"Oh, no! The plants are all gone!"

- My daughter, walking around the deck yesterday morning

This will be my last Los Angeles Pubski for... many months. Despite douchebags in VWs, it's melancholy; the last houseplant has been dispersed and the fish have a new home. At the same time, our neighborhood up in Seattle has a legit aquarium co-op (warning - Youtube autoplay) and my father-in-law has a greenhouse full of prize-winning orchids so I'm sure I'll get over it quickly.

A thankful father gave my wife a nice bottle of champagne as thanks for a birth well done; he's a wine merchant so it was a pretty cool gesture. We've been holding onto it to crack open and drink when we have a signed lease for the birth center. That was NINE MONTHS AGO.

But I should maybe get it chilling.

SO: West Coast Hubski Peeps:

DAY 1 looks like San Luis Obispo, because apparently their children's museum is pretty dope and because we're getting a late start.

DAY 2 is the Monterey Bay Aquarium because it's the first place I ever went where I decided it'd be more fun with a kid.

After that... well, gimme places you think I should bring a 2 year old between San Francisco and Portland.

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NROL-55 is going up tomorrow morning at 6am. Buddy and I are probably going up. 'cuz you know what? it's a solid booster and it's launching into dawn.