L.A. To Monterey

     Last Thursday, March 22, Tom and I flew to Los Angeles, with a brief layover in  Chicago O'Hare, 

...where we had just enough time to swing into a little bar along the way to our gate,

...and snag ourselves a couple of artfully presented and  extraordinarily tasty - especially for airport fare - Chicago-style dogs.

     Our plan was to spend  a day-and-a-half in L.A. visiting our daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren,

...before heading north for several days' visit to the coastal towns of Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur.

    And so before leaving Los Angeles we were able to briefly indulge in a few grandparently activities, such as on Thursday evening taking our grand daughter and a friend to the Hawaiian feast at their elementary school,

...complete with a tasty Hawaiian-style mélange,

...served by an awesome cadre of competent and enthusiastic  5th graders,

...and followed by entertainment provided by a couple of wonderful young hula dancers,

...who, after their performance, invited the children up onto the stage for a hula lesson.

    On Friday morning Tom and I   walked our grand daughter to and from school,

...stopping to smell the roses,

...as well as the other flora and fauna along the way.

     While everyone else was at work or school we drove to Manhattan Beach .for breakfast at a popular little spot called the Local Yolk,

      Later we took a trip to Ralph's,

...(where the palm trees just make the parking lot),

...to pick up some pizza ingredients.

   There was also time to receive a whole lotta  love from our grand dog Pinky Poo,

...make the acquaintance of Pinky's friend Indie, who my daughter was doggie-sitting for a few days,

...and marvel at the wonder of it all.

     Early Saturday morning we were headed back to  the Los Angeles airport,

... and on our way to Monterey.

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