Freeway Beauty - destination unknown

I had to hit the brakes on the freeway and get my camera out ASAP to catch this classic. Hope to see it in a movie soon!

Grilled Cheese Invitational

Yesterday was a classic SoCal day. Temps nice in the low 70s, slight breeze from the Ocean keeping standing in the sun bearable. So my sister, her husband, and my niece and I decided to head down to the Grilled Cheese Inviational http://grilledcheeseinvitational.com/ near China Town. We took the Metro (yeah Bill!) to and from, which we were very happy to do as the parking near this park was non-existent. Turns out SisKatie had a friend who competed with their jalapeno & bacon poppers between bread sandwich - I don't know how they fared out as soooo many people showed up it took another lady Nat 1.5 hours just to get in, let alone get to the cometition to cheer on their friend. The above photo is from the Metro station looking North back towards Pasadena and you can see the line if you look really close! The other photo is at the fence of the GSI looking back towards the Metro station...yikes!

Since it was such a long line and we were very hungry...we went to Phillipe's instead. A short half mile walk back past the metro station, only to be met with another 45 minute line filled with other disgruntled GSI patrons! Regardless - nothing beats a great double-dip beef sandwich with hot mustard, coleslaw, and pie!

Cheers!

What happened to Spring?

For those who are not familiar with SoCal weather...we tend to go from 60F to 90F bypassing Spring and landing squarely into Summer. Today is 90F at the house.

The landlord decided to start a yardwork project - removing the nightmare overgrowth of the backyard and replacing it with grass and flowers. Problem is the folks who they hired to start the job got 2 days into it and I haven't seen them since.

I did capture this cute squirrel, aka LCF wildlife this morning and he did not like that I was standing 20 feet from him.

Anyway until later - Kelly

1st Journey Towards College

We headed out to Clairmont McKenna colleges today to check out Pitzer (http://www.pitzer.edu/), a liberal arts college that also is a 'small' college. In May we'll be heading down to UCLA which is a 'large' college. Nick had a surprisingly good time. He felt a connection to Harvey Mudd (http://www.hmc.edu/), not Pitzer. We even looked for a sweatshirt at the bookstore (https://www.bkstr.com/NavigationSearchDisplay/10001-4294963310-15303-1?demoKey=d&navActionType=addNewRefinement) but they did not a hoodie in dark grey. The only dark grey sweatshirt was from Scripps, the female college so that was out of the question.

Everyone wants to talk to me...

On Monday I had many doctor appointments which brought me to my old stomping grounds of Arcadia. So my day was mostly full of strangers who just started talking with me. I'm the talk-a-tive type so I talked back. Waiting for my mamogram (yes I have to have these nightmare exams!) I met an 84yr old man who looked 50 and I said "Wow you look great for 84!". He responded "The problem with being 84 is that you get 'Wow you look great for 84' more than you want . Then....

I decided to have lunch at Claro's the local 100% Italian food shop/bakery. I sat outside at the table with the lady in the shoot. Turns out she is an artist and had lots to say about writing, painting and the beautiful day. I took a shot when I was leaving and when she wasn't looking. I am also enjoying the throw-back to the 70's/80's with the station wagon and old CA plates of Blue/Gold. Now they are White/Blue with red California on them.
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Off to my usual doc to get the results of my anual blood screening (Trigycerides = 46, HDL = 71, LDL - 49, Cholesterol = 129) I got into a debate on health with some yahoo I didn't appreciate in waiting room. Luckily I was called in early.

This shot is from in front of my doctor's office...view I grew up with! Looking up 2nd street infront of 1st Ave School.

On my way to drop of the athletic release form for Football and Wrestling at my son's doctor...I discovered this fabulous view. East on Del Mar at Raymond looking NE. Filmore stop is just to my right.

This one is for Bill. Enjoy!

Cleaning the BBQ

Lessons Learned - Don't start to clean the BBQ and then forget about it.

You'll get a neighbor who is sad not to be able to use the fire extinguisher...

Everyone is okay, including the BBQ.

Major 18 Wheeler accident in LCF - again!!

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6740885 or http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/?Deadly-Crash-Runaway-Big-Rig-Slams-into-=1&blockID=255846&feedID=1198

2 dead with a run away big rig plows into a local owned coffee/bookstore. I normally drive this exact route at the exact time of the accident, but I had a headache and decided to go home early today.

Oh - Bill....HR called, he passed the psyc tests and will be back at work on Thursday March 2nd.