I had to go up in a very tall, scary, glass elevator for that photo.

It’s Christmas eve, and we did our annual pilgrimage to the city.

Bong, James Bong.

That’s not even a real dog.

We always head across the Oakland Bay Bridge from my mom’s house in the East Bay, to look at the lights, and the window decorations in the city.

Soon, the madness of the season will commence, and you will be along for the ride.

My daughters… and those guys…

Right now, there are only 8 people at my mom’s house. Soon, there will be many more. And I mean the ones that are staying there for at least a few days…

There will be the traditional fancy English Christmas dinner… that we do twice… from scratch… two days in a row…

But don’t worry…

We will make it through the madness together.