02.28.10
Posted in Church Issues and Bible Interpretations, Playing the Tourist, food and restaurants at 1:43 pm by Administrator
Today I thought I would continue with my travelogue and share some of our pics from Thailand. I thought they had an interesting looking airport. It was rather large and sci-fi looking. Dad said it was a bit freaky looking, which I can see, heheh. Here’s a small sample of the building as we approached.
Imagine this same structure stretching out for a couple miles or more. Not sure why, but it kinda reminded me of a big insect or insect dwelling or something. Maybe I’ve watched too many Alien movies. . .
The hotel we stayed it was called the Baiyoke Sky, and is the tallest building in Bangkok. Here’s what the building looked like as we approached it.
Our room was on the 40th floor. Aaron and I shared one room even though there were three beds in the room. For a fancy hotel with large rooms, I found the interior design surprisingly a bit plain. Here’s what part of the room looked like.
On the opposite side of the beds there was a small lounge, bar and TV.
Hmmm. Not very exciting decor, no? But the room was clean and very spacious including the bathroom, which was probably more than twice the size of my bathroom at home.
After doing a little snooping around the room I found a Bible written in both English and Thai. Very interesting writing. . .
I found the Thai language difficult to repeat, and being that their written language is so different than English, I found it doubly challenging to figure out what things were. For instance we’d pass a lot of building with Thai writing and I’d have absolutely “no” idea what was inside.
Here’s a picture of some Thai currency.
It looks to me to be the picture of their king on their money. The exchange rate at the time we were there was about 31 or 32 bhat to 1 US dollar depending upon where you exchanged money. Speaking of their king, it seemed like they really loved their king and often spoke highly of him. His pictures were in so many places throughout the city.
Here are a couple views of Bangkok from our hotel room window.
Apparently, the shadow to the right is our hotel. Here’s another angle from the same window.
Large city, huh? I didn’t know what to expect from Bangkok, but somehow I didn’t expect it to look like this. It was pretty crowded and had a little similarities in the way to the Philippines. However, I admit that it’s a bit cleaner than the Philippines and their roads seem more orderly even if it’s still a bit crazy. One difference is they drive on the left side of the road like the Brits. The Filipinos drive on the right side like us Americans. They did have little tricycle-like taxis called “tuk-tuks.” The name comes from imitating the sound of their engines. Here’s a pic of one.
Breakfast was served between 7 to 10AM on the 79th or 82nd floor depending upon the day. This was part of one of my breakfasts.
Along with this.
Yum, I really do miss that kind of breakfast. It really hit the spot for me. They actually had a very large buffet, which included many types of breakfasts including the regular ham and eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, french toast, yada yada, but there was no way I was going to eat like that when I had all this other stuff to try.
Okay, so after breakfast we headed down to meet the tour guide. I’ll post some of those pictures on the next Thai post.
Marlakins
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02.26.10
Posted in hobbies, knitting and crocheting at 7:34 pm by Administrator
Last night we visited the Barnes and Nobles at the Grove because I heard that Crazy Aunt Purl was going to be there for her book signing. I honestly haven’t read her book, but I wanted to check out the scene anyway. After listening to her speak a bit, I decided to hit the cooking section and the crafts section. And oh boy! There is no end to great books and people with tons of inspirational projects, wah! I think I’ve got plenty of craft supplies, but there are just so many different types of crafts that I think I’ll have enough to do for the rest of my life. . . And it made me remember that I really should try to use up my supplies. . . which, I actually got back to chipping away at this week. After returning from the Pines, I spent about a week getting things back in order. This week I got a chance to pull out the crafts and “yarn.” Ohhh. . . heheheh. But I gave in to one of my temptations and bought a little pattern for an amigurumi. It was just too cute to pass up. It’s called the Signature Escargot by Elisabeth D. I started it last night. This is what it looked like.
This morning I was able to finish it! And now Petunia has a new buddy. . .
Modest little gal, heheh. I was working off the pattern from my computer, so the picture of what the real Signature Escargot should look like can be seen on the computer screen behind. I didn’t have the other supplies like the plastic eyes or the fancy flower on her head. I just stitched on the eyes and sewed on a little ribbon instead. Here’s another picture of Petunia with her new friend.
Hee hee! For anyone who hasn’t seen Elisabeth D’s work, check out her flickr photostream. She’s among the best amigurumi designers I know.
The other project I’m working on is really just to help hone my knitting skills. I’ve been interested in modular knitting, and I really like Iris Schrier’s modular designs because her patterns use live stitches and there is very minimal sewing, if any. So here’s a picture of a skinny scarf I’m working on to get a hang of one of Iris’s multidirectional patterns.
Her instructions are very easy to follow, and I’m happy that I’ve gotten an early start in the year to learn more skills to improve my knitting. I still have a list of other things to learn, but at least one item down! I’ll try to post a pic once this is completed.
One other project I managed to complete were a pair of socks for Matty. He’s the picky one and wanted a sock combo of wool and cotton. So I knit up a pair with two strands of yarn–one sock wool, and the other crocheting thread. Here’s what it looked like in progress. The leg part is in plain blue partly because Matty didn’t want the leg portion cotton, only the foot portion. I tried to match up a thicker yarn for the leg to make up for the foot portion.
And here it is completed.
I wondered if it was a little too thick to wear in shoes, but he wore them to school the next day and loved them! Ha! He said they were soft and comfy. 
That has inspired me to make him another pair using the same two strands of yarn (but different color). One of the gals wants me to teach her how to make socks tomorrow, so I’ll try to get another pair started then.
So that’s what I’ve had going on the yarn front. I did pull out some of my old patchwork tops that I had worked on years ago, and think I will try to complete a few of them this year, hopefully. I’m also getting interested in sewing an embroidery again. . . oh, oh. . . I also want to try out more cooking recipes. I have plenty of them that still need trying. Well, at least yesterday Aaron and I sowed some seeds. I hope this year we’ll have a better crop than last year. Aside from the Mandarin oranges, the rest of our crop was pretty pathetic. . . I think we were being too conservative with the water being that we were suffering from drought. At least we got a lot of good rain the start of this year and the soil looks much happier. We’ll see how long that lasts. . .
Toodles for now!
Marlakins
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02.22.10
Posted in Church Issues and Bible Interpretations, Health-related--Natural Alternative Treatments, Historical Trivia, Playing the Tourist at 10:10 pm by Administrator
To continue on with my travelogue, after we left Hidden Valley in Laguna and arrived in Manila we decided to go to Marikina and visit Auntie Nora, Ophi, Cynthia, and the Cainta property. We really wanted to visit to check out Cynthia’s roof as it was damaged from the recent flooding there in Marikina. Since we were heading there, we decided to pop into the Cainta property so that I could see it. Mom and Dad called up Auntie Lits and Uncle Al and we stopped off to eat first before heading the the lot. Turned out that the place we went to eat was Kapitan Moy, Daddy’s old school. This is the school my dad went to when he was about 12 years old and just before WWII broke out in the Philippines. He was actually in this building when the first air strike flew over Marikina, Philippines.
Today this building is a restaurant with rooms available for rent for various functions. We really couldn’t see much downstairs as the rooms were closed off, but I could tell some of the rooms were banquet rooms. We did eat at the little restaurant towards the back of the lower level, which looked like this from the inside.
Inside the small restaurant there was an old piano, which Mommy started to play. There were no other patrons in the restaurant at the time so we asked if it was okay for Aaron to try the piano, too. They were all very nice and didn’t mind at all. Here’s Aaron playing on their piano.
I sat there eating and listening to Aaron play when I told my dad, “Bet you didn’t think years ago when you were here at school at 12 years old that one day your ‘grandson’ would be playing the piano downstairs, huh?” Ha! Yeah, we all had a little chuckle at that, then I asked where dad’s classes were held. Apparently, they were upstairs.
We asked one of the restaurant workers if it was possible for us to look at the second level of this building because my dad said it was upstairs where his classes were held. The restaurant worker was nice enough to ask the guard to unlock the door and let us see the second floor. First you walk up through this door from the first level.
Then make a sharp left and walk up these steps.
Through those doors at the top of the steps was where my dad’s classes were held. My dad said that they have taken all the room partitions down and now it’s just one big room. This is what the second floor looks like today with Mom, Dad, and my youngest son, Aaron standing in the middle.
Although the building is no longer a school, at least is has a plaque that explains that this building was once a school for making shoes. Marikina was known for their shoes and my grandfather was a shoemaker. He taught all his sons how to make shoes and apparently, he also sent them to a school that made shoes! Or at least the founder of the school made shoes. Here’s the sign in Tagalog.
After we visited Auntie Nora and the rest of the clan, we all decided to visit the Cainta property. Here’s a pic of all of us there.
And then we took a pic along side their church van. Apparently, one of my cousins is married to a pastor, and since there were so many of us going and couldn’t all fit in one vehicle, they took their church van.
I’ve never been to their church, but if they’re anything like my other cousins on that side of the family, then I’m guessing they’re pentecostal. The rest of my family are basically Catholics. I think I only know of “one” aunt who is born again Christian in the sense that she is no longer Catholic and she doesn’t believe in praying to the saints. Her kids (my cousins) don’t get her, heheh.
Anyway, after that we went shopping. . . oh, and one other pic I wanted to share is this lot right next to ours that had these interesting chicken coups. Very simple, but pretty effective. I liked how each chicken had it’s own place and enough grass around it. Check it out.
Okay, that’s the end of that day. The next couple days we spent shopping, getting ready for Bangkok, and visiting with relatives.
Marlakins
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02.21.10
Posted in Health-related--Natural Alternative Treatments at 3:56 pm by Administrator
In addition to natural health issues, Brian and I have long been interested in self sufficiency. We’ve thought of how nice it would be to be able to have our own farm, but let’s face it, I don’t see us moving to a farm any time in the near future. The more feasible possibility for us is “urban farming.” What we have tried instead have been small scale things like growing some organic veggies in the backyard as well as raising our own rabbits and chickens at one point. We decided that the rabbits were not the best nutritional source, and the chickens needed more space than we had to offer to make it worthwhile. The largest animals we could “squeeze” into our backyard would be pigmy goats, but you don’t want to have only one as they’d get lonely. So those weren’t good options for us. Not to mention that we live in an area that’s not zoned for farm animals. . . BUT I will say that I did enjoy having the chickens. Their eggs were yummy, and they were kinda cute to watch roam around the backyard. I got a kick out of how they are creatures of habit and would come back like clockwork to roost in the same spot every night. The drawbacks were the lack of space, which in turn made it a challenge to keep the flies at bay. The manure created by both the rabbits and chickens were fantastic for our veggies, but again we had to be very diligent to keep the flies under control. Also, the chickens were so aggressive with scratching and digging for worms and bugs that they could quickly tear up our garden if we didn’t fence them off. I still remember how our artichoke grew like crazy with the rabbit manure, and I really felt like I was walking in the land of the lost with how big they got. But those days are passed, although our interest in health issues and sustainability have remained.
Fortunately of us there are many innovative people who have inspired us such as Joel Salatin with his pastured animals as well as Bill Mollison, father of permaculture. Now, once again we have been inspired by another possible adventure in health and sustainability–aquaponics or aquaculture promoted by Will Allen. I know that Brian has been eying this guy for a while, but now after reading Eating Animals, I have been disturbed about how fish are harvested from the oceans. Apparently, many current fishing practices today have been destroying our oceans with their 30 mile trawl fishing nets and lines and other methods, which have been destroying coral reefs (the habitats for a diverse number of sea life, which without they can not survive) and killing many other sea life indiscriminately as they also get caught up in the nets. Therefore aquaculture is starting to look very appealing to me and tempting to try on a small scale for our family. Check out this video.
The founder of Growing Power is Will Allen. For more information, check out his blog at http://growingpower.org/ Very cool stuff!!! It’ s not just about raising fish, but also about using edible plants to help filter the water and sustain the fish.
I remember visiting the home of one of my classmates in high school. They were Chinese, and in their backyard they had pigeons in cages. That was the first time I’d ever seen pigeons in cages before. And being young and naive, I didn’t even stop to wonder why they had them. Years later I realized that there are some Chinese dishes which feature pigeon. I am happy to know that there are people even in the urban areas who are innovative and brave enough to take on urban farming. Brian and I have considered the possibility of raising quail and even crawfish before, but we never got into it. Now another interesting possibility is fish. . . hmmmm.
Marlakins
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02.18.10
Posted in Playing the Tourist, Uncategorized at 11:40 pm by Administrator
Before I move on from Hidden Valley, I thought I’d share a few more pics. Aaron and I wanted to see what else was around the Valley. I read that there was a Hidden Falls somewhere, so I wanted to see if we could reach it. We hiked farther down and found this pool.
Then a little further down we found this large tree.
On the other side of this tree was a worn-out sign that explained that the forest was once dominated by these types of trees. They were used for ship building, and then I couldn’t read much of the sign anymore due to the wear.
Beyond the tree we found another pool called Lover’s Pool (very secluded).
Well, okay, this picture isn’t of Lover’s Pool, but just the sign pointing to the direction. We did see the pool, but it was just another pool, so we headed to the right in the direction of the Hidden Falls. That wall-like thing at the bottom portion of the picture is actually part of a tree root that was right in the middle of the pathway. We had to climb over it to continue on our trail, which looked like this.
The trail was pretty tidy and well maintained. Granted at some places it was a little bumpy, but with all those tree roots, it’s hard to avoid that. Some places were just narrow paved walkways with views like this,
then other spots were more manicured like these steps leading downward.
Not far from there was the Hidden Falls. There was a man down there sweeping up and doing general maintenance there. After I did a little slip and slide number (yep, I fell on me butt), he took our picture in front of the falls.
And just for a better look at the falls without us blocking the view. . .
And this is the view looking the opposite direction from the falls.
I did take a bit more pictures of the scenery on the walk, but you get the gist, I think. When we got back, we still had a little time to enjoy in their gardens, so Aaron and I found a nice place to sit. Aaron did some drawings,
and I did some knitting.
Here’s an example of some of Aaron’s drawings. The shaded foliage sketch on the bottom of the picture was Aaron’s drawing of the little garden by the cottages. The “sleeping” person on the top right was his rendition of me sleeping the day before, heheh. The other faces are miscellaneous characters he’s practicing on.
At about noon we had to check out of Hidden Valley and drive back to Manila. We got back just in time for, guess what? Why, dinner of course!
Marlakins
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02.17.10
Posted in Health-related--Natural Alternative Treatments, cooking, food and restaurants at 12:40 pm by Administrator
A few years ago I watched a video series called, Jamie’s Kitchen. IIRC, it was a six part series of students going through chef’s school hosted by Jamie Oliver. I found it to be very interesting, and also thought it was very gracious of Jamie to sponsor these kids and help them become professional chefs.
Apparently, Jamie’s love for food and helping others didn’t stop with helping some students become professional chefs. Recently I found a video of him speaking at a TED conference discussing the importance of teaching children about food and how it’s so important that this be done because of the rising obesity rates here in the U.S. Obesity, Jamie points out, is linked to so many health issues that it must be addressed. His contention is that our society has been so removed from basic cooking skills that many of us don’t even know what foods are. . . for example he showed a short clip wherein he showed small children various veggies and they didn’t even know what they were! The idea is if we don’t know what things are, we won’t eat them. Conversely, we need to know what exactly we’re eating in all our processed, packaged foods. Education, he believes, is the key and as a result he has opened free cooking lessons at a facility in Virginia.
For anyone interested, here’s the link to Jamie’s presentation.
We need more people like Jamie. Thanks, Jamie, for your inspiration, dedication, and heart of gold.
Marlakins
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02.16.10
Posted in Playing the Tourist, food and restaurants at 1:04 am by Administrator
After we poked around the grounds and the hot springs we headed down to the lunch buffet. The buffet started at 11:30AM and then around 12 noon we were allowed to check into our cottages. Here’s a peek at what the buffet looked like at Hidden Valley.
The fare consisted of meat, meat.
Meat, meat.
Meat, and more meat.
There was a small portion for salad, and desserts, some rice and some noodles. With such a nice place and tasty dishes, I was a bit surprised that it was “missing” some very basic dishes. For instance, where’s the seafood? There was none. Where’s the fresh fruit? There was none. Where’s the coconut drinks? There was none. . . Uh, and we’re in the Pines? Say it isn’t so! Well it was so. Okay, but with all this food how dare I complain? We even had live music. . .
Uh, yeah, I know this looks a little cheesy, but really she was pretty good and had a very nice voice. The “hearts” were likely in the spirit of the upcoming Valentines Day that is widely celebrated in the Philippines.
And bonafide award winning local Filipino beer. . .
So after we filled up, we checked into our cottages, which turned out to be rather cute. The cottages were in groups of fours. Here’s what they looked like from the outer ring.
See that sky window on the roof of the cottage to the right? That’s a sky window in the bathroom right over the shower. This is what it looked like at the inner ring of four cottages with a small center garden.
Right be me is a table with chairs and a bench for lounging about on the porch. Just to the right of the picture is the entrance to our cottage. This is what it looks like just inside.
This is the opposite view looking toward the door from the bed.
To the right is the front door, to the left is the bathroom with a skylight, and the spiral stairs leads up to the second floor/the attic for a couple additional beds. This is what it was like upstairs.
There’s actually another bed off to the right of the picture which is not shown and also a small writing table and chair at the foot of this bed.
Downstairs the bathroom was quite nice, but hard to get a good angle for a picture. Here’s my attempt at trying to get in as much as possible in one shot.
Heheh. Well, here’s the run down. Obviously the sink is at the bottom of this pic, the mirror reflecting a tiny portion of the shower at the opposite side is just above the sink. Next to the sink is the wall relief to the shower. Just to the right of me and next to the shower is the toilet separated by glass with an etching of something tropical or some bird. The skylight is just above the shower. It was actually a spacious bathroom, but it was just hard to get a good shot. And besides, I think I was not in the mood to take pictures at this time as I was itching to get back to the hot springs.
Here we are (Dad, Auntie Lita, Uncle Al, and I) enjoying a little dip.
Aaron took this shot of me with a nice view of the spring behind me.
After we played in the springs for a little bit, guess what? It was time for “merienda.” Ah, yes, that’s what I love about the Philippines. . . snacks. I’d say that merienda is like the middle meal between breakfast and lunch or between lunch and dinner that hobbits eat. What did they call it? Elevensies? Or onsies? LOL
This is the place, Marinel, where Dad kept saying, “Ah. . . I found the place Mark would like!” Eh? What do you think?
Marlakins
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02.15.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:51 am by Administrator
Just a little Happy New Year’s greeting for anyone celebrating the Chinese New Year from Little Tiger Bear. He’s all dressed up for the occasion as this year is the year of the tiger.
Isn’t he adorable? I picked him up from Eva Air. Aaron agreed that he would be a nice souvenir since this year’s trip was just before the Year of the Tiger. I’m not really sure how the Chinese calendar works, but I do know that the Jewish calendar also celebrates their New Year at a different time than we do using the Julian calendar. I believe the Jewish calendar celebrates New Year during the month of Tishri or around September instead of January. Anyway, I had originally planned to visit Chinatown to see their new year’s festivities, but it turned out they weren’t celebrating it until next week! Not sure what’s up with that, but maybe it was because Valentines Day and/or the Winter Olympics were opening this weekend as well? Hmm. Never heard of stopping the New Year’s celebration like that, but anyway. . .
I think I’m slowly starting to get back into my old rhythm here at home, but before I continue with the travelogue, I thought I’d just post up a couple miscellaneous pics we took on the trip. I just really like this pic of Aaron, so I just wanted to share it. I can’t help it, I’m his biased mom!
Awww, my baby is all growed up. . .
And just having a little fun at the Baiyoke Sky Hotel.
Wow, dig those slippers! He’s not the only one who can play royalty. . .
Oh my!, definitely something wrong with this picture, ha ha ha!
Okay, enough fooling around for now. Happy Chinese New Year! I’ll try to continue with pics from Hidden Valley with my next post.
Happy President’s Day!
Marlakins
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02.12.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:46 pm by Administrator
We’re back in Los Angeles. We arrived yesterday, and boy was that one long day! It took us about 22 hours from leaving the Philippines to finally setting foot at LAX. I have to admit that this time I felt a little conflict in that I was happy to be back to see my boys and hubby again, but I was also sad to come home as I really liked the food and shopping abroad. Maybe it’s because we left just from the heels of visiting Bangkok, and I was just not ready to go yet. There was so much to see and do there that I didn’t feel quite ready to come home yet. I will miss the food there. The food was incredible. And strangely, when we arrived back in Los Angeles I felt a tinge of culture shock. Everything here was (in comparison to Bangkok and the Philippines) sterile feeling. Hardly any people were walking in the streets, the weather was cold, and things felt too far apart. The Lord willing I would like to go back there some day for a better look around. Another notable thing was that there definitely were more foreign tourists in Bangkok than in the Philippines. There’s obviously a lot of partying going on there as well as we saw lots of people dressed up and ready for the night when we arrived, and some of the women were just absolutely stunning. Hmmm, bet it could be a dangerous place for young men, if you ask me! I imagine there have been lots of broken hearts and pocket books. . .
Anyway, since I’m still trying to get back on my feet, I’ll continue with the travelogue later. Have been sorting through the luggage, mail, and restocking the fridge and stuff like that. Tomorrow we’re headed off to the Asian Pacific Museum in Pasadena since Andrew needs to go there for one of his class papers. Then the following day, Sunday February 14 (and Valentines Day), is the Chinese New Year, so I want to head down to Chinatown to see what their festivities are going to look like. Both the Philippines and Thailand were preparing for the Chinese New Year, so I’m anxious to see the festivities here, too. The Philippines has a large Chinese population and each year when we’ve visited the Philippines in January we’ve seen their extra sales stalls preparing for their new year. Last year we happened to still be in the Philippines during their new year and we saw them light fireworks. This year we’re missing it and instead we’re back in LA. If I get any pictures of anything in Chinatown I’ll try to share them.
One final comment for today for anyone traveling to Los Angeles from the Philippines. . . Don’t bother bringing home chicharon. They confiscated mine this year even if they did not have the “laman.” Apparently, the rules have changed just last month (or so I was told), and they are no longer allowing chicharon (laman or no laman) into the country or maybe it’s just Los Angeles since I really can’t speak for any other ports of entry to the U.S. Must be some terrorist risk to bring pork cracklings into the country. The dang things are fried to a crisp in boiling oil, so it can’t be that they’re afraid of pathogens, so it must be a terrorist risk or very greedy, hungry customs checkers. I was very disappointed. Last year was a much more pleasant entry experience into the U.S. Last year after I handed my U.S. passport to be checked, the man smiled nicely and said, “Welcome home!” I was hoping for the same pleasant greeting this year, but no such luck. Instead of “welcome home,” he grabbed my chicharon and threatened me with a $300.00 fine if I didn’t fess up to any other bags I was “hiding.” Wow, home sweet home. . . rant over.
Marlakins
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02.09.10
Posted in Playing the Tourist at 7:16 pm by Administrator
Today is our last full day here in the Philippines. It’s about 9:30AM and we’re waiting for the stores to open before we head downstairs for last minute buys. In the meantime I’ll share a few photos from our trip to Hidden Valley in Laguna.
Hidden Valley is about a two hour drive southerly from Manila. As we got closer, we had to turn off the main roads onto smaller communities and winding roads. It seemed that the closer we got to our destination, the more narrow the road got. We all noticed this and thought that if the road continues to narrow like this we might have to fold up our van and walk the rest of the way. . . heheheh. But fortunately we did reach the end of the road where there was a guarded gate and our van did fit, so we didn’t have to fold it up and walk. Once we piled out of our chariot and started to look around, this is what it was like.
We walked along paths like this, then over a couple bridges. Here’s a view of the first hot spring along the trail.
There was actually another small pool just below the shot, which didn’t fit in the frame. We had to walk a little further to find the entrance to this pool, and along the way there was more foliage, some with fruits such as this jack fruit tree. And yes, yes, I know I’m hoping this is just a bad shot, but most likely I’ve really gained a bit of weight!!!! Too much feasting this month, I guess. . .
Just a little further was the footpath down to one of the hot springs.
And here’s a shot looking toward the bridge from the hot springs.
And the opposite view looking toward the source of the spring.
Yes, this was warm water. . .
So after our quick look around, we headed toward the lunch buffet. Yes, more feasting. Will continue with some of those pictures and more of Hidden Valley later as it’s now about 10AM, and the stores are open. Aaron and I are gonna head out and do some last minute shopping, then tonight we head out to Sofitel for our last dinner splurge here in the Pines. Tomorrow morning we plan to eat at Sentro for breakfast, then shortly afterward Aaron and I head to the airport to start our long journey back home–two hours to Taiwan, 3 1/2 hour layover, then finally our final leg of the trip of 11 hours and 35 minutes back to Los Angeles. If I can get a connection, I might try to post while waiting in the Taiwan airport. If not, then the next post should be from Los Angeles–home sweet home. . .
Have a great day everyone! Toodles!
Marlakins
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