Yesterday I took a field trip to the San Diego Zoo, which I had never been to before. Cutest Critter prize goes to the koalas, which were sleeping next to each other on high tree branches. Oddest Spectacle goes to the huge throng of people in the panda paddock, who stood motionless and transfixed while some zookeper explained the eating habits of pandas, even though there were no pandas in sight. I looked for wombats in the marsupial section, but they were nowhere to be found. Sorry, Nat!