We have arrived in The Big Easy and are on our way out for a drink. More later.

Posted on February 19th, 2008 under roadtrip. Comments: None

I am back at the hotel now, after having volunteered today in the Broadmoor district, via Rebuilding Together New Orleans. It was actually just me and the project leader – Hannah. The project was to put in some snap flooring (laminate) into a house. The owner of the house, coincidentally also named Hannah (Miss Hannah, [...]

Posted on February 19th, 2008 under roadtrip. Comments: None

The drive from Ft. Hancock to Austin was not so bad. We both found the wide open spaces of W. Texas to be absolutely gorgeous. And we enjoyed the non-interstate drive though Hill Country to Austin.

One of the things we talked about -wrt wide open spaces – was that we were in a car and [...]

Posted on February 18th, 2008 under roadtrip. Comments: None

Ft. Hancock MotelFt. Hancock, Texas
Long driving day. Got off just before 9 and drove until midnight – though there was one time change.
My goal all along was to get “just past El Paso.” Jill was looking at the map and warning me that there was nothing just past El Paso. I told her nonsense, it’s [...]

Posted on February 16th, 2008 under roadtrip. Comments: None

… And I didn’t even have to use my AK…
Got up, and went downtown to a matinee show of the LA Philharmonic, at the Disney Concert Hall. OMG is that a gorgeous space – all metal on the outside, all wood on the inside, beautiful, and sounds great, too. What we saw was three short [...]

Posted on February 16th, 2008 under music, movies, books, theater, roadtrip. Comments: None

It took about 6 hours to drive yesterday from 17th Street in Oakland to the Sunset Strip, including a lengthy lunch stop at a Denny’s somewhere on Highway 5. I had created a playlist called Drive – 73 songs from my collection (I didn’t have to buy any) about driving, leaving, going, traveling, or wandering. [...]

Posted on February 16th, 2008 under roadtrip. Comments: None