Not quite enough time to comfortably go into town, so I used my 15 lira from years ago for a cappuccino…
Category: USA
On my way to Dubrovnik, Crotia
Toronto mural in LAS airport
One of a half dozen or so murals when getting off the train from just after security to the D terminal
Las Vegas has changed in the last 3 or 4 years…
Since I was last there.
For better:
- Blue recycle bins on the street
- Bike share stations
- More express buses (the SDX had just opened last time and is way faster than the painfully slow Deuce)
- More newer bars and restos on East Fremont
- Higher longer zipline downtown in the Fremont Experience
Neutral:
- New casinos on the strip (mostly replacing older ones)
- More big box pharmacies on the strip
- Little liquor stores on the strip
For worse:
- Lots of closed casinos and shops downtown
- Half the poker rooms downtown are no morw
- More panhandlers
Misc funny moments
- Waitress insisted the daily happy hour ended at 5pm. I pointed to the sign on the wall that read in foot high letters 4 – 6 pm
- Airport check-in person asked if I had a return flight out of Canada. Not needed, I say. Do you have a visa? Not required for US citizens, I say. She keeps reading through the fine print and agrees.
Atlanta – not so Hotlanta right now
Sunny and chilly wind…
Clockwise from top left
- 3 stadiums aide by side!?
- Statue downtown of chicken chain’s big investment in scholarships over the years
- Statue of woman who helped reshaped downtown
- Indian lunch: salad with dal, veggies and a nice hot green sauce
- New stadium under construction (reverse side of the leftmost stadium in the other photo)
- Flatiron building! cf near St Lawrence Market in Toronto
- Thats one big wreath! And the fire hydrant in front has a plaque: the first display of water system in 1875
Cute “pet me” dog at San Diego airport
The dog’s vest says “pet me.”
The handler’s shirt says “Ready. Pet. Go”
Ocean Beach, San Diego
Clockwise from top left
- Happy hour edibles
- Bar/resto has a partial airstream trailer built in to the kitchen window
- World Curry (in Pacific Beach)
- Empty Pacific Beach… was nice when sun was out, and yes, I did stick my fingers into the ocean
- Line caught salmon sashimi
- Lifeguard memorial statue
4 cities, 4 accommodation types
Staying with friends, in a hostel, Airbnb and a hotel.
In Korean lounge at LAX
Waiting for our 0:55 red-eye to PPT (Papeete, Tahiti) after relaxing in a day room at a nearby hotel and meeting Susan’s friend for lunch in Santa Monica.
The KL lounge is large and mostly updated, with a small food selection (at least at this hour) and an open bar. It looks out (Inc a balcony) over the concourse.
The last 2 photos are an ever-changing 3D-ish video wall in the into terminal (TBIT) .
Santa Monica Pier
