Public Eye

The first day of summer, we go surfing, naturally, and what does it do but rain, and blow hard onshore? James, on the left, pulled out his brolly, to keep Rick's wetsuit dry. Weather kept the crowds down was the good news. Waist-high surf at Bolsa was choppy but, as the optimists say, much better than it looked like when you're standing on the shore, wondering whether to even go in. We stayed out for two hours and caught lots of waves before retiring to fish tacos and Bohemias.

The next day, Father's Day, fulfilling my dad wish, Phoebe and Julia took me to CBS on Spring Street in Chinatown for dim sum. Sitting at the table next to ours was Molly Ringwald, extravagantly pregnant with twins, her 5-year-old daughter and her husband. No one paid them any more attention than anyone else -- in other words, they had as hard a time flagging down a waiter as everyone does in a dim sum joint.