- PICT0008 003
Tower sans Bryan. - PICT0010 004
They stopped under a tree by the Botanical building. (the view) - PICT0011 003
More view, and knees. - PICT0012 003
Knee and botanical building. - PICT0013 003
More view. (it was so peaceful until the children came--the herds of squealing children) - PICT0014 003
Bryan under the tree. [not pictured: the extensive walking around the park, the museum of photography--free admission tuesdays!] - PICT0015 003
After a nap, they wait in the hotel lobby for Paul, a friend of Bryan's, to pick them up and sweep them away. - PICT0016 003
Still waiting. - PICT0017 004
They go to Coronado Island (specifically: the Hotel del). - PICT0018 003
"Hotel del" - PICT0020 002
Sand! - PICT0021 003
A swanky gift shop inside the hotel, offering bathrobes just like Marilyn wore! - PICT0022 002
Bryan looking like old money in the lobby. - PICT0023 003
Blue blood just coursing through his veins. - PICT0024 002
Dinner: paella at a Spanish restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter. - PICT0025 003
Bryan and Paul, on the street (and in front of the chocolate shop...) - fire drill group 2
A mandatory fire drill gave Leslie the opportunity to capture some large group shots. - fire drill group
fire drill group - jenn in the woods
Leslie and Jenn went out for a short hike in the woods. - leslie swings
Leslie found a swing. - leyla christiaan
Leyla and Christiaan kick it on the "prayer island," actually a platform in the middle of a swamp. Peaceful. - setting
On 10/11, Leslie headed to the Santa Cruz mountains for the TFA October retreat. A day of workshops, bonding with old acquaintances, a free massage, and mutual bitching about how freakin hard this is. The setting: a Bahai retreat in a redwood forest. - sunset 1
The sun sets. - sunset 2
sunset 2 - IMG 4354
The Littlest Christmas Tree - IMG 4357
getting decorated - IMG 4359
Bryan ponders. - IMG 4360
The most dejected Christmas-tree-decorating ever - IMG 4362
Our $5 lamp gives out, and Leslie (indicative of her week) smashes it to death. - IMG 4363
Bryan and Johanna unload the car.