July 4th, SF Style

The Fourth of July, Northern California style:
Please not the requisite Uggs and heavy jacket for the July Fourth Beach experience. Even DP had to fashion a sort of "snuggie" out of a napkin:


Of course, the all American Tattoo is a must to show your spirit:

So we arrived early, hiked the hills and lunched, then settled in to people watch and play some dominoes:

Apparently, I was the only one who noticed the flying shark. As dusk falls, it's time to build and perfect the "wind proof sand pit" - a MUST for beach fireworks:




Without proper construction, you will be unable to light your fireworks without going through boxes of matches, two or three torch lighters and one blowtorch. Then, when finally lit, the damn thing will blow sideways. This lesson I have learned the hard way.

I submit the following firework to shock and appall your sense of taste:

Seriously??? Someone actually said, hey, wouldn't the tragic loss of 1500 lives in the Titanic disaster be an awesome theme for a firework??? It gets better:


Yes, those are victims of the Titanic disaster falling to their death from the ship that I have circled in the above photo. Seriously people???

DP was all disturbed by this heinous lack of tack on the part of the firework designers. He was ALL ready to light this thing up. Of course, I kept the outer covering of this firework so I could keep the artwork to shock and appall others for years to come.

While waiting for the approach of darkness, I spied a co worker of mine sitting on the beach (after she texted me to mock my rolled up jeans and dark sweater). She was all wrapped up in pink and miserable in the "cold". HA HA HA!!! She doesn't know what a "cold" 4th of July can be here! Check out the photo closely:

This "pretty cold in pink" woman ended up leaving before dark, and missed out on the illegal firework show. I bet that chic in the bathing suit stuck it out!

So we waited for dark and played some dominoes. SOME people cheated. I won't say who:

DP was getting all antsy waiting for the chance to light one off, so we let him sacrifice a small one to keep him happy:

Then the cops showed up:

So we waited for dark to light up the rest. Here I am with a large "roman candle" sparkler...much better than those wussy ones they sell to kids nowadays:

Of course, Titanic the Tacky Firework turned out to be a major disappointment:

But other ones were quite nice:

DP had to be reminded several times to back away from the flames:

But all in all, a good night was had by all: