We spent a wonderful day down in Narragansett yesterday. We went to Sand Hill Cove beach on a hot summer Saturday. I went there regularly as a kid and it's a great family beach. A. bought "boogie boards" for the kids and they had a blast surfing the waves with them.

Amazingly, J. met another boy his age adopted from Korea! He even had a younger sister - about a year younger than R. I spoke with the parents and it turns out they live not too far from us. A. is trying to track them down through an adoption listserv she belongs to. We'll see if it works out.

We then went to George's of Galilee, a Rhode Island institution, for dinner. We had the required clam cakes and chowder; A. had lobster and I had fried clam strips. Everything was very tasty and very fresh. Good stuff.

The only negative to the weekend was the Red Sox. It's really unacceptable to lose 3 of 4 to Oakland at Fenway. The only bright spot was Curt Schilling's dominant performance last night as the Sox recorded their first shutout of the season. Hopfully we can get better against the Royals. Anything less than a sweep would be bad.