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First of all, we’re fine. We got back to our room really late this evening so I’m still downloading pictures. I’ll add them later, along with more of an account of our day’s activities. Until then, here’s the outline: Breakfast – Check Lecture on Literature related to New Orleans – how the city shaped the […]
After breakfast we gathered in the conference room where our coordinator, Mary Lyn, gave us marching orders for the day. Then she turned the time over to Brian Altobello who walked us thru 300 years of New Orleans history in 2 hours. Along the way he dealt with the standard stuff (the French who
Mardi Gras World is a warehouse down by the river that is the base of operations (and storage) for the family business that builds the floats (and hosts many of the parties) for Krewes that put on parades during Carnival season. The basics: Carnival season runs from Epiphany to Fat Tuesday. We generally think of
The first “official” function today was “check-in” with the local Road Scholar coordinator at 4:00 this afternoon. That left much of the day “free” for us to explore. We started the day by, well, not starting the day. We slept in. However, we did get up and out the door in time to walk 3
Since we were flying at a civilized hour we had time this morning to take care of the “leaving on a trip” tasks – Vacuum, Bathrooms, etc. Dave’s limo service arrived (early) just after 10:30 and whisked us away to the airport (Thanks Dave!) where we enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Parilla Grill before wandering
Up, Breakfast, Turn in the rental car; Steve and Billie picked us up and drove us to Union Station. There we caught the FlyAway bus to the airport Where we cleared security in about 5 minutes and wandered the halls before choosing a lunch place (Killer fish tacos). Then we retired to the gate where
The day began with a trip to the mall. Probably not the most exciting thing we could have done today, but Cheryl and Billie both decided that they needed to do some shopping. I tagged along a) to drive; and 2) to spend the time mall-walking. We were all successful in our efforts. Following lunch
Up, breakfast, pick up Billie and Steve and head back to the Huntington. We spent the morning in the library, gazing in wonder at really old and significant books. Even a note from Abram Lincoln Being lunch time we returned to the Chinese Garden and enjoyed a light meal at the noodle shop there. Following
Fools that we were, we thought we could do the Huntington Library in 1 day. Following breakfast (and a discussion with Arlene about the tattoo convention currently being held at the Pasadena convention center) we picked up Billie (Steve was stoved-up from our day yesterday) and headed to the Huntington Library. The “library” is a
We arose, breakfasted at the hotel (where we met Arlene; Not your typical Best Western Breakfast person Arlene is friendly, chatty, attentive, and interested in “her people”.) and headed over to the house. At the appointed hour we departed in caravan for the Las Angeles National Cemetery (the military cemetery where Billie’s father is buried).