The Magic of Pinecrest

 So fortunately our Village government heeded the strong word of the citizenry, and for now, tabled the controversial bike path project -- at least for the coming fiscal year. I'm guessing maybe 5% of us favored raising our taxes to kill 30 year old trees for a stupid strip of asphalt that few would use, and at the packed Council meeting, that was made clear.

And Pinecrest remains a magical place, especially for the Ds. D2 told us Jonathan was going to Mexico for a few nights for business, and I invited her and the enormous Betsy to stay with us. She equivocated, and then agreed -- she DID need an oil change, and knew I would take her and pay for it. The running joke is that all business here are magical -- even our local Target -- since everything is free for Ds and their kids and dogs...

So D2 told us she was waiting for traffic to subside, and would be over last night around 730. I knew she would be hungry, and asked Wifey to be the one to order -- I had a large breakfast and some leftover pizza and wasn't hungry. Wifey agreed, but on account of a critical phone call, sort of failed in her duty, so I got her and D2 some Carrot Express that arrived just before D2 did.

This am, I brought D2 to the gym with me, and we did my routine together, with Jonathan 2.0, as I call my trainer. It was lovely, and afterwards dropped off her Jeep for the needed oil change. While the car was at Tire Kingdom, we went to Crema for breakfast.

Funny -- old timers bemoan the loss of Wagon's West, the long time greasy spoon that closed because of rising rents in Sunniland, but the truth is, Crema is far better -- and the staff isn't cranky and nasty like Walter was. So I say, some change is good!

After our eggs, the place hadn't called, so I got a pedi while D2 walked the strip center, and then we fetched her SUV -- all with new oil and rotated tires.

Wifey headed out to her pilates, and around 230 I suggested D2 and I head to Brewing Buddha for some coffee. We saw that they took over the old Sakura space next door, with plans to open a wine bar. It will have local music, too.

Since we're celebrating a rare homecoming, I decided we would go to dinner tonight, as opposed to our usual UberEats, and we're headed to Platea for some steak and ceviche. Apparently Thursday they have live music, so it ought to be a nice evening.

We LOVE having our girl home, even though she lives less than 20 miles away. Jonathan is back tomorrow evening, and she will return to the Shores.

But for now, the magic of Pinecrest keeps her in her hometown...