I’m off to Los Angeles tomorrow to see my 98 year-old grandmother and my
oldest sister who lives nearby with her family in Santa Monica. On
Monday I will pick Brittany Griffith up at the airport in LA and drive
up to Ventura, where the Patagonia headquarters is located. It will be
fun to see old friends and reconnect with various people I work with.
Owen is scheduled to join the on-sight daycare for a couple of days
while I meet with people in marketing, apparel design, photo/web-site
department, and catalog editors. At the end of the day, I look forward
to hanging out and smelling the sweet ocean breeze at my
friend/college’s house in Santa Barbara. We may even end up climbing
upside-down on Rob’s climbing wall!

I will be in touch when I get back from California next Thursday!
Cheers!