Following a great few days with our friend Mike (more to come later!), we headed up to the world famous Orange County to watch the FSU game. The Orange County Virginia Tech Alumni Association invited the Los Angeles and San Diego chapters to meet in the middle at Newport Beach.
Getting stuck in traffic, we listened to the beginning of the game on satellite radio. Hearing that Tyrod Taylor was injured on the first play from scrimmage, we gave up hope on winning the game as our receivers have been horrid. After driving around for 20 minutes, we finally found a parking spot (one quarter was only worth 15 minutes...I hate this state sometimes…though meters on Coronado do yield an hour for a quarter) and we were pleasantly surprised to find the Hokies were playing tough and actually winning by the time we got to the bar.
We were meeting a friend from Tech who is now working in Hollywood, Tim Leaton, along with a fellow communications graduate. The crowd at Sharkeez bar was great, and everyone was into the game. There were no seats left, but we ended up squeezing in and sharing a table with strangers (more like family since they were Hokies)! Though we ultimately lost a tough game, our young team gave the Seminoles a battle, even though our two starting quarterbacks were both injured. Hopefully one or both will be ready to go by Miami next week!
After the game we played tourist, getting churros and famous frozen bananas on Newport Beach pier. The fishing seemed poor and everyone was catching small fish, nothing like fishing in Corpus Christi for sand trout! When we were out of quarters, we sadly said goodbye to our east coast friends, and drove south along the Pacific Coast highway, grabbing pumpkin spice chai and enjoying the beauty of the coast. Laguna Beach, site of a teenage drama for MTV was quite trendy, with artist studios and high fashion boutiques near the beach. (And people with extremely intense Starbucks orders...) Other than the mass of people, California is beautiful!
Following a great few days with our friend Mike (more to come later!), we headed up to the world famous Orange County to watch the FSU game. The Orange County Virginia Tech Alumni Association invited the Los Angeles and San Diego chapters to meet in the middle at Newport Beach. 
Getting stuck in traffic, we listened to the beginning of the game on satellite radio. Hearing that Tyrod Taylor was injured on the first play from scrimmage, we gave up hope on winning the game as our receivers have been horrid. After driving around for 20 minutes, we finally found a parking spot (one quarter was only worth 15 minutes...I hate this state sometimes…though meters on Coronado do yield an hour for a quarter) and we were pleasantly surprised to find the Hokies were playing tough and actually winning by the time we got to the bar. 
We were meeting a friend from Tech who is now working in Hollywood, Tim Leaton, along with a fellow communications graduate. The crowd at Sharkeez bar was great, and everyone was into the game. There were no seats left, but we ended up squeezing in and sharing a table with strangers (more like family since they were Hokies)! Though we ultimately lost a tough game, our young team gave the Seminoles a battle, even though our two starting quarterbacks were both injured. Hopefully one or both will be ready to go by Miami next week! 
After the game we played tourist, getting churros and famous frozen bananas on Newport Beach pier. The fishing seemed poor and everyone was catching small fish, nothing like fishing in Corpus Christi for sand trout! When we were out of quarters, we sadly said goodbye to our east coast friends, and drove south along the Pacific Coast highway, grabbing pumpkin spice chai and enjoying the beauty of the coast. Laguna Beach, site of a teenage drama for MTV was quite trendy, with artist studios and high fashion boutiques near the beach. (And people with extremely intense Starbucks orders...) Other than the mass of people, California is beautiful! 
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