Surf City.

After eleven hours of driving, two hours of grid-locked traffic and one smugly-given speeding ticket, we arrived last night. We celebrated Drew's birthday with drinks at Il Beauchaines, a water-side restaurant where he works as a waiter. I had a nice Santa Clara Sauvignon with dinner; shrimp, scallops and mushrooms in white wine and lemon sauté. Both were great.

I woke up this morning at 7:30 and walked to the beach.

A good start to a great week.







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Also: There's wireless here. A nice surprise, indeed.

More dispatches later.