Swinging

I thought I would post a couple of pics from LA from my digital camera. This is one of Juan Pierre swinging at a high heater. Taking pictures of batters swinging is a guessing game, you try to time it just right.

Home sweet sort of ...

Landing in BWI, picture blurry just like my eyes.

On the way home...finally

Our layover from LA to Baltimore was in Albequerque where the airport
has a distinct Southwestern flair. The terminals look like adobes.

Goodbye to LA

One last picture of where we stayed in Venice. Of course, the day we
leave is the only day we had sunshine in the morning.

Fireworks on the 4th

Since we also had a balcony, we had a great view of the Venice
fireworks. Unfortunately, there is only so much you can do with the
camera on the iPhone.

Best shower ever

In this nice condo they also have the best shower ever. Two shower
heads from the ceiling, side showers coming from the left and right
walls and a wraparound bench made of marble.

Fire table

The condo that we stayed in Venice is a penthouse with crazy
amenities. This is a picture of a fireplace table on the balcony. The
one holding the margarita is Misty, a gold medal swimmer that swam
mile in the pacific on Saturday morning just for the fun of it.

Venice Beach

Unfortunately, the iPhone has some limitations with the camera but
here is a typical venice scene: young family on the beach and an 80
year old man running in a speedo.

$15 drinks taste the same as $3 ones

Last nite we went to a swanky LA bar (it was actually in Santa Monica)
called the Viceroy. It was interesting to see where celebrities hang
out, but not so interesting to pay $15 for drinks that cost $3 at
happy hour everywhere else.

Thursday in LA- Getty Villa Museum

Today, we went to the Getty Villa museum. The smaller of the two Getty
museums, this has nothing but Roman and Greek antiquities. It was
great day to go because of the good lighting for shadows and
reflections.

Bentleys, Bentleys and more Bentleys

People really know how to spend money on cars here. This is one of six
Bentleys we saw on Wednesday.

Ice cream malt cup

This is a frozen confection here at the stadium. They have frozen
lemonade cups and soft serve like most parks, but I have never seen
these before. It tastes like a Wendy's Frosty but frozen completely
solid.

The field at Dodger Stadium

We picked a good game to attend, a getaway game versus the Colorado
Rockies. Most of the attendance was made up kids in summer day camps.
The stadium itself is 47 years old which makes it, believe it or not,
the 3rd oldest ball park behind Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. It
doesn't have the same ammenities as newer parks like actual
restaurants and air conditioned stores, but it is aging quite well
like most people do in SoCal.

LA cheesesteak?

They even have cheesesteaks at Dodger Stadium. Coming from the Philly
vicinity, I am a little skeptical.

"World Famous" Dodger Dog

It's really just a $5 dollar footlong, just not the subway kind.

Parking lot number

My sister was nice enough to get us tickets to Wednesday's Dodger
game. This is the charming way they identify parking lot numbers.

Dinner on the beach

After one layover in music city, and another five hours of flying, we
finally arrived in LA. Pretty exhausting, but in the end it was
definitely worth it, watching the sun go down with a picnic supplied
by my sister, Karen.

One airport looks just like all the others

This is the view of LAX
from my airplane seat. It seems to all run together, so I do feel
bad for the people that do a lot of traveling for a living. I know I
would end up in the wrong city half of the time because I could not
tell the difference.

One airport looks just like all the others

This is the view from my seat at the Nashville airport. Notice the
invisible sign that says: Welcome to the Home of Country Music.

One airport looks just like all the others

I am in LA county all this week and thought I would post what I am
seeing. Here is the view from my seat at BWI airport.