Reflexions Itinerant: August 2003 Archives

I stepped out into brilliant sunshine this morning - surprisingly warm given the early hour - yet it's heat was tempered by a strong, chilly breeze; a perfect contrast making for a perfect balance. It was an instant mood lifter, reminding me all-at-once of an evening spent by the Skybar at the Mondrian, Los Angeles, following a great meal at Asia de Cuba; of the disarmingly cold winds that sweep the tops of even the sunniest tropical moutains; of Sausolito and Marin, my unlikely birthplace, awash with the onshore breezes of the Pacific.

For a moment, I was on some grand holiday all over again.
Course, my freezer is full of fruit now (of the plant kind, I'm not stockpiling gay men's body parts) - nice suggestions people - who'd want to be anywhere else?  Ha.

EDIT: The heading text is in Russian (UTF-8 encoded); all OS X browsers should display it correctly, as should IE Win XP and 2000, but if your browser is culturally inept and doesn't support it, it'll probably come up looking like Klingon. If that is the case, I'd love to know about it.