A Tiny Step and A Giant Leap

I've always thought that June is such an exciting month.

Between graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, Father's Day, beach trips, bonfires, market nights, volleyball games,... it's a busy, busy month. It's kind of like an explosion into summer.

This year is no exception.

 While I've only actually attended a couple of graduation ceremonies thus far, there's actually a whole slew of young folks graduating from both high school and college - young folks I watched growing up. Young folks I used to babysit when I was a teenager myself (this, dear reader, is me having a little "Oh, I feel so old!" pity party. Meh).

Anyhow, Sarah is one such. While I didn't babysit her and I never bounced her on my knee as a baby, I have watcher her grow from a nervous 13 year-old, attending the Riverside Youth Conference for the very first time, into this cool, collected, confident young lady you see today.

It's awesome to see how God has been working in her life, and I can't wait to see what He has in store for her future.

Congratulations Sarah! 

P.S. The "tiny step"... mine. For managing to post for the first time in moooonnnths. Ack!

4th & Main

A little secret: I have a favorite street. Actually, it's a bit more like a block. Located in the Old Bank district between Spring and Main, is a little stretch of 4th Street that looks like someone lifted a street out of New York and plopped it down right smack dab in the middle of Downtown L.A.

It's all full of galleries and Art Deco buildings, little bistros, and hundred-year-old offices and hotels that have been converted into apartments. During Christmas, the city hangs swaths of icy blue lights down the whole street. Every once in a while, traffic will be blocked off because they're shooting an episode of CSI New York or something similar there - which is amusing as it involves things like Gary "Lt. Dan" Sinise and "authentic" NYC police cruisers.

A couple of weeks ago, I met two lovely old friends for dinner at one of my favorite spots anywhere: Pete's Cafe & Bar on 6th & Main (Home of the best grilled cheese I've ever eaten). I showed up a few minutes early and took the time to snap a few shots (and, alas, to discover the demise of Lost Souls - the secret coffee shop that is no more).












Sherry, Me, & Becky :)