The wonderful secret about the northern California coast is that sometimes the best weather is in the fall.

Please excuse the quality of the camera-phone photos … but I think they capture the gorgeousness of this day.



Pillar Point Harbor





I walked to the beach at Mavericks.




Then I walked the mandala on my way back to the car.




Half Moon Bay looked especially green today.


I had salmon and chips for lunch, then I wandered down Main Street, battling the impulse to buy several unnecessary-but-cute items. I did succumb to the lure of pumpkin mousse cake.

Now back in my room relaxing. I brought a skirt to wear to Not Your Mother’s Book Club this evening … but I wonder if I could get away with jeans? A skirt says, “It’s not every day I am invited to appear on a panel of five YA authors at a premier West Coast independent bookstore. I will acknowledge this honor by dressing up a little.” But jeans say, “We’re comfortable and cute. She writes for teens, not insurance adjusters!”