Caffe Massimo date

"new" Ficelle date

Love the new location. Still the best cappucino in town.

home hummingbird

Lovewell date with Soseki

trail closed

 

fishfly or dobsonfly?

Seen on the outside wall of the restroom at Foster Park.

Santa Gertrudis Chapel site

levee mural complete

sun your feet

If a man can't sun his feet mid-summer, when can he? 

Grant Park marine layer

Watching the marine layer roll in from a high point in Grant Park.

striped racer snake

The striped racer snake and other scenes from the hike of 7-19-24.

Brophy's Ventura, revisited

CoolCabana revisited

I think the wind blew it over, but it was good while it lasted.

 

cushion

"Cushion" pronounced with a faux-French accent ("cush-AW").

rare purple flosser

Rare purple flosser trying to blend in with the jacaranda flowers.

James Monroe

This is the fourth presidential bio I have read, after Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Garfield.

The Castle of the Pyrenees

Sometimes you have a print of this René Magritte painting on the wall of your childhood bedroom for years. The wall may be gone, but the print lives on.

Om Thai revisited

Has anyone in the history of man made such good use of Oak View, as we did that day?

Oak View Lovewell

First time and I loved it! I loved it well.

overdue trees and fences

Possibly thanks to funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

breakfast at Three Birds

This time outdoors.

Watermelon Cooler

The new drink at California Pizza Kitchen = refreshing.

rainy breakfast at Cajé

Faria fun

proof

Proof that I am not the only one obsessed with cigarettes and plastics pollution.

Cajé Coffee revisited

fire season