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It has been a little crazy for me lately.  My nephew that graduated high school this year came to visit me before he heads off to college.  It is a good kid or young man I should say.  He has always been a little on the sensitive side, which is not a bad thing, it just makes for a strange juxtaposition with the fact that he is such a jock bro type.  I was a little worried about finding stuff that would entertain an 18 year old but he was so low key it was nice.  I had to work a couple days so I he went off to the beach no problem on his own and enjoyed.  We had sushi which he likes but rarely has back east.  We went to the mall, the movies, the beach with Matt and hung out with my friend Juan Carlos.  All was great but what I think he will really remember is getting a tattoo and partying in TJ, where the legal drinking age is 18.  I am not going into the TJ story in detail but let's just say we saw somethings that even my Mexican friends from TJ said that they have never seen!  LOL.  My nephew just kept saying that his friends were never going to believe any of it!  Here are some pictures.

I am not sure why all the kids want a tattoo as a souvenir from the visit with uncle, they do have tattoo parlors back east, but we went and got Johnny's.  It was ALL good as I did not mind one bit hanging out at the tattoo parlor since how cute was the apprentice that was watching the whole time?!?  OMG

I think the final product came out good although I thought it a bit large.  It was exactly as Johnny wanted so that is the most important thing.  Plus he has the body to work the size and location since he definitely does not have my genes.  In case you are wondering it says IV because he is the fourth with his name so it is actually a good tattoo since it is not a topic that is subject to change.

We went to Ocean Beach with Matt who was also visiting.  Ocean Beach is very bohemian and 60's hippie throwback beach so Johnny's "homegrown" tank top fit right in all though was seen in a different light that what it truly means.  It is the shirt from lacrosse team that he and joined for fun and not any type of statement on a some "herbal" smoking items. 

I like this picture of Johnny.  The lifeguard hut is so very SoCal and then the OB pier in the back ground.  This was a fun day and one in which I will remember for a while - although I am thinking the night out in TJ will stick longer in Johnny's mind LOL.