It was going to be a trip to California to see the family and the OC but first I had
to meet with
Carol Greenhouse from Anthropology on Monday and have the shredder man
come on Wednesday to take our wares
to the grinding machine. On Thursday, I had a faculty lunch with
Joyce Carol Oates (Creative Writing),
Warren Warren (Chemsitry),
Adele Goldberg (Linguistics),
Liz Gavis (Molecular Biology),
Stan Katz (Woodrow Wilson School) and
Kai Li (Computer Science). Then, John Ikenberry
came by for a minute before this gentleman
moved his truck but wouldn't allow me to take his picture.
I picked up Jane and we drove to the airport parking here
and catching the bus here
so that we could sit next to this gentleman on the plane
and watch him read Jane's copy of
with Jane but unfortunately it was unreadable. My meal
was no better than Jane's
except for the main course
of mine which made me hope the flight would land soon so that we
could put our bags
and ourselves
on the bus to get to Avis
where this gentleman
watched as we rented this car
and took the freeway
to see Larry
and Janet
who was incognito.
Next morning, Janet
was happier as I played with the computer
and Jane
acknowledged that we were in The OC
as we headed off to see the silos
and talk to Mikey
and the other employee
as we observed the silos
and the eventual end for their contents as the pellets go into the hopper
and up the chute
on their way to production. This gentleman appeared
as we were recording the gauges
and the metal machines
that won't be around for long even as Mikey
feigned work and Larry
posed for the soccer picture while we all posed with the silos
to prepare us if we ever had to do a full scale protest.
Next we drove on down the highway
past the In-N-Out Burger
and in the line of traffic
past Santa Claus
and onward
in our search for tourist information
through various turns
and beyond the palm trees
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We were back on the road and eventually got to San Diego for some food
though there seemed to be a lot of phone calling
in the air as I posed for a self portrait
and captured Jane
before she started talking on the phone
but this ended when we studied pictures
and Syl posed
as we looked at another picture
and then took the elevator
to Aesop's Tables where we captured the tables
the salad
crackers
Mediterranean plate
and chicken Caesar salad
before heading back to the decorations
with a little for Hannukah
and then playing cards
until the phone rang
but Dan focused
and won as we ate more fruit
more chewies
and more brownies
washed down by tea
from these bags
before calling it a night.
Saturday morning, we drove tot he pancake house
where we had a short wait
before we were seated with our tea
given menus
with the history
and then left to our coffee
hot chocolate
and pancake concoction
as the waitress took this family photo
and the omelette
and pancakes
arrived. We stopped at Home Depot but they had poinsettias
and Bonsai
but not what we were looking for. Then, we drove home and parked
and had our lunch of soup
and cheese
set out and served
as Jane
Syl
Dan
and I
admired the vegetable faces
I made as tea
and oranges (brought all the way from China?)
were served.
Later, we drove to Trader Joe's
and after a few pictures
the manager told us that we could take her picture
but no more pictures of the store. We drove on to Rancho Bernardo
and had a fine dinner with Anne, Irv, Rob and Linda
served by this waiter
who also took the picture of the assembled.