Shaelin in Milwaukee

I arrived in Milwaukee on Saturday.


Mom, Shaelin and I went to the playground.



On Sunday, Brian, Mike, Shaelin and I went to the Brewers game. First, we tailgated with some friends.


The Brewers won.

A Documentary

As many of you know, I covered the story of Stanley Tookie Williams from 1998 until his execution in December 2005. His co-author and friend has finished a new documentary about Williams' death. I attended a screening here in SF on Sunday. If you're interested, check out her Web site here

Lake Oroville

Lake Oroville is about 50 miles north of Sacramento and it's huge! We rented a boat on Saturday.



"Captain" Bob


Beth's mom and dad




Kim and Beth

Father's Day

I spent Father's Day weekend with someone else's father ... and mother and sister, for that matter. Beth's mom and dad remind me A LOT of my own parents.

Golden Gate Park

Every morning, Gin and I step out our front door, cross the street and go for a stroll in one of the most beautiful parts of Golden Gate Park, the Fuchsia Dell. There are huge trees, trails and, of course, lots of fuchsia.

John Grisham

The other night I had a dream about John Grisham. We were introduced, I shook his hand and proclaimed that I had never been interested in his books because he was too popular. But, recently, I had read my first one and I'm now hooked. "You're not a bad writer," I said. "That's so nice of you to say," he replied.

These books are like crack. Not that I've smoked crack. You know what I mean.

Glorious Weekend!

Seeking maximum sun exposure, Georgia, Beth and I headed up to Tiburon yesterday and had lunch at the very hip Sam's Cafe. The clientele convinced us that we'd taken a wrong turn and somehow ended up in the Marina, but the bottle blonde bikini bimbettes and their - um - boyfriends made for great people watching.