Summer Time People Places

We went back to Half Moon Bay to celebrate Joseph’s birthday. We stayed at the RV park next to the Ritz Carlton and there was a lovely beach where Goldie had fun off leash. Friday night we went to the gourmet hot chocolate buffet at the Ritz and sat around the fire pits and enjoyed the view of the ocean and the bag piper player at 7pm -felt like I was at Augusta.
Saturday we met up with friends and had dinner at the Half Moon bay Brewery and then went to the ritz for chocolate, cheese and wine tasting. I wasn’t impressed, and wouldn’t go there again for that.
Juliana had a low key sweet 16 birthday party. I say low key since her present from her Dad, Carl, was a trip to Paris, France. She traveled alone and met up with relatives in France. Very grown up for a 16 year old! She is looking more beautiful with each year passing. I made a lovely pink pearl & crystal necklace for her.
Goldie passed her Canine Good Citizen test and is on her way to getting her blue service dog vest. Yay!

Joseph’s sister, Diane came out with her husband, Vinnie and we had a whirlwind tour of the San Francisco and visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium where we saw the new Sea Horse exhibit which was lovely, and the kids, Vincent, James, and Sophia played in the pool at our home. It was so good to see them all here!
I gave a dharma talk at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and saw some old friends, and then we went kayaking on the Russian River near Healdsburg with Goldie. That was a blast especially cooling since it was 103 up there.

Found a fantastic new restaurant -La Bodeguita del Medio which has Cuban food and rum flights and a cigar divan. Live music too. Wonderful! and plaintains too!
Went to the beer tasting the Tran’s put on and ran into Michelle Toussaint with her 7 month old baby, Julia and husband. She was Dr. Bellino’s physician assistant. I hardly recognized her and she didn’t recognize me but saw Joseph and then realized who I was. I like a lot different since putting 25 pounds onto my 90 pound frame since the accident.
I really enjoyed watching the LA Lakers win the NBA championship and found the new First&Main St Grill my new sports bar hangout. Tell Chris, the bartender I sent you. Great bar food, Chimay on tap, and large screen TVs everywhere.
Went to Ellen Sussman’s house to hear a discussion from 2 literary agents on how to pitch. I have put that on the back burner since being involved in an intense Coaching program called Project Mojave. My coach, Clay Collins, is really kicking my ass and getting me to move on from just providing coaching services to developing information products. Stay tuned- I am working on my eBook and should be launching within the next month.
Looking forward to exploring the new Deseo Tequila Lounge in Redwood City. Italian owned with aged tequila flights. Should be interesting. Will it compare to Tres Agaves in San Francisco? We will see. Come join us on June 25 and let’s find out.

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