Our friends Cindy and Mike happen to live in a Yurt up on a hill just out of Livermore and they invited a bunch of people over yesterday for a barbecue. It was a perfect day. There was very little wind unlike the rest of the week when it was sort of cool and breezy and even sprinkled a bit. It was sunny and warm, maybe in the low 70's. Here are some pictures I took with my phone. The trail pictures are when some of us walked up to the pond to look at wildflowers along the way. We had a great time and the food was abundant and yummy as well.
I didn't make our local Tea Party , but it pulled hundreds of people as well... Tea, anyone? from Father Hollywood by Father Hollywood Like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, the Hollywoods enjoyed a tea party this past Wednesday. "Tea party" (wink wink). Nothing subversive about sipping a little Darjeeling, eh wot? Nothing to see here, Miss Napolitano. Anyway, our local festivities were held at Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie. There were literally thousands of people crammed into the neutral ground (though on that day, the ground was anything but...), as cars and trucks poured by the busy boulevard laing on their horns in support. Here are pictures. And like every such gathering in our environs, there was even a brass band and an improptu "second line" parade. It was a "party" after all. But it was a party with a serious reason. The crowds were so overwhelming that it was hard to hear the speakers, and unfortunately, we did have a fe...









