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Dar Williams - Amalee
I was requesting some CDs from the library, and found out that Dar Williams had also written two children's books, Amalee and Lights, Camera, Amalee.
Definitely recommended. Amalee is about an 11 year old girl whose father is seriously ill, and who has so much family-by-choice that it feels like a Joss Whedon story (minus the vampires!). The ( Read more... ) -
Croce's
Having a wonderful time.Mostly boring food stuff - you've been warned.
Dinner tonight at Croce's.. We got there about 7:30 after wandering the Gas Lamp quarter of San Diego (including a stop at the Altitude Sky Lounge in the Marriott, which is a rooftop bar with no cover. Like about 3/4s of the people on the roof at 5pm, we just walked in, looked ( Read more... ) -
what we ate
because I want to remember:
We went hiking from 2 to 5 in the redwoods, while it rained. We were cold and wet when we got to College Avenue, where we wanted to try out a new restaurant.
Our dinner at À Côté, was a gift from Mary and Sean because "you've been working so hard". Hot toddies were a big hit, and hunger made the meal all that much ( Read more... ) -
for my friends at Wiscon
I have come down with something sore throatish. I've been hiding in my room and sleeping when I can.
If I seem unenthusiastic this weekend, that's why. Rest assured it isn't you. Carry on! -
here comes the sun...
walked over to Engineering at lunch to buy coffee, just to get outside into the sunlight.
When I printed my March calendar page this morning, I noticed that sunset will be at 6 pm, welcome after the days where it was before 4:30. Then Daylight Savings Time kicks in and all of a sudden the sun isn't down till 7 PM.
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It never rains
Second time in my life I've been to San Diego. It poured the last time too.
Blisters on feet and I've lost 4 pounds. Marys favorite question is "where are we going hiking tomorrow?"
Counting the remaining hours.
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Shiny Happy People
How to get a goodl hotel: when Sean first moved to San Diego, Mary and I both did some web searches for "inexpensive san diego hotel", and got a list of places which were humdrum and small. For this trip, I looked in the guide books for "great places to stay", and for about $50 a day more we have a suite with a full kitchen. When I was a college ( Read more... ) -
In the desert, you can't remember your name
Overlook Trail, Palm Canyon Oasis trail, and finished with a slot canyon. There's a bit of driving between them. The slot canyon was gorgeous and fun, as was the oasis, and before that, the overlook. The park has a lot of varied hiking and scenery, with the minor flaws of (1) trails are far apart, and sometimes need considerable off road driving to ( Read more... ) -
the days are just packed ...
as Calvin said.
Quail Gardens yesterday, a botanical garden near San Diego. In the late afternoon we went to La Jolla to the beach, but owing to traffic, total lack of parking, and not understanding the distance from the entrance to the actual beach, we only saw a few minutes before sunset. We went on to D. G. Wills Books in La Jolla. A great used ( Read more... ) -
got legs?
Breakfast at St. Tropez in Encinitas, lunch outdoors at the Pannikin, a converted railroad station. Good meals, both of them. In between, we went to Swami Beach (surfers) and the meditation garden above it. Rested a bit in the afternoon, because I'm getting wussy for being on my feet for hours, then over to another beach where we walked at sunset. ( Read more... )