Taylor's Favorite Vacation Spot Is...

Last Sunday night, Taylor and I went to a Father/Daughter dance sponsored by the Brownies (which is really a clever capitalist conspiracy designed to sell Girl Scout cookies). Just to prove to all of us what inadequate fathers we are, some of the hosting moms decided to have a little pop quiz asking about 10 of our daughters' favorite likes and dislikes, such as 'favorite movies', or 'favorite foods' -- you get the idea.

One of the questions was ‘what is your favorite vacation spot?’ To refresh your memory, we had a pretty big travel year in 2004, including trips to Europe, Disneyland, San Diego, Tahoe, as well as Orcas Island. Over the years, we have also been to Hawaii a few times…so I guessed Hawaii, with Tahoe as my second guess.

Well, that was one of six questions I answered incorrectly – Taylor’s choice was Orcas! Now, naturally you saw that coming because this is a blog about Westwoods, but it made me think about when I was growing up and how Orcas was also my favorite vacation spot. Something about hunting for crabs under the rocks, skipping stones across the water, the freshness of the air, the way that all of the plates have decades of organic matter caked onto them…it is hard to capture everything that is special about the place.

Anyway, I have recently discovered blogging, and I thought it made sense to float this Westwoods blog as a virtual meeting place for the OBW diaspora. Share your stories, your thoughts, your bank account PIN numbers – whatever. Let’s see what happens….

Your move.