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HAPPY TURKEY DAY!
Nov. 25th, 2010 02:58 pmMade it to Torrance!
Am currently hiding in my in-laws house up on the peninsula, because it's quiet and too many screaming kids, dogs and talking people at my folks house right now is a little overwhelming.
Am not saying that my in-laws house is posh.... but I can see the Queen Mary from the bedroom window if I look one way, and Catalina Island if I look the other. And miles of ocean in between. It's kinda intimidating.
Bus ride... I really dislike Greyhound. Was trying to take Crucero, which books through Greyhound, but there tends to be more space for sleeping and free wifi on the bus.
The last of which would have been really nice when they suddenly decided that the 6 people who were going from Tucson to Santa Ana were no longer going to be routed through San Diego, but the Los Angeles Greyhound Depot. And my phone doesn't work out of Tucson.
-Was assured that we'd get to Santa Ana on time.
Lieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
Got to LA an hour after we were supposed to be in Santa Ana, then informed we had another hour to wait before -that- bus would leave.
Fortunately, got a payphone, finally got ahold of my Dad, and then caught a taxi to Union Station because I understand why people don't want me going the Los Angeles Greyhound Station.
It reeks of too many people and a morbid sense of despair. ._. Do not feel entirely safe there.
So that was the adventure getting here. Mild, but minorly worrisome. Thankful to be in Torrance again.
Went and had breakfast at the historic Clifton's Cafeteria. The first two levels of the restaurant is decked out like Yosemite, including Sequoia (and a moose!).
The third floor? Late Victorian/Edwardian, with pictures and history of the restaurant, starting back in 1888, when the family moved to LA. Food is good, priced well and the waitstaff is INCREDIBLE. Definitely worth checking out if you're ever Downtown. ^__________^
In the meantime, nap time!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Am currently hiding in my in-laws house up on the peninsula, because it's quiet and too many screaming kids, dogs and talking people at my folks house right now is a little overwhelming.
Am not saying that my in-laws house is posh.... but I can see the Queen Mary from the bedroom window if I look one way, and Catalina Island if I look the other. And miles of ocean in between. It's kinda intimidating.
Bus ride... I really dislike Greyhound. Was trying to take Crucero, which books through Greyhound, but there tends to be more space for sleeping and free wifi on the bus.
The last of which would have been really nice when they suddenly decided that the 6 people who were going from Tucson to Santa Ana were no longer going to be routed through San Diego, but the Los Angeles Greyhound Depot. And my phone doesn't work out of Tucson.
-Was assured that we'd get to Santa Ana on time.
Lieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
Got to LA an hour after we were supposed to be in Santa Ana, then informed we had another hour to wait before -that- bus would leave.
Fortunately, got a payphone, finally got ahold of my Dad, and then caught a taxi to Union Station because I understand why people don't want me going the Los Angeles Greyhound Station.
It reeks of too many people and a morbid sense of despair. ._. Do not feel entirely safe there.
So that was the adventure getting here. Mild, but minorly worrisome. Thankful to be in Torrance again.
Went and had breakfast at the historic Clifton's Cafeteria. The first two levels of the restaurant is decked out like Yosemite, including Sequoia (and a moose!).
The third floor? Late Victorian/Edwardian, with pictures and history of the restaurant, starting back in 1888, when the family moved to LA. Food is good, priced well and the waitstaff is INCREDIBLE. Definitely worth checking out if you're ever Downtown. ^__________^
In the meantime, nap time!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
