We sent Ethan off for his first day of middle school today. He's going to Manhattan Beach Middle School, which is about a mile from home.

Maybe a little out of focus (aren't we all), but I wanted to show that Beth Szymanski came to visit us in LA. It turns out that LA draws a lot of visitors! We went to the Getty, in spite of Ethan's protests that he'd 'been there before.'

Hotel Green-Ward hosted an excellent visit from the Parkers, including trips to Dodger Stadium, Universal City, Venice and Manhattan beach. Here they all are lined up for departure.

Falcon-1 Flight 003 launch, and the place to be was the command van, where data streamed through from Kwaj. Here's propulsion expert Tom Muller studying the screens.