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April 29, 2005
The Trout Parade

Today I ran over to San Luis to drop off a couple resumes and enjoy some time away from the old homestead. After dealing with the job hunting part of my day, I stopped by California Blonde to talk to Joy about my consignment items, but she wasn't in, so I had to leave a message. I'll have to call her some time next week. I took a look around, and didn't see any of my stuff, so I'm not sure if she's sold it, or keeping it in back. Hopefully some stuff has sold; God knows I could use the extra cash!

I had lunch at Mission Grill, which in retrospect was probably not a good idea, but I just wanted to relive my glory days, I guess. I had my usual chicken Caesar salad and a glass of Pinot Grigio, which again was probably not the wisest choice, but it was delicious!

After lunch I wandered around downtown searching for and photographing some of the steelhead trout statues that are displayed around town. The Trout About Downtown is a fundraising project for the Prado Day Center, which is a place where homeless people can go during the day to get a meal, take a shower, do laundry, and many other things the rest of us take for granted. At the end of the summer, the trout statues will be auctioned off, and the proceeds will go to the day center.


A little local news flash: just days after the trout were put on display, two of the statues were stolen. Police found one of the trout right away, and soon after that the second fish was returned anonymously with an apology note and a check for $100.00 for the Prado Day Center. All's well that ends well, I guess!

Here's a few of the trout I managed to find.
















I'm hoping to spend the summer getting pictures of all 25 trout, including, hopefully the ones that were stolen and recovered, if they are displayed again.


for what it's worth,
lmj (alias hez)