Santa Cruz and Seabright Beach

The day after I flew into San Francisco, Emily, one of my best friends, and I drove down to Santa Cruz.  We left Marin in the morning after going out to breakfast in San Anselmo.  In Santa Cruz, we stayed on the beach in a room overlooking the ebbing tide, and walked along the water into Seabright for dinner.  We crossed over the railroad tracks that bridge the land on both sides of the water.

Friday Rituals: California

When I went to California this month for vacation, I stayed with one of my best friends, in a light filled room isolated on one end of her parents' house.  As her parents left for work, they turned on the fountain on the patio.  So every morning, I woke up to the soothing sound of trickling water.