September 23

Also a pretty sky, but hard to compare to the previous day.


Risotto so fancy that it's served in the pan it's cooked in.


Happy birthday sparkler.

September 22

Driving to a party proved to be the prettiest thing of the day, and the prettiest thing that I had seen in months, perhaps.


























Party time.


These were the two prettiest balloons there.


Kitty time.

September 21

September 19

My father posing in his Gin-Walla costume, as well as Arab waiter, old man, tomb raider, and musician.

September 18

My father posing as a Revolutionary War officer. He made this costume himself.


















This one is a Flickr favorite.

September 17

Smoked gruyere sandwich from Le Pain Quotidienne. Served with radishes, gherkins, mango, olives, sundried tomatoes, cucumber, fresh tomato, cantaloupe, and three mustards.


Samantha photographs her own sandwich, curried chicken salad. And that is a bowl of coffee.


When we drove past this guy the first time, he was dressed in full Darth Vader regalia, minus the helmet. When we swung past again to get a picture, he had taken his cloak off, but he did wave, so that counts for something.

September 15

Samantha's cat, Zadie.


Zadie is so cute.


And occasionally, looks oddly humanoid.

September 14

Driving home was a little less spectacular than the trip up.


Fluffier though.

September 13

So Melissa and I are chilling at her home, talking about whatever people talk about, when she notices a sound that I had not been giving any thought to, because it sounded like sprinklers going off. She informed me, though, that they did not have sprinklers on her street. She looks out the window and gasps, and we go outside.


Water gushing down the street!


Water is seeping up through the cracks in the asphalt.


A LOT of water.


This side of the street had more gushing than the other side.


First time I used flash in a long time. It served its purposes here.


ZOOMGUSH.


And around the bend.


It was a truly astonishing amount of water.


Water that was not only coming around the bend, but pouring down the side of the hill.


And then there was the open pipe that was making the most noise and expelling the most water.


Massive amounts of water.


Onto the main street even!


All this from a burst water main.


It ended up getting fixed the next day.


But not before thoroughly soaking the neighborhood.


Worm's eye view, courtesy of Melissa.