late summer Scrabble

The late summer "kitten I would share my plate of food with" Scrabble game.

CPK 2026

A classic CPK lunch. I thought everything tasted unusually delicious. The only thing that was different was getting the lettuce wrap in lieu of the caesar salad. Mrs. seemed to love that, thus adding to the success of the visit.

"egg McMuffin"

Mrs. has created a delicious, gluten-free "egg McMuffin" (for lack of a better term), and I was lucky enough to be presented with one.

Ojai Studio Artists

Highlights from a show at Ojai Valley Museum.

 

bocce or bocci?

It seems both spellings are legit. This is by the pool at Ojai Rancho Inn.

Highly Likely at 8 am

After coffee - which I consider to be a separate meal anyway - we walked to Highly Likely and arrived right at its 8 o'clock opening. The town still sleeping, we were the first customers. We had our "usual" in our "usual" spot and all was good.

 

morning tune-up

Whereas much of the world gets up around six or seven, Ojai, CA seems to get up around eight or nine (this includes the Ojai Rancho Inn, where we were staying). Since we belong to the first group, and I am an "obligatory" morning coffee person, the solution was to stroll to Three Birds, the nearest open coffee house. This actually worked out well, since the exercise-coffee combo, combined with a good hot shower, tuned my morning piano to perfection.