not bad for april

87 and 89 degrees were the high temperatures over the weekend at the coast and this early taste of summer had us looking forward to july. too bad there's still may gray and june gloom to get through. but to be able to dip your toes in the ice-cold pacific and not feel chilly, or walk around downtown at midnight in shorts because it's still 76 out is pretty good for april - especially when the northeast is still shivering, at least in fenway park on tv last night.

apart from that cold water it really did feel like summer, especially at the beach where it seemed everyone was. with inland temps approaching 100, you can't blame folks for hitting the coast. one side effect of that was gridlock on 8 west saturday afternoon - brake lights from 805 to as far as i could see from the 163 south off-ramp.



i know warm weather isn't everyone's thing, but san diego offers up a pretty high quality of life on weekends like this one. and when the coastal eddy inevitably spins up the next several weeks, covering us in gray, just remember sunny palm springs is just two hours away.