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One of the things I especially love about San Diego is all of the neon signage, particularly the signs introducing the various neighborhoods. I managed to photograph two of them tonight, and also took some other shots around Hillcrest, my old home.

 

 

 

When I used to live in San Diego one of my favorite things to do was to go on night walks. There’s something especially calming about San Diego at night, particularly while meandering through residential streets. You can hear crickets, smell night blooming flowers- and if you are me- gaze into people’s homes in a voyeuristic fashion. I like houses- I like them for their iconic beauty, for the lives I can imagine happening inside- for me, a home seems like such an unattainable dream- a place of refuge and also suspicion.

Our time in the desert would not have been complete without another pool photo shoot. While taking these, Julie and I discovered that I don’t float well, and that I also like taking others down to the bottom of the pool with me. We also discovered that floating for long periods of time can make you dizzy! Behold our synchronized swimming beauty:

We drove back to Orange, CA from Desert Hot Springs, and this is the only photo I managed to get of those elusive windmills:

After arriving at Julie and Scott’s house, I got to hang with Gibson, the cat:

I snapped some photos of Julie and Scott while we waited to get dinner:

And now I’m back in San Diego for another 4 days of adventure and hanging out with friends. I’m trying to fill up on as much friend time as possible before I venture out alone into the wilds of Florida.

Tonight Julie and I drove to Pioneertown, CA for dinner at Pappy and Harriet’s. We came here last spring and wanted to come back and gorge ourselves on meat. Then we drove back to our rental as the sun was setting, and I snapped photos from the car. I love the desert so much- the colors, the emptiness and expanse, the quietness- I feel at home here in so many ways. Everything looks like something out of a movie- the signs all boast “Oasis” and “Paradise,” and the wind dramatically whips the non-native palm trees around. I feel sun satiated and happy.

 

 

Today I drove from San Diego to Orange county to pick up my best friend from high school, Julie. We are planning on spending 4 days having a friend retreat in the desert.