The Cute Little Red-Haired Girlfriend and I went to Laguna Beach for a few days. Not the Virtual Laguna Beach, which seems to quite hot with the young'uns, but the actual Laguna Beach. It's startlingly gorgeous, and remains so, despite being a tourist attraction.

We stayed at a secluded inn, and on our first night there, went to dinner at a restaurant recommended by several travel websites. I didn't know when I chose it that, in addition to being a very fine restaurant, it also happened to be a very friendly gay bar. We found this out while the girlfriend and I were driving by, looking for a place to park. Seeing two men standing in front of the building, the girlfriend leaned out the car window to ask, "Where should we park?" Before the words were out of her mouth, one of the men walked towards her crying out, "You're gorgeous!" and embraced her in a boozy hug. Seconds later, the other man ran out into the street screaming, "LESBIANS!" and began nuzzling the girlfriend like a puppy. I've decided this is how I would prefer to be greeted in public from now on.

While we were in Laguna, we attended an exhibit of work by Tim Biskup and Gary Baseman called "Pervasions" at the Laguna Beach Museum. I like both artists, and was pleased to be able to see their work away from the hubub fo L.A. I took a picture of my favorite piece from the show, a work by Biskup called The Demon Painter.