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Bob
03-17-2010, 07:41 PM
Well.... I got out for a rare (these days) visit to southern California to visit an old friend...
Got to meet some new ones too....
Being in Los Angeles I had to meet up with momoese( and meet his dogs... best way to judge someone ).... Thankfully for them I must report that his dogs were in need of serious attention .... I got there just in the nick of time....and ..... Penny and I are now officially friends for life...
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/070.jpg:goteam:

of course after saying hi ... I got to climbing around in the garden...and found a Nam Wah bunch kind of appealing....
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/BobinMIthcelstree.jpg

It was warm enough to enjoy dinner outdoors and at the end of a long and serious banana discussion Mitchel and I... and our better halves were......pretty well ok with the east and west coast banana growers society...( nice shirt buddy!)
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/074.jpg


Saturday I headed to San Diego and met up with Jon ( Pitangadiego)
I hadn't talked to Jon all that much since joining bananas.org but he was one of the guys who had always answered my emails and endless requests for information so I took the chance and asked for a tour of the farm........

Turned out to be a great move and Jon not only gave me and Anne ( aash09) an unrushed and informative tour of the farm but..... I got to eat some Misi Lukis...... too good to tell you how good they are......mmmmm!....
and then had the pleasure of hearing all I wanted ( which was everything)about every plant....you can't get that sort of tour just anywhere... Thanks Jon!
Ever heard of an Ice cream Bean Tree?..... Me neither!
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/078-1.jpg

Here's me and Jon and an "Altreano" fig which one of my friends is growing and should be a great choice for a container to produce lots of figs....
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/174.jpg



For the record ....I used to be a reasonably good musician and ....well.... didn't disappoint the southern California crowd after all these years
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/098.jpg

I took this shaky photo at 3 am Ca. time....


I shall return!!!:ha:

momoese
03-17-2010, 08:20 PM
Hey who's that geek next to you? :ha: See ya next time!

Jananas Bananas
03-17-2010, 08:44 PM
Looks like you had a GREAT time!!!! Wonderful pictures Bob (or I should say Anne since Bob is IN the pictures), Thanks for sharing them with us!!!

~JaNan

Patty in Wisc
03-17-2010, 10:56 PM
So glad you had a great time & thanks for posting pics!!
I think it's soo cool that you guys met here & actually met in person from clear across the country.
However, I am disappointed that Bob didn't steel momo's dog for me - couldn't fit it in the suitcase or some lame excuse. Now, I have to confess that while you were gone Bob, I went to your house to steal your cool dogs but they weren't there!! You have a nice place - very comfy.
BTW, you're out of vodka, beer & cheese :(
Hey, I left the leg lamp on in front porch so you could find your way home easier :)

Taylor
03-17-2010, 11:43 PM
It looks like everyone had a nice time, thanks for the pictures! A change of scenery is always welcomed after a long winter, in my opinion. The picture of you and Mitchel's dog is too funny!

momoese
03-18-2010, 01:52 AM
I was just talking to Pete and realized that you and Anne are the 9th and 10th people I've met in person from this board! Who's next? Pete? A Vegas run to see Pauly?

Bob
03-18-2010, 04:47 AM
So glad you had a great time & thanks for posting pics!!
I think it's soo cool that you guys met here & actually met in person from clear across the country.
However, I am disappointed that Bob didn't steel momo's dog for me - couldn't fit it in the suitcase or some lame excuse. Now, I have to confess that while you were gone Bob, I went to your house to steal your cool dogs but they weren't there!! You have a nice place - very comfy.
BTW, you're out of vodka, beer & cheese :(
Hey, I left the leg lamp on in front porch so you could find your way home easier :)

If I could have somehow hid Penny , she'd be here now...... Thanks for leaving the light on..... mind doing your own dishes next time?:ha:


I was just talking to Pete and realized that you and Anne are the 9th and 10th people I've met in person from this board! Who's next? Pete? A Vegas run to see Pauly?

I say we all meet half way in New Orleans!..... there's a couple of good restaurants there:ha:

Dalmatiansoap
03-18-2010, 07:52 AM
I was just talking to Pete and realized that you and Anne are the 9th and 10th people I've met in person from this board! Who's next?

I say we all meet half way in New Orleans!..... there's a couple of good restaurants there:ha:

What about charter flight to Europe guys?
Sounds much better to me:ha::ha::ha:
I ll donate dryed figs and salted ancovyes for snack and aperitives for everybody
:nanadrink:

Great trip Bob!
Its a nice feeling to walk arround in short sleeve shirts allready:ha:
:woohoonaner:

Jack Daw
03-18-2010, 10:24 AM
A trip to remember. Nice to finally see some of you! (Jon and Momo). Keep threads like this coming. Ante, we'd better organize that European meeting. ;)

Patty in Wisc
03-18-2010, 12:05 PM
I think we should have a 'Banana Esposition'. From the Citrus forum, we have a ctrus expo every year & went to 2 of them where I met other members of forum. There were lectures & gardens to see etc, & even fruit competitions.
It would be nice to taste diff varieties of nanas & see reall nanas in bloom & meet ppl from here. What State grow the most nanas? CA or FL??

Patty in Wisc
03-19-2010, 12:22 PM
... Thanks for leaving the light on..... mind doing your own dishes next time?:ha:


I say we all meet half way in New Orleans!..... there's a couple of good restaurants there:ha:
Hey, I cleaned up my mess. That was from Mike's biker buddies!
They really liked your stereo. Were there a lot of complaints from neighbors about noise? :ha:

New Orleans sounds good to me! Half way... & I've never been there before.