Although not music related if he has an urge for a day trip heading east up the mountain on Hwy 54 and 94 or Interstate 8 will show a difference in weather caused surface conditions pretty quickly.
You go from temperate and lush by the ocean to arid desert once you get to the top of the hill.
The Salton Sea is another cool sight to see while on that trip if you go east on I8.
Also as mentioned stay out of Mexico. No bueno.
Ha!
I couldnât resist. FYI, I have no tattoos.
Questions:
Is he more Rock or Jazz?
Is he visiting friends or coming with friends?
In what area is he staying?
Thanks Vince (no tattoos please⌠he already has one from a Smashing Pumpkinâs album, donât ask me which one).
Definitely rock, grunge and â70s. He plays guitar.
He is going to visit friends (US based and Italians too who stayed a few months there)
Donât know exactly, yet.
This may be exactly the opposite of what your son is looking for but I remember it as good place to eat, walk around and take in the sights.
Neighborhood in San Diego, California
Little Italy is a chic, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, packed with trendy cocktail bars, brewpubs and restaurants with bustling patios. Upscale clothing boutiques, indie music venues and quaint piazzas dot the area, while the weekly Little Italy Mercato Farmersâ Market draws crowds to its mix of produce, gourmet food and craft stalls. The green lawns of Waterfront Park have fountains, and offer views of the bay. â Google
Area: 120 acres
ZIP Code: 92101
My niece says The Casbah and Cherry Bomb for grungy bars.
If he has a bit of a daredevil spirit:
Yes, I am that Uncle. 
You have to consider his mom! Be carefulâŚ
I personally have done the paragliding there several times. Itâs fantastic. Itâs hard to describe how exilerating and beautiful the flight can be.
My wife is quite annoyed of me not rarely watching wingsuit films, but I not even made a para flight yetâŚwill have to.
Now thatâs a whole other thing. Even during the craziest part of my youth, I am not sure if I would have wingsuit(ed).
Basejumping yes, but from a plane? (slightly offtopic)
But I guess itâs not as much fun as you have no good reference for your speed and flight movement thenâŚ
I have earned a badge that says I have visited these forums every day for 365 days straight. What is wrong with me? LOL
One of the best movies ever made 
Young Frankenstein
Put this upgrade under the category of lessons learned. Was having humming issues with the TT setup. Tried all sorts of shifting of grounding cables. Spent maybe a couple of weeks with the new found humming. What was the problem? The tone arm cable was getting too close to all the power cables below itâŚduh. Problem solved with a little tone arm cable positioning.
Glad you have found the culprit, I feel your pain having had the same challenge in the past.
I have that stylus timer. It was a great source of frustration so now it sits in the âdrawer of bad ideasâ. Problem was, I too often couldnât remember to turn it on. The rest of the time I couldnât remember to turn it off.
Note the post it note on the lower left. My estimated total time on the stylus gets updated every time I forget to stop the timer and reset it. 
Litmus test for early dementia?
