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...Continued from yesterday:
Labor Day weekend was unusually - and excruciatingly - hot in Los Angeles. The South Bay area where my daughter's family lives is typically so cool that most older homes, and even some newer ones, were built without air conditioning. But even in the South Bay the temperature would reach 97 degrees before the weekend was over.
That high was destined to be hit on Sunday, September 4, but not until the afternoon. And though Sunday morning was already plenty warm we decided to venture out anyway to eat at a nearby brunchery called Urth Caffé.

The place was cute as anything,

...and crowded as anything,

...most likely because the food there is awesome as anything, and the baked goods on display were works of edible art.

The outdoor section of the restaurant was a pet-friendly place, so since we'd brought Pinky with us that's where we sat.

My daughter and I had a delicious veggie omelette,

...and my daughter had a quite lovely cup of coffee,

...while the girls dug into the turkey bacon.

I resisted the pastries this time, but I promised myself that someday I would return to Urth Caffé and snag myself one.
After breakfast we went to The Comic Bug, a local comic shop with thousands of selections for comic book lovers of all ages.

By late afternoon when the heat was feeling demonic, it seemed only right to invite some
friends - especially those without air conditioning - to come over and cool off in the pool. And so the girls invited some of their friends,

...and then their parents invited some of their friends,

...people brought food (and their poochie),

...and I schlepped together a couple more pizzas,

..and, voilà, instant pool party.

As the day journeyed on into evening more folks came by,

...and the pool party turned into a sleep-over with a houseful of little girls spending the night.
The following morning after breakfast,

...it was back into the pool, with more friends coming over to beat the heat.

...and enjoy the day.

That was the last day of my travels, which began on August 18 with our trip to St. Louis, from where I continued - after a brief necessary stop at home in Columbus - on to Chicago, and ended with this visit to Los Angeles.
And so very early the next morning, Monday, September 6, after saying my good-byes, I Ubered back to the L.A. airport,