Big news here! No, I didn't find a job yet, but there IS a wildfire alarmingly close to our home! The Morris Wildfire is blazing in the Angeles National Forrest... We can see it (and smell it) from our apartment. Because of all of the smoke (and there is a lot), the Air Quality Management District has issued an air warning- you aren't supposed to go outside if you can avoid it. This has foiled our plans for the pool today. It's extremely hot outside today (right now it's 103), and the pool sure sounded nice. Guess we'll save our lungs, though.

In other exciting (but less life-threatening) news, we went to Los Angeles yesterday! We spent the afternoon on Santa Monica Beach and Pier, then we went into town for a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. We had planned to go see the hand and foot prints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, but due to some traffic frustrations, we (okay, I) gave up on that idea. Being in LA meant we got to have not one but TWO picnics (lunch and dinner). We also saw the red carpet for the premier to All About Steve, but it was pretty early so no celebrities were actually arriving.

Here are some photos of our day. The full set is on Facebook.