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We hiked 11+ miles, which was further than I had anticipated. We reached a bluff overlooking the ocean at the half way point, and Claire spotted a whale. We watched it breaching, spouting and tail slapping for a few minutes until it disappeared from our view. It started raining a little -- the first rain I've experienced in California since May -- although it was not predicted until late tonight. I was wearing a flannel shirt and Claire had on a light puffy coat. In other words we were not prepared for rain in any way. It continued and intensified for the entire trip back. We arrived back at the hotel soaked to the skin from head to toe. The first half was excellent. The second half wasn't.

I hope you're paying island style Santa! Cheers! :Dan:

Have a great birthday Steve! Cheers! :Dan:

Beautiful dinner and congrat on 21 years together!

Chicago CanJam is correct, although I had no idea your priest was in the jazz combo that played there. Red Vodka may have wiped that information if it was mentioned back then... Anyway, congrat Mr. and Mrs. Mack Daddy Doc!

Hatch peppers have an oddly wide range of heat apparently. These were quite mild because I ate a chunk raw to check them out. I ended up with three large hatch and three large jalapeño even though I started with two each. The flavor is very good and I'm hoping it will only be better tomorrow after sitting overnight.

I used hatch and jalapeño peppers for the chili verde, which made it very smooth and not as spicy as with pasilla peppers. I learned this by making a burrito for testing purposes.

In real life the fart noise was less obvious than the phone mic picked up. ?

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Canadian calendars are funny.

Technically, that was the first day of Autumn. ?

I hope you have vespers and guns and everything fun on your big day. Have a great one however you celebrate down in Alligator Alley these days, Jim! Cheers!

So funny! I bought all of the ingredients for your chili verde recipe earlier today because Claire got some tomatillos on Friday. Making it tomorrow or Tuesday but wishing I could eat it right now!

Did they blenderize it for you?

Good to know...

Happy birthday Sir Stretch of Castillo Borracho! Celebratory drinks soon... Cheers!

Amazing!

Lunch. Home grown tomatoes, Claire's kale pesto and mozzarella. Wished I had Mikey bread but had to make do with Josie Baker.

Good to hear from you Chris. Crazy busy sounds right, but hopefully in a good way. Hang in there.

In! Been meaning to do this for awhile. Good on you Nate!

Hi Lloyd, how are you and the family doing? RIP Sen. McCain.

We had floating islands at The Progress last night. But no cupcakes. Or cookies. Or pizza. And Dusty...no, it won't.

Impressive menu and execution.

All of them, obviously.

Belated birthday greetings Ian!