Fairyland. I got a surprise call from Regina who was coming to pick up Collette with her daughter, Maya -- the surprise was that they left at 3 a.m. and were already in town by 10:30 a.m. Collette and I were already on our way to Fairyland near Lake Merritt in Oakland, so we made a quick plan to meet them there.


Collette and Maya had a marvelous time in Fairyland which is a little girl's dream place. Even though I could see the faded murals and sometimes broken storyboxes, there was still an air of magic for those who had eyes to see it, and what little girl doesn't see magic?

They played hard until they got hungry, and then we got into the traffic to go back to Marin for some lunch...