Independence day, 2008

*Caution! Contains images of food.*

Ahh, a holiday from work.

There's a local Independence Day parade that takes place every year in the city in which I live. My city was formed when it joined five, separate townships, one of which was once where Charlie Chaplin briefly lived. The parade's route did not take place in that former town.

Here are a few images from the parade:









I  actually didn't attend the parade this time because I wasn't feeling up to it. I prepared lunch instead. There's my new angel hair pasta with fresh tomatoes and chopped clams, along with homemade garlic bread. I felt up to making a tart tartin for dessert.



In the afternoon, a little landscaping work, a little Wimbledon tennis on the telly, a little nappy.

Then dinner at a new restaurant we hadn't visited before, A La Shanghai. A little, family-style, minimally-decorated place with food that's not too greasy or overpriced, unlike its neighbor, Food Talk Cafe. The steamed dumplings were much better here.



Followed by fireworks at San Jose's America Festival. My super-slow camera managed a few good images. The ones my camera missed included the fireworks that looked like a cube (!) and a smiley face (!!), which had red eyes and a green smile.


That is all.

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