暖冬cool夏
這裏一年四季溫暖如春，沒有酷暑沒有嚴寒......
晚飯後，天色尚早。我們進了一家華人超市買菜，還買到了新鮮的茭白，$9.99一磅。第一次看到有賣新鮮茭白的。(周日做了茭白炒肉絲 味道鮮美，父女倆都很愛吃。) 買了一車菜，這才打道回府。
It’s been more than three weeks since J is home. As she was struggling with her work in the daytime and busy preparing for her interviews at night, life was strenuous. Even I couldn’t sleep well:)) The good news finally came when she got two verbal offers last week right after the interviews. A relaxed weekend is long overdue.
When I woke up Saturday morning (10/23), the sky was gloomy from the nightly rain. But this wouldn’t change our plan, and by 10:30 we were heading to LA, Malibu beaches in particular. It still drizzled on and off on the way, but as we approached the destination, the sky cleared up and the sun came out. The sun is the best artist, people say, as soon it filtered out the gray color and brightened the sky with azure blue, patching it with white clouds.
At J’s guide, we meandered up the tortuous roads towards Malibu Point Dume. As we zigzagged deeper into this narrow road with no parking allowed by the roadside, more secluded and luxurious million-dollar houses were seen amid the sheltering trees and bushes. Then a sudden opening view of a sea front wowed us. Unfortunately the only roadside that allows parking was packed, and he had to wait by the side for any car to leave. But within the next 20-30 minutes while J and I strolled along the cliff, no car ever left. Having seen so many a time the beaches and views, maybe he liked better staying in the car playing with his cell phone:)). Overlooking the wide stretch of the sea, the vista point provides a bird’s view of wider and more tranquil sea. What impressed me most was however the waves -- they were like beautifully embroidered white laces, rolling out like a massive triangle sheet and shrinking quickly as the waves lashed on.
Afterwards, we drove further north, stopping at El Matador State Beach. None of the visitors wore masks, and neither did we.
J said that she missed California food a lot, and among them is taco. So after many right turns and left ones, we found a taco restaurant in an alley, ordered the food and drove on to our next stop--Runyon Canyon Trail. But parking was so fully packed in front of a steep up-slope entrance that we have to give up hiking this time. It was only 4ish, and we decided instead to go to a Michelin- recommended dim sum place to have early dinner. We were lucky as we later found out that the restaurant actually closes at 7pm.
On the way back, J connected her pop songs in her cell phone to the car radio. It was the first time I heard the songs, so new, so sensational and so different, they were like fresh air breathing into my ears. For sure, she brings us a new life, but lurks seemingly at every corner is the generation gap.
補讀了你寫的菲律賓同事的故事，一個普通人，卻有著讓人敬佩的對生活之重坦然承擔的力量！
祝賀暖女兒找到心儀的工作~~~多麽溫馨美好的團聚，暖冬好好享受吧！：）
一家出行，溫馨圓滿。 單反的“色彩應該是最真實的”， 新式的手機相機的芯片肯定帶有更先進的處理軟件。就像現在的一些 PASS， 人臉都能象雞蛋殼似的。 ：）
馬裏布海灘就是要漂亮一點點，當然還是比不過從Hearst Castle看大海的那種遼闊深遠。
雖然心年輕，但是各方麵還是漸漸走向衰老，不可抗拒的。加上這裏氣候太幹，陽光太強烈，也是"催"老的:)
下個月開始就有長節日了，小小的女兒也應該快回來了。不過你們剛剛一起遊過東部的:) 謝謝小小臨帖，新周好!
一家人在一起外出遊玩其樂融融，好溫馨美好，幸福的一家子！
暖冬要把那個“老”字去掉，看過暖冬的pp，離“老”還很遙遠，哈哈！
好好享受與女兒在一起的美好時光：））
妹妹的文中處處散發著溫暖又輕鬆的感覺。女兒好貼心，回來陪伴你們這麽久，太羨慕了。
好羨慕在加州的，片片震撼，巨石，小鳥，太有意境了。老宅女，老宅男，暖冬，你笑死我了，哪有這樣稱呼自己的，人家快70的都覺得自己還是年輕人呢，哈哈哈。女兒好棒，請客你們，我家的上班後還沒請過呢。：）祝你們全家團圓，旅遊開心！
你還真猜對了，1-2和最後一張是單反，有日期的是紅米，其他色彩特別好的是蘋果。
你們那裏快六點了，豬肚軟了吧，祝你們有個暖心暖胃的秋夜!