During the pandemic, Sam and I chose to be more cautious than many others due to underlying health issues we both have. We only had food prepared outside the home Read more
Feeling restless from COVID quarantining (we only leave home to go hiking and grocery shopping) we decided to do “something” for Valentine’s Day. Eventually, with diminished options, we settled on Read more
I didn’t mention it before, but on our last trip, Sam didn’t get to see any of the leopard sharks. On the trip before that (September) I saw some very Read more
On Friday we made what might be our last migration of the season to La Jolla. The traffic slowed down a few times on the way down but still seemed Read more
Two weeks ago we drove down to La Jolla Shores and back on a Friday. On September 4th, another Friday, we’d planned on going to Catalina Island for the first Read more
In early March my parents boarded a plane at LAX to take them home after spending a few days in California with us. In the preceding long weekend, we had Read more
On Wednesday night I picked up my parents at the Burbank airport. It was still relatively early in California, so they were up for dinner. We went to Ribs USA, Read more
It’s been a few years since I set aside time to walk downtown LA just to take photos. With Sam in China for two weeks and the winter days short, Read more
A few months ago my newly-retired mother decided it was time for her fifth trip to New Orleans. She asked us if we’d like to join. Although we hadn’t planned Read more
Every good fish story starts with a fire alarm. On Saturday morning at 5am a resident of our 73 unit building thought it would be a great prank to pull Read more