What’s Happening?

What’s happening this summer?

: We’ve got a garden!

: Serious movie watching

: Cavallo Point

NATO Call Signs

Gotta have this handy.

Washington DC

The Pierces are recovering from their trip last week to Washington DC. Actually, it was a trip to Maryland to see Robert’s parents. We had not seen them for two years, so it was time to go. Coincidentally, the Michael Pierce family was out there too, so it was a sort of reunion. We didn’t get out much because of the heat and the all-consuming activities at the Riderwood senior living compound. Robert gorged himself on steak frites and ice cream sandwiches at the new “French bistro” at Riderwood. As to sights, we did walk on the mall and see a Nationals baseball game. The waterfront area near the stadium in the SW part of DC is very cool (a la dogpatch) by the way. Very exciting when the Nationals came back from a nine run deficit to beat the Marlins, including a grand slam. Happy 84th birthday to Tata!

Here’s the photos . . .

Sometimes Behaves So Strangely

Robert really likes this. He first heard of it many years ago. Of course, he no longer listens to pop music, which this would prove to be so artless.

http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/pages.php?i=212

Here she is on the radio. Fun stuffl. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/91513-behaves-so-strangely/

Truffaut

The list of children’s entertainment is pretty short at the Pierce house. Last night the kids “got” to watch The 400 Blows. One of Robert’s favorites. The movie chronicles the boyhood of Doniel, who, after repeated mistreatment (i.e., “blows”) by his parents, teachers, and society, ends up quasi-delinquent. It’s a masterpiece, of course.

Anyway, thing is, when you see the movie before having kids yourself, the parents are basically monsters. When you see it after having kids yourself, the parents appear to be, uhh, parents.

Terra Linda Invitational

Congratulations to Jacob Bobrow, winner of the 2018 Terra Linda 12U Tennis Invitational, which took place this morning. Jacob won all three of his matches to take the title. Thanks to all the other participates for some hard fought tennis in the summer heat!

World Cup

About time to start paying attention to the World Cup. Robert just figured out that the US is not in it this time. They had a very disappointing set of games at the qualifiers. Here’s an interesting video about US men’s soccer needing help.