Some more pics of our Cali. experience. Above, I'm getting artyfarty with the freeway.
About 45 minutes from RB is "Plaza Mexico". We met up with Sherry, Randy,Drew and Anna to do an 'Allie hand-off". Our big boy had a very successful sleep over with them :) The Plaza is a relatively new development, which is supposed to resemble the "Mexican shopping experience". It was certainly unlike all the malls I know. The interior was a hum drum of the type of stalls normally found outside, with everything you could think of for sale. I wish I'd taken a picture of the fruit and veg. stands. There was some stuff that was completely alien (and I thought I knew west coast food).
Is there another mall with it's own Christ on the cross, or Maddonna shrine????
Randy samples a 'nopales' plate. Cactus leaves!
The best tasting churos anywhere.
One major attraction of Plaza Mexico is the double deckered carousel. I didn't get a pic of the whole thing.
OFcourse, there was a Lucha Libre mask stand. I wish I'd bought one.
Does anyone recognise this church? Watch 'the Graduate' again ;) It's in Pomona.
Ahhh the pretty flowers...
Classic LA licence plates.
Norm and Helen met a very interesting couple, who live nearby. Helga is a petrified tree expert, and has amassed ~30 years of a collection. California (and the West in general) has some petried forests and specimens in the dessert.
This is just a small sample of what she had collected.
Helga points out her favourite piece. It's oak... really really old oak. Neither Walter nor I can remember the exact age. It's one of those things where the age really is incomprehensible.
I miss sushi... Norm and Helen very sweetly encouraged us to order some. The boys are now learning the art ofthe chopstick. Wasabi will come later.
Trying to do 'double nickels on the dime'.
1 comment:
church is actually in La Verne, but then again the High School across the street was in San Dimas in Ted and Bills wild adventure so small thinks like neighboring cities aren't really important. We miss you! And Allie was great during the sleep over. Hope we didn't bore him us old folk.
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