OK. So. The trip to California? Awesome. Great. Super. I can confirm that San Francisco – perhaps any city, really – looks much better with some distance, and once you are not getting caught up in the day-to-day struggle of being there and making a living. Of course, being a tourist – on vacation and worry-free – is pretty much the best way to see any place. Ah, but the pastel Victorians! All decorated like wedding cakes! Ah! So lovely!
And the weather! The cold! The blissful, blissful cold! Especially down at the ocean! I love wearing a sweater and corduroys in the summertime. It decidedly beats sweating 24/7:
I could go on, and on. And I probably will, in a future post. But for now here's one last shot of our new nephew getting a back massage, courtesy of Uncle John: