Sometimes, when you need European Vacation, nothing else will do

The last post was a little negative, so in the interest of balance, I'm going to post something good about California now.

As I write this, I am sitting on a boat in San Diego Harbor, waiting for the sun to set. I came here by way of the Pacific Coast Highway. Driving that road from Long Beach to San Diego in a car with the top down is like experiencing California's Greatest Hits.

Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery, beautiful people... It's no wonder that a large portion of the nation's artists come from here.Everything is so mindblowingly georgeous that I'm forced to quote the Great Clark W. Griswold Jr.:

It's so beautiful, I feel so...

I feel my juices are just... It makes me so...

I want to write. I want to paint.

I want to sculpt something massive.

I've got a creative urge to...

I wonder if there's a men's room around here?