Pacific Beach Ale House

Our new blog is called Happy Hour Contentment, Thoughts for Senior Citizens on a Cheapskate Budget in Mission and Pacific Beach.

Ted and I are going to go to Happy Hours in the Mission and Pacific Beach areas of San Diego. We are going to partake of their Happy Hours and let you know our thoughts on their offerings. We are going to also share with you our thoughts on contentment as we enjoy our winter in San Diego. Is there a better way to do this??? I ask you.

Ted and I decided to begin our happy hour blogging journey with the Pacific Beach Ale House today. We went and sat upstairs on the outdoor heated deck. We almost could not make it up the stairs since it was really almost three flights up. Apparently we were not the only ones with this problem, since on the wall it was written, you are almost there, only 11 more stairs. We were glad for the encouragement.

We had to ask the waitress what it meant on the outside chalkboard when it said, 1/2 off apps. We thought now they could not be controlling what all the apps were sold for on the internet... What do they mean apps? We found out that they meant appetizers, half off all appetizers. We could not find the list of appetizers that were half off on the menu. We did not ask because we had already planned dinner and invited Peter to join us. The waitress did give us a really fast rundown of all the drinks that were on the special off  because it was happy hour. After she left Ted said, I am just going to have a merlot because I could not understand a thing that she said, she talked so fast. I had the Crystal Pier Pale Ale. I wondered if there really was a Crystal Pier somewhere in the area?

We have fun every day that we walk to the Ralphs to pick up stuff for our dinner. I lived a block away from where we are living now when I was in school at San Diego State in 1972. I did not have a car. I never once walked to the Ralphs because it was TOO FAR. We would walk across the street and buy gallons of ice cream from Harry's Market, which had televisions hanging from the ceiling, among other things. I am proud that at 61 and 69 we now can walk to the Ralphs everyday... something I would not do when I was 21...