Breakfast of Champions

A slice of apple pie with a slice of cheddar cheese sits atop of a diner plate. Next to it is a cup of coffee in a blue Black Dog mug. Sunlight streams across the table from the left giving a warm glow.

🎶 Pass the cranberry sauce, we’re having mashed potatoes Ooh, the turkey looks great Thank you for loving me Thank you for being there Thank you for loving me Everyone’s thankin' The whole world’s thankin' you Thankin' us for thankin' you Kill the turkey! 🎶

It’s not Halloween unless “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” is playing. #halloween

The black and white cover of Bauhaus’ “The Bela Session” EP

Autumn Days

Good grief! Peanuts is 75 years old today. And it’s the start of Great Pumpkin season.

Linus stands by a large pumpkin in a pumpkin patch. He’s leaning in the pumpkin with a dreamy look on his face, holding a sign that reads “Welcome Great Pumpkin”

I’m ready. #rapture #blondie

Lock screen widget showing “Rapture” by Blondie playing.

Attention coffee lovers: this is yum! #coffee

A soda bottle stands on the arm of a red Adirondack chair with a teal table and another blue Adirondack chair in the background. The bottle has a dark liquid in it with a gold label with black text that reads “Delicious. Manhattan Special. Espresso premium coffee soda”

Drowsy Whaler’s version of the viral Fluffy Seagull latte - peanut butter syrup and Fluff lining the cup. Delish!

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🎉🎵Can’t wait

Summer days (photo by my lovely wife Shannon)

An orange can of La Croix orange seltzer sits on a table on a deck. Beads of condensation cover the can, giving it a cool enticing vibe.

Late breakfast down by the Seawall

This fuckin guy knocked over my coffee like a bowling pin with his tail. Had to go beg for a refill.

A black lab lying in the sand looks up innocentlyA line of picnic tables with colorful umbrellas on a sandy beach area. A Seawall and ocean with blue skies are in the background. An empty cup of cold brew. A logo featuring a bearded sailor man with a harpoon and “Drowsy Whaler” “Coffee and grog”

Truth

A weather report screenshot from Carrot Weather. There is a partly cloudy icon and text indication of temperature of 90° - Feels 105°. Text under this reads “Holy fucking shit, it’s hot!”

Happy Solstice! I know technically it was last night around 10 PM, but whatever. #solstice

A graphic depicting the path of the sun through the sky. 5:21 am sunrise, 8:30 pm sunset. 17 hrs 43 mins total daylight. 4:03 am to 9:47 pm first to last light.

Mood

A Lock Screenshot with two items displaying. One shows the current playing song: “Texas Sun” by Khruangbin & Leon Bridges. The second one is an Extreme Heat watch alert. A Starbucks strawberry açaí with peach juice sits on the armrest of a chair. A black Labrador retriever sits looking longingly at it.

Summer Skies drink with no pearls and vanilla cold foam looks like gummy sharks

A Starbucks drink held up in a car looking out the window. The drink is blue with a white top, making it look like a gummy shark

Elevenses

RIP Sly Stone

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Happy May The Fourth to those who celebrate! It’s my birthday as well and we celebrated with a Blue Milk Espresso, as one does. And a fun little walk at the sea wall.

#coffee #maythefourth #dogs #labradors #beaches

A blue milk iced espresso in a clear plastic take-out glass. The espressso sits on top of the blue milk. There is a “Drowsy Whaler” sticker on the glass and a tip jar to the right. The blue milk espresso sits on a picnic table with a slice of lemon pound cake to its right. A grey wooden picket fence is in the background and behind that is the sea wall and the sound. A woman with reddish hair and a purple cardigan sits at a picnic table on sandy ground drinking a latte. A black lab in front of her looks expectantly at the camera. In the background is a grey picket fence and behind that is the sea wall. A black lab sits in front of a seated man wearing reddish shorts and holding a pup cup. The dog is ready to dive in. The same black lab sits after finishing the pup cup. His mouth is slightly open and there is whipped cream all over it. A weathered gray pole stands in front of the sea wall. There are a number of weathered gray arrow signs on it pointing in different directions. They read “Long Beach” “short beach” “sea wall” “point to point” “pleasure beach” and “surfside hotel”

The LA Philharmonic at Coachella was surprisingly good. A mix of classical, movie scores and guest artists. And who would have thought that LA Phil with LL Cool J would be the highlight of my evening? Rock the bells.