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Didn’t hit the Con on Saturday. Instead, the official VM fiancee & I went out with our San Diego-based friends Ian & Jess, went up to Cabrillo National Monument<\/a>, and had some In-N-Out burgers. We met up with my buddy Tom<\/a> at the Turf Supper Club<\/a> for dinner.<\/p>\n

I took a bunch of pix from the afternoon, but it was kinda hazy and they didn’t come out great. I’ll try to fix them up in Photoshop and post ’em later. We’ll head over to the Con in a few minutes, to check out the last day’s stragglers, pick up some funnybooks, and say goodbyes to people, before our afternoon flight back to Newark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Didn’t hit the Con on Saturday. Instead, the official VM fiancee & I went out with our San Diego-based friends Ian & Jess, went up to Cabrillo National Monument, and had some In-N-Out burgers. We met up with my buddy Tom at the Turf Supper Club for dinner. I took a bunch of pix from … <\/p>\n

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