As I was wandering around the streets of El Paso, it hit me. It was time to go home. I felt a little like the Forrest Gump in the scene where he stops running and says, "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now." So that was it. I decided that home is where I wanted to be at that moment. I drove from El Paso back to Southern California in one shot. I knew I was getting close when the Waffle House disappeared and Starbucks appeared more and more. Also, people drove faster and everyone seemed to have blinker light problems since I didn't see any on merges right in front of me. Ahhh...close to home. As you might know, this is my third year traveling the country in a car with my dog. I put together a little map with arrows to the places I've been in those three years. Arrows in Red are from this year, purple is 2009 and Blue represents 2008. It's been quite the journey. As much as I would say that I am staying put, that is ...
When I travel, I try to stick to a budget as much as possible. I stepped into a waffle house for the first time last year on my travels and I am hooked. They are not in California so this is all new to me. If you want a hot breakfast any time of the day for very little money, this is the place to go. It's a mix between a diner and a fast food place and each one I've encountered has been a good experience. The people are friendly, the coffee is hot and there is no mystery on how they cook your meal since everything is done right in front of you. You can get a breakfast sandwich with a fresh egg and cheese for two bucks. For those of you who go to McDonalds, this is even cheaper then an egg "McSumthin'" but the difference is, you can actually see the egg cracking on the grill in front of you. No microwaves. It's a diner experience without a diner price. They are almost on every corner here in the South. If you've never been to one, I ...
My weekend was filled with viewing and appreciating art. More specifically, art including our canine best friend. Friday and Saturday was "Art goes to the dogs" hosted by Paige Bauer at the 2nd city council art gallery in Long Beach, CA. There was an array of beautiful photographs, paintings, sculpture and instillations everywhere you looked in the space. I was fortunate to display my photograph of a corgie and an Airstream titled,"Dixie." Being camera shy, I took this photograph of another person being interviewed in front of "Dixie." On Saturday evening, I went to the closing reception of "Dogs Dogs Dogs" at the 1650 Gallery in Echo Park. I brought Max along to this reception since they had Santa there to take photographs with and I knew he was ready to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. I saw him whispering in his ear but he wanted to keep it a secret from me. I wonder what Max wished for... Here are some snapshots I took with my po...
Komentar
Posting Komentar