Yesterday was Indpendence day, and it was my first one in California. Pacific Beach became one giant party yesterday, apparently ever since drinking on the beach got banned house parties are the thing everyone does. The party was at Kim's place over on Haines Street, how fitting a name eh? Just to fill you in on who Kim is, she is a girl that I knew back in Boston, she graduated a year or 2 before me and she moved out here to San Diego almost immediatley after. John Guiney has also been living out here for the same length of time, and graduated NEU the same year as Kim. I hadn't seen them for 3 years or more before I moved out here, and now its been pretty good to hangout with them again. Pacific Beach is a huge college spring break neighborhood so they have never really left the college mentality. The party yesterday was great, exactly what I had been missing in Ireland, partying over there often involved going to pubs or clubs, a good old fashioned house party was really hard to find. I took some footage yesterday during the party, this video clip was definitely the best one however.
After drinking all day and playing beerpong, flipcup and a few other party games, everyone went down to the Bay to watch the fireworks. They were good, but not as much of a spectacle as the New York or Boston firework shows have surrounding them.

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