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Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Tom & Gayle’s Unobstructed Ocean View
Enjoy the honeymoon, you guys!
Here’s how it looks if you run by really fast…
…or on an unskilled pogo stick.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Tim’s Party
Linden Street Brewery
Satan would like for you to have these three largish taquitos. The price? Oh, put your wallet away. No money! A mere trifle, really. Why, I doubt that you’ll even notice it’s gone. It’s just….
- Your
- Immortal
- SOUL!
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Santa Barbara–Hendry’s Beach
Kelp
“Lobster” claw
There’s a restaurant in La Fonda on Baja whose email address I’m going to have to find.
Ker-splash (pelicano)
Mid-tide
Mary’s foot with dried seaweed
Mary’s foot with dried seaweed
Angle of Repose
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Mary’s Birthday Dinner at Chez Panisse
Partially silvered candle glass
Menu. Oy, that bisque! The evening was delightful, but exhausting. On the way home, Mary criticized every stitch of clothing that I had on, my vocabulary and pronunciation, my social skills, and my cellular structure. “Mitochondrial DNA gets passed down matrilineally, right? I thought so. Mmm-hmmm. Explains a lot.”
Look who’s coming to town!
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