The regatta

Left Chicago without a hitch. Met a slightly eccentric bird woman at the airport. She had rescued this bird from a pet shop which had treated it cruelly and now they live together. They are pals. This was the bird's first long flight, if you'll excuse the pun.

Aliza was there to greet us at LAX carrying a little welcome basket of mini bottles of Pellegrino. She spirited us off to the yacht club where Tessa and Lucca were in a regatta. It was amazing to watch these tiny children race in the bright sun with the wind buffeting the waves up to white peaks. Joe arrived to help them pull the boat out of the water and clean up.