Robby, the twin that hung around in the womb a full twenty minutes longer than Miles is urging me to go to breakfast at the bottom of the hill. It is 9am and it is already very hot here in Malibu.
The dog is sprawled on his bed in the sun.
Miles is on set somewhere nearby.
Last night Armand popped in and we took Robby’s car and had dinner at Dukes. Dukes, the restaurant of little culinary interest at the bottom of the hill. Why? Mainly because I found one of the waiters attractive. I met him in Starbucks last week and he told me that he would ‘hook us up’. I didn’t eat anything because the food looked so rancid. They had burgers and Caesar Salad and calamari and beer.
We were not hooked up.
Yesterday afternoon, after my long walk with Miles down Rambla Pacifico, my Australian friend Daniel turned up with a bottle of white wine. I poured him a glass and looked at it longingly. Crisp white wine on a warm Californian afternoon.
We have many friends in common in Sydney and it was so nice to hear all the news. I am sure if I just looked on Facebook I could have found out for myself but it was lovely listening to him tell me all about everything and everybody…the weather and the burgeoning Australian economy. The drought has ended, the reservoirs are full.
We headed into Malibu where we ate lunch at the Deli. The once very fat man who runs the Deli has lost 130lbs just by NOT eating white bread. He looks so much happier.
After lunch, as we were wandering around the absurdly priced shopping Mall, a beautiful man with a bleeding dog begged me to tell him where the vet was. His beautiful labrador had been bitten in her face by a Rattle Snake. My worst nightmare.
I pointed him in the right direction.
He had been sucking the poison out of her face. I hope she survived.
Armand stayed long after I went to bed. Teaching Robby how to use his synthesiser.
This morning I squeezed fresh grapefruit from my tree. Ruby red. Delicious.
