You know you are on vacation when

You watch Craig drink a really tiny beer with his lunch. And then, late afternoon, you go to a restaurant and just have the creme brulee, because it was so delicious the other night.I never tire of the birds of paradise.

I also got to spend a glorious hour in a bookstore that specializes in, among other genres, mysteries. We spent the afternoon snoozing and walking on the beach at Carlsbad. After rain this morning the weather was heavenly.