December is only half over, but it sure feels like a whole month has already passed. It certainly got started off on the right foot, with Cal winning its
fifth Big Game over Stanford in a row! Knock on wood, but Everett must be some kind of wonderful good-luck charm, for Cal
began this winning streak over the Cardinal just eight days after young Rett was born in Santa Monica. Go Bears!
While the end of Tony's soccer season and the Bears' football season has lightened up our weekend schedules just a bit, it's still been busy as we gear up for the Christmas break. Tony's cub-scout pack and school have both had a number of year-end events. Two weekends ago, we met up with Grammo and Woody, plus a few members from Tony's pack, to visit the recently reopened
observatory at Griffith Park. Being a Sunday evening, we weren't up for keeping the boys there into the night in order to look through the telescope, but it was a gorgeous clear day that allowed us to enjoy not just the beautifully refurbished and expanded building but also some great city views as the sun set over the Pacific. The following weekend (i.e., last weekend) included both the annual winter faire at Tony's
Ocean Charter School, and the birthday party of one of Everett's friends at the
Petersen Auto Museum near Hancock Park. That was Saturday. Then on Sunday Tony rode with his cub scouts in the Westchester Holiday Parade.
Add a bunch of
El Segundo Blue meetings for Audrey, and the usual end-of-the-semester grading and exam preparation for me--plus my
urban-studies field trip to downtown L.A.--and we've been busy indeed. But the schedule is starting to open up with the semester winding down. In addition to Christmas shopping and final exam grading, I should find time to brew at least one more batch of beer--likely a
Belgian "tripel"--before 2006 comes to a close. We're also very much looking forward to visiting more with
Pappy and Aliza, who are back in the USA for a while. Then, comes another journey out to Diamond Bar, a visit from Santa (we hope!), and our usual year-end trip up to San Jose.
Happy Holidays!!
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