Friday!’ I was today years old when I found out that the Padres always wear their City Connect uniforms at home games on Fridays 😅 If I would’ve known that, I might’ve cricutted a brighter shirt for today.

I saw people watching the game from their balconies in the surrounding buildings and thought, ‘What a cool view.’ Pammie was like, ‘If I bought one of these condos downtown for you to rent, would you move back to SD?’ Um, 100%! I was looking at prices of rentals overlooking Petco and the median was $4,000/month 😵‍💫 I could afford to live there if I didn’t do any extracurriculars 😅 It was like when I was living in my apartment in La Mesa, but was so poor, all I did was work at my graphic design job during the day, go to art school at night, do my homework at the library because they had free air conditioning, and eat honeydew with a spoon with Shi on hot days. Life was so much simpler back then, but I’m financially stable now 😅 People who make less money than I do have nicer cars, own homes… It all depends on what you want to spend your money on. And I would rather pay for VIP access at a concert or first class on an airplane than own a nice car. I was looking at more affordable rentals (still downtown, but not overlooking Petco), and they were in the low $2,000s/month. That, I would be okay paying. It’s comparable to the rental prices in LA, look much nicer than the apartment I live in now, have in-unit washers/dryers (some asshole hit my parked car at the laundromat last month), and I’d save money in gas not driving back and forth from LA to SD all the time.

My boss recently told our web team (who’s been WFH since the pandemic), that she was talking to our VP about the new buildings our department is moving into soon (the print team has been working in our current office for the past few years. They started building the new offices during the pandemic and people started moving in this month), and his boss (the CEO’s son), doesn’t plan on having the web team come in. I’ve always felt like he thought the web department wasn’t important (we get the revenue reports, and a single one of our emails generated $5 million in revenue last year, so I beg to differ), so I’m not surprised he doesn’t care if we’re in-office or not. Besides, my boss and I are the only ones who live near the office in the South Bay, because we were here before the pandemic. Everyone else is scattered throughout LA (or have moved out of state), and I know they wouldn’t be down to commute. She said it’s not official yet, but something to think about…

I find the office environment very toxic (not all offices, just this department in particular), and I was dreading being in-office again soon. I even made a portfolio in case it was too much and I decided to leave. I’ve lived in LA for 13 years now (I moved here to work at this same company), and it’s never felt like home. Sure, it has good restos, and artists always have shows in LA, but Mexican food in SD will always be superior to Mexican food in LA (fight me), and I’ve gone to more shows in SD this year (it’s always easier than going to the same show in LA), plus most of my friends and family are in SD. If I have the opportunity to still work for an LA company (and make LA money!), but move back home to SD, I should take it, right?

(via @west_coast_foos)

Update: Jessie has season tickets and was seeing if they could upgrade to the Agave Club, since that’s where Pammie got us tickets for Friday’s game in SD against the Dodgers. People are selling their Agave Club tickets for $500+ each on resale sites, and she was telling Pammie she should sell them for profit. The Padres have lost the last three games I attended (all to the Dodgers), so I told her if she wants to sell them, I’d be okay with that. Maybe save that money for the postseason…

Last game of the series today 🙏🏼

(via @itsgivingmario)

Who needs Dodger Stadium when you can doordash Buffalo Wild Wings, make homemade garlic fries, get beer at the corner liquor store, and watch the game on your home theater projector???

It’s common knowledge that food tastes better when served in a coffin-shaped tray ⚰️🖤

Yes, the beer is Fistful of Gummies (by Second Chance Beer Company in SD), and yes, your girl loves a fruity sour. Someone once asked me for gum, and I only had the candy-flavored variety—Sour Patch Kids Gum and Starburst Gum. He was like, ‘Are you an adult???’ LOL get off me…

Update: The Padres lost 😩

I’ve only been to two of these stadiums (SD + LA), but can confirm, Petco Park is awesome ⚾💛🤎

Dodger Stadium is nothing to write home about – It’s in DTLA, and it sucks driving there no matter what time or day the game is. It doesn’t highlight local restos like Petco does – I usually just get a doyer dog, beer, garlic fries, Dole Whip… LOL standard baseball stadium fare. You would think LA would renovate the stadium since the Dodgers have made it to half the World Series in the past decade, and they built the Rams/Chargers and Clippers new stadiums, but Dodger Stadium feels dated (like Jack Murphy Stadium vibes if you were around SD in the 1900s 😆). And it’s ranked 10/30… What do 11-30 look like? 😅

Update: #1 MLB stadium in the league and now #1 in our division! LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

(via @terriblepadresmemes)

Tried to watch the Padres/Dodgers game, but it was blacked out in LA 😒

(via @toastthenarcoleptic)

So I doomscrolled instagram instead and found this narcoleptic dog named Toast, and now I has a sad 🥺

In unrelated news, I started my period today.

Every month when I’m on my period, I ask Nori to rub my tummy, and every month, she respectfully declines LOL.

I’ll just be in bed with my hot water bottle in case anyone wants to come over and be the big spoon.

Update: The Padres lost again 😔

(via @brett_rook)

BRB, buying an XL Tom Wilson Capitals Jersey ✌🏼

Partly because the Dodgers had a second Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway night this season, but mostly because my Dodger gear riles you up ✌🏼⚾ (@ Dodger Stadium)

Our tickets had access to the Stadium Club. Listen, it doesn’t matter what team is playing. Your girl loves club seats, exclusive club access, and air conditioning.

It was a blowout. 19-2 Dodgers, and Ohtani scored 2 homeruns. It’s sacrilege being from SD and rooting for the Dodgers, but NGL, it feels nice to root for a winning team (the Padres have lost the last 3 games I attended – 2/3 of those games against the Dodgers 😅).

The Padres, Capitals and Golden Knights all lost tonight, but at least I can console myself with free french fries tomorrow…

I told my sister’s husband that if the Washington Capitals win the Eastern Conference and the Vegas Golden Knights win the Western Conference, then I’ll go to Vegas for a Stanley Cup finals game. He was like, ‘IDK why you’re single. You like hockey. You like baseball.’

Additionally, my stupid tits look excellent in team gear. I’m 3 for 3! 😜

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Pretty sure my husband lives in this house I drove by in Hermosa Beach today.

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This is accurate AF. Also, I fear that this would work on me 😅

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Are all goalies like this? 🥹

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Tom Wilson (my favorite hockey player and general light of my life) got into a brawl on the bench (he was suspended for six games last year for cross-checking another player in the face with his hockey stick, has previously been suspended five different times before that, and currently has the most penalty minutes in the league 😅). All the while, these two softies on opposing teams are holding hands in the back watching the fight unfold 😆

…or me watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs and googling how old these hot hockey players are. Born in 2004?! I have piercings that are older than you 👵🏻

Do I like hockey now? Or just Tom Wilson from the Capitals?

Or just whatever the hell is happening in this video? 😏

According to Google, ‘Average professional hockey players retire between the ages of 25–30, but most players hang up the skates long before this’. Am I too old to be a puck bunny? (Don’t answer that).

It smells like Doyer dogs and betrayal up in here (@ Dodger Stadium)

I don’t always root for the Dodgers, but when I do, it’s while wearing crude apparel on Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway night ✌🏼⚾

Update: I was born and bred in San Diego, and it’s sacrilege to support the Dodgers there 😅 I never wear my Dodgers hat when I’m in SD or my Padres hat when I’m in LA (except for that one time I went to a playoff game at Dodger Stadium and the Padres got murdered). But my rack really does look fantastic here LOL, so I had to post it, if only for the one person who still reads this thing (Hi, Shirley May 👋🏼).

At the last two Harry Potter Padres giveaway days, each house had their own item, so Pammie had to fight trade people to get all four houses 😅

It looks like there’s only one hat this time, but a flag pin for each house. I’ll just be at Hodad’s eating a single bacon cheeseburger while Pammie sorts that out.

Now I know how Jimmy Fallon felt in Fever Pitch. I may live in LA now, but I’m San Diego born and bred, baby 💛🤎

(via @itsgivingmario)

The Padres may have lost the series to the Dodgers tonight, but at least I know I’m not the curse now 😅

The Padres lost big time at the last two games I attended against the Dodgers (last night in SD and a couple weeks ago in LA). I won’t be at Friday’s playoff game in LA, so we’ll see if I’m the problem 😆

Is it me? Am I the curse? 😅

This is the highest I’ve ever sat in this stadium 😅

It’s hard to go back to the 300 level once you’ve experienced padded club seats behind home plate and free food and alcohol at the Home Plate Club 😅

At least I can dry my tears with this souvenir towel they gave away at the playoff game.

When you weren’t anticipating going to a Padres playoff game while you were in SD, so you buy an extra Cricut and customize some gear.

After my dad’s birthday dinner last night, we were watching Game 3 at my parents’ house when my dad decided that he would like to go to a game now. My sister’s husband gave up his ticket, so my dad could go in his place tonight. Don’t give Dennis too many kudos—I bought our tickets, and my sister’s letting him go to Vegas without her this weekend 🤪

LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

Actual footage of me looking for Game 4 tickets on Stubhub:

Game 3 is on my dad’s birthday, and he already said he had the best seat in the house (on his sofa in front of the TV) and didn’t want to go to the game for his birthday, so I was hoping the Padres would win one in LA and there’d be a 4th game in SD.

LFGSD ⚾💛🤎

After we went to the Rams game, we took the bus out of traffic because it was impossible to get a rideshare at the stadium. The last stop was in Playa del Rey, down the street from Chef Brooke Williamson‘s resto, Playa Provisions. We were gonna grab dinner there before heading home, but they had a private event that night and weren’t accepting walk-ins, just reservations! I forgot you either have to make a res or wait in a ridiculously long line to eat at a good resto in LA 😅

Anyway, I would never choose to have Indian for dinner, but I’m also easygoing and down to try anything (except baby animals and Highland cows LOL). I avoided all the lamb dishes, of course, but the malai rigatoni was def something to write home about (@ Pijja Palace)

It was like an Indian take on perfectly al dente vodka pasta. Maybe I like Indian fusion, because I really enjoyed the Tandoori Chicken Poutine at Maneet Chauhan’s restaurant in Nashville, too.

This place was also oddly a sports bar, so I got to catch the Padres playoff game during dinner. They won again and swept the Braves to win the wild card series!

People were asking me if I was gonna go to a playoff game at Dodger Stadium, but the last time I went to a Padres/Dodgers game at that stadium (last week LOL), Padres lost big time, so I don’t wanna jinx them 😅

The series is best-of-five in a 2-2-1 format, so game 3 will be in SD. I’ll be in SD next week, but game 3 falls on my dad’s birthday, so I’m hoping the Dodgers don’t sweep, and there’s a game 4 I can possibly go to in SD.

Also, I might have to go to a game if someone’s able to find me this cute ass Padres jacket Alex Morgan (SD Wave soccer player) wore to a game last month 🔥

Because I’m still in love with you
On this harvest moon

After dinner, we went to Larchmont Village for Jeni’s ice cream and cookies from Levain Bakery, and this guy was playing ‘Harvest Moon’ on the sax on the street. It’s a Neil Young song, but I only know it because Lord Huron did a cover 😆

On the way home, we saw the coolest house decorated for Halloween in Highland Park 🖤

If anyone wants to come over, I have garlic breath and I’m wearing no pants. Spread the word 🗣️

When I went to the Dodgers/Padres game, I mused aloud, ‘There’s a guy named ‘Mookie’ (Betts) on the Dodgers. That’s a weird name.’ My phone must’ve been listening to me, because this popped up on my feed today. Is ‘Mookie’ a common name in baseball? I googled it and both players had different government names, but chose ‘Mookie’ as a nickname.

One time, we had a computer glitch at work, and everyone’s email reverted to their government names. Mine stayed the same because I use my government name (Marion) at work, but our print producer Nick Nickerson’s name changed on his email. I was like, ‘Wait, Nick isn’t his real name? He chose to be called Nick Nickerson???’ We also had a guy named ‘Robert Roberts’ at my first job when I was fifteen. Did he choose to be called that, too? Did he know I’d be blogging about it 27 years later? 😅 (Yes, I was fifteen 27 years ago. Do the horrifying math).

I wore my Padres hat and lived to blog about it (@ Dodger Stadium)

It’s National Dumpling Day, so we had to get a Home Run Platter. I don’t make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I love a big ass wiener Doyer Dog between my legs.

Garlic fries in a helmet? Yes, please.

The Dodgers beat the Padres 7-2 and clinched the division title, but both teams are going to the playoffs. Catch you in the postseason ✌🏻

The Padres just secured their spot in the playoffs! ⚾ Also, my dad got jokes 😂

My cousin’s birthday is coming up, and she and my sister both did so much for me after my stroke, so I treated us all out to our first football game at SoFi Stadium, VIP style ✨

Did I just meet my future husband? 😜

Garoppolo is the new Rams’ backup QB, so he was suited up, but didn’t get to play at all, and McCaffrey (my cousin’s favorite Niner) wasn’t even there because he’s been out with a calf injury since the season started. Oh, well. We were there for the 50-yard line club seats and complimentary food and beer at The Gallagher Club!

The guy at the tri-tip station saw me holding my plate of nachos, so he cubed up the meat and put it on top of my nachos without me having to say anything. I love this silent understanding between me and the tri-tip guy 😂

They not like us

AJ Mclean of Backstreet Boys was at the game, so they featured him on the jumbotron when they did stadium karaoke to I Want It That Way. Lebron James, Dalton Knecht and Chuck Lidell were also at the game.

The Niners were leading up until the final two seconds when the Rams scored a field goal and won. It was such a good game!

Partly because parking was $100, but mostly because our tickets came with free alcohol, we just uber’d there. It was impossible to get a rideshare after the game, so we took the bus (my first in LA!) out of traffic to the last stop in Playa del Rey, and took a 15-minute uber home from there.

LA has 2 MLB teams, 2 NBA teams, and 2 NFL teams, and I’m reaping all the bennies 😆

I went to lunch with Nori at Calif Chicken Cafe this afternoon in El Segundo, and it was right next to the Chargers Team Store and the Chargers Training Camp. I’m going to my first Rams game at SoFi Stadium this weekend, and I feel like a traitor, but I’m not trying to get murdered, so I’ll be wearing my Rams shirt 😅

I kept quiet so I could keep you

Jessie sent us this pic of baby boy at his first Padres game. He wears a little helmet to gently shape his head, and Jess found a place that customizes cranial bands, so she got him a Padres wrap 🤎💛

File under: Reasons I’d want a child (there are very few LOL).

Harry Potter x Padres (@ Petco Park)

Pammie: There are a lot of Slytherins here.

Me: Look, that guy’s wearing a cape!
Pammie: That’s not a cape, it’s a robe.
Me: Well, that other guy’s wearing an actual robe *points at guy wearing a bath robe* LOL

I go to baseball games for the food and post-game fireworks. Also, on my walk this afternoon, this guy who always says hi to me asked me if they won. I was wearing my Padres hat, but mostly to protect my face from the sun 😅 Just like I only wear my Dodgers hat when I have bedhead, and I never wear my Padres hat in LA and vice versa. Good thing I looked up their stats for this chat string, because I was able to tell the guy that they have a night game today, so they haven’t played yet, but they won their last three games 😆

I walked my ass to Mcdonald’s and got my steps in, got free fries, and the Padres won??? Win-win.

It’s a beautiful day for a ball game (@ Petco Park)

When your bestie invites you to the Padres game and the seats are right behind home plate, you go right?

Our seats came with free food and drinks and access to the Home Plate Club. I def can’t go back to regular seats after this. A pair of season tickets in this area run for about $75K. Uhh, just invite me again next time your contractor gifts you tickets 😜

The Padres won and we witnessed our first grand slam in person. I had such an incredible time. Thank you, Jessie, Abe & Oscar! 🤎💛⚾

BRB crying 😭

Do I like hockey now? Whenever I go to the gym, I get on the elliptical machine in front of the TV playing the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s good, uh, motivation 😏

I was at the gym ellipticalling my life away, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs were playing on the TV in front of me. I’ve been to maybe one Gulls game when I was a kid, and the ice skating rink I’d go to in the winter in DTLA was sponsored by the Kings, but that’s my extent of hockey knowledge.

This guy pops up on the screen, and I was like 😍 Do all hockey players look like this?! After some light googling, I found out his name is Tom Wilson, he’s #43 on the Washington Capitals, he’s married with no kids (but he has a dog), and he was suspended for six games last month for hitting another player in the face with his hockey stick, and has previously been suspended five different times before that. A guy with a beard and anger issues? Sounds like my type 😅

Donna’s son has been staying at my sister’s to train at the Olympic Training Center nearby, and he had a meet in LA today, so we went up to watch him compete, have dinner with his friend who lives near me in Manhattan Beach, and stopped by my apartment to pick up my passport before my trip next month. It was raining most of the day, and we had just finished telling him about all the tickets I’ve racked up in LA, when this big ass truck hydroplaned and spun out behind us in the rain. Luckily, he didn’t hit anyone or us. We think Elijah might be our good luck charm 🤗 He placed 2nd at the meet today, just being edged out by this kid from UCSD who PR’d.

Only in LA (@ The Corner Store)

More importantly, do you carry Mango Hi-Chews here???

I can only eat pad thai now when it’s topped with a whole ass lobster tail (@ Nawa Thai Manhattan Beach)

My passport was exactly where I thought it was (even though I haven’t used it since 2020), and I picked up my mail and got a random ass check for $1600 for some Wells Fargo lawsuit settlement. I haven’t banked with Wells Fargo since I had a private loan there for art school over a decade ago, so the check was very unexpected.

I went to the disability office earlier this week and there were like literally 100 people in the waiting room and spilling out into the hallways. I was like, “I’m not waiting in this fucking line,” and told the dude at the desk that we just needed a form to report the disability income I received last year, and he was like, “Everyday, people ask me for a 1099G form to report their disability income, and I’mma tell you the same thing I told them. It’s FREE money. You don’t have to report it. The money comes from social security taxes you’ve already paid.” So I don’t have to report the disability checks I received and saved last year, and now I could buy all the banana pudding ice cream I want. Or a Tesla. I haven’t decided yet.

On the drive home from LA, I found out Donna’s kid likes the Deftones just like his auntie, and we listened to them on the whole car ride home 🖤

Is anyone else set up like a Buffalo Wild Wings??? 🤣

I went to SDSU for a year before I went to art school, so I have a little bit of Aztec pride. Just a little bit, though. Most of my memories of going to state weren’t good ones LOL. SDSU is a party school, and I wasn’t about that Greek life. I could never find parking, so I bought a trolley pass because I worked at AAA at the time, and there was a trolley stop in their parking lot. I remember I parked one morning and was getting out of my car as the trolley was pulling up, so I missed it. I had to wait fifteen minutes for the next trolley. As I was waiting, I realized I forgot something in my car, and as I was walking back from my car, I missed another trolley and had to wait fifteen more minutes. I finally got to school, but the trolley dumps you in front of state, and the art department was all the way across campus in the back of the school. When I finally got to class, there was a note taped to the door that class was canceled. Son of a! 😅

Whenever my work signs a new athlete, I never know who they are. I only know who Tony Romo is because he used to date Jessica Simpson LOL. And who the Cleveland Browns coach is because he’s fine as hell 🔥 It’s a good thing I don’t play fantasy football, because I’d pick my team based on how cute the players are. Jimmy Garoppalo would be my QB, so I’d def be dead last 😅

Pammie was telling me about some up and coming young NBA player who knocked up some video vixen from Basketball Wives LA twice his age who already has two kids with two different baby daddies, and her oldest son is the same age as her current boyfriend.

I googled her, and was like, “She looks puffy. She should get a lymphatic massage.” And Pammie was like, “She needs to do some gua sha.” LOL we’re haters 😆

When we were in Arizona, Pammie was doing her gua sha routine at the hotel, and I was telling her about this video I watched of Dove Cameron’s skincare routine where she does gua sha, but I was so high, I forgot why I was talking about Dove Cameron’s skincare routine halfway through my story, so I stopped and was like, “Why am I talking about Dove Cameron again?” 🤣

Phoenix TSA confiscated her rosehip oil that she does gua sha with, because they said it was over the liquid limit. They even tested my mucuna powder, because they thought I was trying to sneak some cocaine on the plane. I’m like uhhh, don’t check the rest of my luggage, that’s where the real drugs are 😅

Update: Donna, who’s obsessed with K-dramas and BTS, says she would totally get with Jungkook (BTS’ youngest member), but he’s only a year older than her son. I’m like, “What about the fact that you’re married?” 🤣

(via @tinydicebuddies)

I’ve tried snowboarding thrice now and each time I somehow did worse than the last 😅 And this was before the stroke, so my balance is way worse now. I’ll just stick to charcuterie boarding, thank yew.

I’m only here for this spread.

And this spreadsheet.

And maybe Usher.

I won $200, so I doordashed us all some celebratory ice cream!

I thought I was the only one who couldn’t stand these two 😅

I may not have won tickets to Justin Timberlake’s free show in NYC, but I won the lottery to purchase tickets to the Banana Ball World Tour 🍌⚾

The All Blacks (Jason Momoa’s favorite rugby team from New Zealand) have a match against Fiji in July at Snapdragon Stadium in SD. I’ve never been to a rugby game, but I’ll go to maybe catch a glimpse of Khal fuckin’ Drogo watch this haka live.

…or my pops being extra and changing into this outfit after the Niners won tonight’s game LOL. I was only rooting for Detroit because I wanted to see a real lion on the field at the Superbowl.

BRB crying 😭

File under: Shit I get asked to do because I know Photoshop.

Obviously a dude had the championship ring made since it says, “The Motherfucking king of fantasy football,” even though the ring was made after two girls joined the league (my sister and my ex’s wife—not me, I don’t know anything about football), and Pammie won last year!

The Kelce brothers let Taylor Swift fans ask them questions about football, and the first one was, “What’s a field goal?” 🤣

Was this like when I participated in my work’s March Madness pool for the first time, and I was like, “What’s the difference between a 12-seed team and a 5-seed team, and also what is a seed???”

Thank you for helping me enter my new football era! 🏈

Getting sloppy (@ Fairweather Bar)

Don’t worry, I bought a new Padres hat to wear at the game. My old one is probably under my Dodgers hat in my apartment in LA. I only wore the Dodgers hat when I had bedhead or to avoid getting shanked at Dodger Stadium. Jessie was like, “Didn’t you get a Padres hat at the Harry Potter game?” And I was like, “Pammie says those are for display only” LOL.

Love this girl and watching the game from here (@ Lexus Club)

When Jessie showed up at my parents’ house with the uber, my mom was like, “It’s just you two???” concerned as fuck (you get roofied once and no one lets you forget about it). I haven’t had QT with Jessie, just us, since I used to help her carbo-load before her marathons (even though I didn’t run). She has since tore her ACL , and I hardly eat carbs now after the incident 😅

We were talking about what our walk-up song would be. Mine would probably be something Young the Giant LOL and my brother-in-law said his walk-up song would be “Send My Love” by Born Jamericans 🤣

Our seats had access to the Lexus Club, so we watched the majority of the game from there while we chowed down on Hodad’s and got more drinks from the private bar. I can’t ever go back to regular seats again! 😅

To top it off, our uber driver home drove a Tesla. It was my first time riding in one, and the ride was so smooth!

Bey in LA this weekend, anyone???

JK, I think we settled on the Padres game this Saturday ⚾ Or we can pretend we’re 21 again at El Dorado one last time. We used to go there for drinks, and I’d wake up the next morning with a half eaten burrito next to my face LOL. I used to be fun 😅

I sent this video to Jessie because she has chickens, and I’ve been laughing for 100 years 🤣

I laughed when I saw this clip because I used to drive by this baseball store on my way to get my brows done called Hitter’s House, and the first time I saw it, I had to do a double take because I thought it said “Hitler’s House” 🤣

P.S. My brow lady in LA probably thinks I’m dead since I used to see her every six weeks for the past decade, and I haven’t seen her since the incident. (Don’t worry, I’ve been going to my sister’s eyebrow threader in SD for the past six months, so my shit’s groomed.)

🤣🤣🤣

Update 8/5/2023: My brow lady texted me this morning to make sure I was okay. I told her I’d see her once I was back in LA. Get you a brow lady who checks up on you LOL. Ask for Devi at Ziba in Torrance!

#TBT to that time I almost got into a fight at a Padres game (last weekend).

We had good seats in Section 110, but spent most of the time in the lawn area, partly because Shi was there with the kids, but mostly because it was near Hodad’s and the theme giveaway line.

Our tickets were $100+ each and parking was $55! Is this how much it costs to go to a game now??? I sound like my dad LOL. He was just saying he remembers when basketball playoff floor seats were only $500. When??? 40 years ago when the Clippers were a San Diego team? 🤣

They’re building the Clippers a new stadium in Inglewood, down the street from where I paid $60 for parking for Dua Lipa last year (then I paid an extra $10 for a locker because my purse was too big!). It’s less than 20 minutes away from my apartment, but I’m not gambling with rideshare prices.

Sometimes I have to remind myself, “You’re in your forties now. You need to calm the fuck down.” 😅 I think I got my fire from my mom’s side. When I was a little kid, my mom and her sisters got into a fight with these girls at Potomac Park because they wouldn’t let my grandma use the water fountain. I just remember them ripping the braids out of the girls’ heads and taking their watches LOL. They were in their twenties back then, but they’re just as fiesty in their sixties now. Don’t mess with the Cuevas girls!

Harry Potter Night (@ Petco Park)

I went to a Padres game with these potterheads and all I got was a Hufflepuff hat (and garlic fries from Gaglione Brothers. And a cheeseburger from Hodad’s. Ok, and a churro from Lane’s Lemonade Stand. No ballpark beers, though, because the last time I mixed alcohol with my meds, I was sloppy as fuck!).

The theme giveaway line was 45 minutes long, and we overheard this guy tell his girl, “I love you, but I’m not waiting in this line” LOL. Also, we picked up 3 hats first since the 4th person wasn’t at the game yet, so Pammie asks the giveaway dude for Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff, and he starts reaching for a blue hat looking at her for confirmation, and Pammie was like, “Boy, that’s Ravenclaw!” 🤣

The “paw squad” is my new favorite part of being at Petco 🐾

I use this Merriman gif any chance I get because he’s the only jersey I have (I bought it before he choked Tila Tequila and before the Chargers left San Diego, but regrettably not before he got that stupid “Lights Out” tattoo on his forearm).

The Ted Lasso series finale was so good! I’ve never been so invested in a fake sports show.

Jessie and I always joke that I’m gonna marry her husband following her untimely death 🤣

UConn smoked SDSU in the NCAA Finals today (let’s face it, no one had State in their final March Madness bracket), but the Padres beat the D-backs and my dad’s heart surgery went well. All in all, a 10/10 day.

I went to SDSU for a year before I went to art school, so I have a little bit of Aztec pride.

Let’s go, Padres! I’m watching Opening Day from my room at my sister’s instead of on the big screen at home and eating meal-prepped sausage and veggies instead of a doyer dog. What has become of my life???

The Padres lost 10-2, but we stayed winning in Pammie’s company suite! (@ Petco Park)

Too bad I’m a Rams fan now 😜

Christmas (@ Crypto.com)

There is a hell and it’s DTLA during a lakers game the week of christmas.

Not pictured: The 500 people in line for ice skating and the $40 parking garage.

Same time next season? (@ Petco Park)

Silently cheering so my neighbors don’t murder me.

Won $62.50 and gained 5 pounds this super bowl sunday hbu?

Chunky Monkey is my spirit animal.

Not only did the dodgers beat my padres and go on to win the world series, they also had to disrupt my beauty sleep with all these fireworks outside my apartment.

Hosmer, baby! 💛

Can someone postmate me garlic fries???

BRB crying in my car.

I’m here for the garlic fries, beer and Eric Hosmer (in that order) (@ Petco Park)

When your sister invites you to an NBA playoff game, you book a flight that morning and meet her in SF!

Local brew and bay views (@ Ferry Building)

Puff puff pastry (@ Mr. Holmes Bakehouse)

San Fran staple (@ Cha Cha Cha)

Chike took us here during our first trip to Outside Lands, and their cajun shrimp and sangria keep me coming back every time!

Klay and Curry and KD, oh my (@ Oracle Arena)

Warriors, baby! Not bad for my first NBA game ever. Thanks to Pammie for a great weekend! You the real MVP.

Till next time, SF! (@ Union Square)

Kansas got killed today, but Michigan’s win still put me in first place! Their chance of beating Villanova is like one in a million, so I’ll just enjoy being on top while I can…

Currently #2 out of 75, but my bracket automatically wins first place if Kansas beats Villanova tomorrow! 🏀🏆🎉

I’m just as surprised as the boys at work who had to explain to me what a seed is.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the event that this isn’t anything like that Survivor pool I joined and won without ever watching a single episode, I have a few questions, like how do you know if it’s a 12 seed team or a 5 seed team, and also what is a seed???

Pad squad* (@ Petco Park)

*not pictured: Alicia and I dodging homerun balls (none of which were hit by the Padres, of course).

We’re only here for the doyer dogs tbh (@ Dodger Stadium)

If my sister and I share a love of anything, it’s the dulcet tones of Sam Smith, and winning. She is next level when it comes to fantasy football and being the only girl in her league!

It smells like doyer dogs and betrayal (@ Dodger Stadium)

Bathroom break (@ Skechers)

No lunch break at work, an hour of unpaid overtime, and a Chargers loss. Is my pet’s head gonna fall off next???

You said it, Rivers…

Fight night at Anthony’s. I kept asking what time “the game” was. LOL.

Yeah, I was just there for the 2-in-1 burritos from Lolita’s.

Future soccer mom right here.

I officially became a soccer fan at 2:12.