It was time to bust out of the city.  An afternoon drive into the mountains and desert was just what the doctor ordered.  So was a slice of Julian Pie Company Dutch apple pie (déjà vu).

It had been a tiresome week filled with mundane things like completing my tax returns and scribbling out checks for silly amounts to both the state and the Feds; scribbling out two more checks for my vehicle registration renewals; and battling a stubborn external computer hard drive that was acting up.  I needed to step away from the bureaucracy for a few hours. Continue reading “Dessert and Desert Delights”