Yesterday was incredible.  Today, a different kind of enjoyment.  But to begin, if you can recall the photo I took from our hotel room of the landscape, I mentioned something about what looked like an apple tree.  So I went this morning to that area, and, indeed, apples.  The drive to Hearst Castle took around 40 minutes.  Rough Pacific Ocean near the entrance to the site. Then the entrance. Inside. The visit was essentially a bus tour to the mansion and back. Stopped at the entrance of Hearst Castle. Naval oranges. Oak tree. Hearst Castle. Has 165 rooms. Tour is wheel-chair accessible. Senator, prospector and businessman George Hearst purchased 40,000 acres near San Simeon Bay in 1865. Wife Phoebe. Son William Randolph, who eventually acquired 250,000 acres. William Randolph Hearst  went to Harvard, took over his father's San Francisco newspaper, and built an empire Began building Hearst Castle in 1919, and took 28 years to complete. Architect:  Julia...

I saw two films this weekend:                      ROTTEN TOMATOES                                               Reviewers  Audiences  My Grade Mank                   88               72               B Citizen Kane      100               91              B- Mank , premiered on Netflix Friday, while CK was released just around the time Pearl Harbor was attacked today, 79 years ago.  The two films are similar in various ways.  First, one led to the other.  Second, both are in black and white.  Third, it is entirely possible that, like Orson Welles gaining an Academy nomination for Best Ac...