Here and There Blog

In Santo Domingo a few blocks away from the ocean but not the resort area. The view is mostly trees and buildings.  But off to the side if I look hard, I can distinguish sky from sea.

It's been hot for weeks. Even though I haven't been home, the house is not cooling down so it was time to escape to a place with a/c. Harbor Island fit the bill!

What were the odds that I would be on a plane departing LAX at the same time the Endeavour was scheduled to touch down?  First we saw the flyover and then every flight was boarding fast so pilots, crew, and passengers could be there to watch the landing. Our plane was pulling out of the gate right as the Endeavour flight landed. I saw the plane go by but couldn't get the landing photo. Pulling out onto the runway was a traffic jam of vehicles headed to the Space Shuttle. If I had known Nichelle Nichols was there to give a special speech, I may have tried to jump out of my plane! As many LAX employees that could get away were on the building tops watching the landing. Even business must go on around the landing. How cool is it to have an official NASA aircraft bring Endeavour home?

Truchard Cab

Gourgeres Cheese Bread

Carini - the Crazy, crazy wine! We are at Maverick's in Mission & 17th in San Francisco and so far, wonderful!

I'm in a quick over night basically to eat. First order of business, getting iPad to upload to blog. Check! Next - I saw the space shuttle land at LAX! Photo posting on Sunday. 

Hollywood & Highland seems to radiate heat with all the concrete, traffic and tourists. Saturday at 11:00 should have been pleasant but this heat wave did everyone in. Add in a mix of a slight sunburn and it's all over. So California dreaming has to take a back seat to a/c this week!

Taken Wednesday morning from the View Area off I-5 in SoCal.

Around 7:00 pm in Balboa Park. One of the places that makes San Diego "America's Finest City"    

There really is no place like home! After 16 days in the corn fields it is wonderful to walk in the ocean. Bring on the weekend!