As the crowds clear out & the Fourth of July becomes a hap­py but fad­ing mem­o­ry, there is time to sit still & reflect on the wan­ing days of sum­mer, and the rest of the year ahead. (I shot this a week ago at Fair­weath­er Park that over­looks the Mari­na, before the big rush kicked  Con­tin­ue Reading

Sat­ur­day’s Open House for San Juan Can­vas brought togeth­er the past & present own­ers to cel­e­brate Derek Steere & Lau­ren Cohen tak­ing over the sewing machines last month… the com­pa­ny was begun by Susan & Peter Riss­er in 1972, who passed it on to Patrick & Andra Pills­bury in 2006. Here’s more about San Juan Can­vas — friend­ly folks down there — drop in! ‑oo-