February 27, 2010
Bondi Beach, Sydney 
My friends Sonny and Alec MacMillan are visiting their daughter and son-in-law here. 
Jimmy is a lawyer for a NYC firm, and he and Kate grabbed the opportunity to spend two years here in the company's satellite office. Their apartment is close by and we met for dinner my first night here. Alec and Sonny hadn't been to Bondi Beach yet and since I was under orders to get there, the kids and we decided to have a beach day. They picked me up at 8.30 and we headed for the Depot for breakfast. Good choice. Alec digs into a 'flat-white.'
The weather was spectacular, and the beach lived up to its reputation for both natural and human (female) beauty. 
Is that a marshmallow? I love marshmallows. I have bruises from walking into things. As is the case everywhere, physical fitness events happen all the time. This coach is setting a swim course. 
He launched his students shortly after this and then grabbed a board to get out ahead and set the turn points.
I managed to drop a sandal walking back from a late morning shopping/water/toilet break and only discovered it missing as we were packing up to leave. Retraced my steps and found it. Don't think anyone had any use for a singleton Keen, so it stayed put right where it dropped out of my bag.
We had both breakfast and lunch at the Beach and then headed back to take a breather.
Yesterday Sydney hosted a mammoth gay pride parade, and Kate wanted to see it with her dad. Jimmy bought a variety of sausages: kangaroo and emu along w/ some more typical types and I joined them at their apartment for dinner after the parade. It was a nice day, and of all of them was the best beach day by far.
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