Catalina Island

What a Difference a Day Makes

IN-N-OUT

The Remains of Hurrican Dean -- Thunder, Lightning and Rain!

Sunday Farmer's Market on Del Mar in San Clemente

San Clemente Pier

San Clemente Sunset

Laguna

Crystal Cove

Rogers Garden, Corona del Mar CA

Rogers Garden in Corona del Mar is the ne plus ultra of American nurseries with seemingly everything for the garden and for outdoor living.

Farewell to Aegis

Inside Olamendi's on the PCH

Olamendi's is a wonderful Mexican restaurant along the Pacific Coast Highway between San Clemente and Dana Point.

90 Years Later

Shelley and Edna.

Flight to California

Midweek flights from DC to California are much more reasonable than those near the weekends. Continental to Newark was mostly a shuttle for flight attendants and the Newark terminal was mostly flight attendants but they almost managed to fill the non-stop to Orange County/Santa Ana/John Wayne. The east was cool and drizzly but the cloud cover broke midway across Kansas and the west was almost clear. There was a forest fire in Arizon (above left), interesting landscapes and, in the end, the Pacific.

5720 Huntington Parkway

In 2005 Dr. Ross sold his Bethesda 1950s suburban split-level with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, eat in kitchen, living room, dining room, family room, rec room, and 2-car garage; now in it's full four stories "Arts & Craft" with 6 bedroom, 5-1/2 baths, 2-car garage and over 6,000 sq. ft. of living space!

La Feste di St Gabriele dell'Addolorata

After the market, we happened onto a street festival around St. Leo's Catholic Church in Baltimore's Little Italy in honor of Saint Gabriele dell'Adedolorata, the patron saint of Abruzzo. The four-block street festival was lively despite the first light rain of the summer.