Charlie

Fresh&Easy was the one I was thinking of, too. I shopped there a number of times when they came to Palm Springs, because they has some things that I remembered I used to buy when I lived in London.

He has only been on RM for one week, already has one review and a busy (and somewhat odd) travel schedule that looks like he travels for some other kind of business. Va. Beach is an unusual base for an escort--is there some military connection?

"Where did you say you put those condoms?"

Fido looks skeptical about where this photo-shoot is going.

Strange logic. Therefore, an escort should be open to anything a client suggests?

A number of years ago I bought the Golden Age Passport, which gives free entrance to the holder (and anyone else in their vehicle) to all the National Parks and anyplace else in the government net (Fish and Wildlfe, Forest Service, etc.), because I visited parks so often. It is good for life, but one has to be age 62 or over to purchase it. I have used it all over the country, from Acadia to the Everglades to the Badlands to Olympic to Joshua Tree, and many in between. It's particularly useful if you have visitors whom you want to take to see a park near you.

How old is this photo? No one has played with that kind of racquet for decades!

I seem to remember a few other European grocery chains that entered the US market with a big bang (British ones especially), but decided they had made an economic mistake and pulled out completely after a couple of years. I wonder if Aldi and Lidl will do the same.

I have been in the Aldi in Palm Springs a couple of time, but there is something about the odor of the store that I find unpleasant (it smells like rotting vegetables).

My biggest challenge with this summer's heat is probably the electric bill. Even with the thermostat set at 82 for the a/c, the bill for the past month was almost $500. A typical bill for a month without a/c is under $100.

Our dog was born and bred in the desert. He doesn't understand the necessity of going out to walk in rain and snow the way his east coast brethren do. It's been a traumatic day for him.

No danger of water in the house (I think). However, the intense downbursts of rain have returned, accompanied by higher wind speeds. Oh, and the good news in all of this? The blistering temperatures of the past two months have suddenly been replaced by temps in the 70s.

So far, at least we have been spared the strong wind that was predicted. Luckily for us, we live at the highest point in our gated community, so the water flows around and away from our house and down to the street, which funnels it to lower areas of the community which may be experiencing the flooding.

Rainfall has been extremely heavy here in the Coachella Valley for the last couple of hours, though it is finally slowing down. My house is surrounded by flowing water. Gov. Newsom showed up at the Palm Springs Emergency Operations Center at noon.

I still have a pair of socks that have zipper pockets in them. I think I bought them at a travel store, for people who were worried about pickpockets or muggers in dicey locations.

It has been raining lightly all night, but the wind and rain are supposed to pick up considerably after noon, and we are under a flood watch until 5pm tomorrow. The most vulnerable main roads in northern Palm Springs have been closed since midnight. Some airlines have cancelled service into PSP.

Just returned from the supermarkets, where the shelves look like they did during the pandemic; e.g., Albertson's had no bananas, the ideal food in a power outage (very nutritious, and no need for refrigeration or heating). I had to go to two supermarkets to get everything on my list. Ironically, the sun just came out strong.

The skies are dark, I hear occasional thunder and have seen some lightning. When I take my dog out, he hunkers down and refuses to move in any direction. I have taken inside anything movable, have shut off our underground irrigation system, and as soon as I have finished reading everything on this site, I will head to the supermarket to stock up on supplies (I have my priorities, you know.)

Our primary care doctor does a complete physical, including a series of blood and urine tests, hearing and strength tests, etc., every year. When my spouse happened to mention an unusual physical symptom he had recently experienced, the doctor suspected that he had had a mini-stroke, and immediately ordered other tests. Sure enough, it turned out that he had a partially blocked carotid artery, and within a few days a vascular surgeon operated on to clean it out. If it hadn't been for the routine physical, it wouldn't have been caught, because my spouse didn't consider the symptom important enough for a separate visit to the doctor. Of course, it's worth pointing out that we have had the same gay doctor for many years, and my spouse has a medical history that includes triple-bypass heart surgery.

Small world indeed! I have met DavidSF socially, but I didn't know he had any connection to Tom.

Why, yes!

She was practically the house soprano at the Met for so many years. I couldn't begin to list all the times I saw her.

A number of years ago in New York, I hired an escort whose jealous French Bulldog kept trying to join us. When we finished, he got between us in the bed to prevent any further hanky-panky. Luckily, I am a dog lover, but I am not into threesomes.

How could they leave out......?: 1968 - Charlie and his spouse meet for the first time in Provincetown, MA (55th anniversary)

The revival of this thread reminded me how lucky I am to have someone who has worked out well.