We have been on a short break from blogging (and tweeting and facebooking) due to an increased work load and the need to detach from social media now and then. But today is a good day to reconnect briefly to wish everyone a great Independence Day celebration!

If you don’t already have plans to view some fireworks displays tonight, then there may be something wrong with you! But see here for a list of Orange County safe and legal municipal shows as gathered by the San Clemente Patch.
Here in San Clemente, the best spot to view fireworks off the pier may be from the bluffs over the beach in the northwestern part of the State Park campgrounds. If it is clear enough, you can see shows not only in SC but also Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano. And for Marines and their families, you can watch from the Marine Monument, painted here by client and friend Paul Gavin.
Wherever in this great country you are today, enjoy the day and remember why we celebrate it.
And I close with a shoutout to my friend Chase of Electric Panda Music who is on his first visit to OC this weekend and probably burning his blindingly white Brooklyn bum somewhere among the revelers!
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