On our way down to Southern California over the weekend we stopped by Andersen’s Pea Soup.

Sunday night Christina and I went out for dinner with some friends to Stone Brewing in Escondido, CA which is just outside of San Diego.  Stone Brewing has always been my favorite brewery so I was very excited to get the chance to go there.  I got the miso salmon with bok choy and a Stone 15th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA which may have been the best beer I’ve ever had (at least top 10).  Stone’s beers are famously robust and my favorite until having the Imperial IPA is the “Arrogant Bastard”.  The grounds of the complex are meticulously cared for and the property itself sits on a very large chunk of land.  Their parking lot alone must have covered several acres.  They believe in sustainability so their grounds and buildings are built and consist of reclaimed and sustainable materials.  If you ever get a chance to visit I highly recommend it.

A little after 11 am today if you are a very frequent visitor of this site you noticed it was down.  I went to a talk on security today at WordCamp and installed a plugin which completely “hosed” my blog after I removed it.  James looked at it today during lunch (above) and concluded that not only was the site “hosed”, but it somehow also completely broke PHP on the server.  After a chat with the Happiness Bar and a few sessions with HostGator, I finally got it back tonight which makes it the longest outage I’ve had for a personally maintained site.  Big lessons learned today and I am loving WordCamp this year.  Thanks to James, the WordPress geeks at the Happiness Bar, and HostGator for your help getting the site back online again today.