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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
"The Adventure Begins..."
8:48am
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Joan and Julia's Excellent Adventure - June 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
4:30am
We're at the airport. Our departure times was to have been 6:19am, the sign posted says 6:45am? On time?? Has the big scare at JFK airport changed security protocols? Anyway, we're here plenty early!
4:50am
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"That's an hourglass," Julia says...
9:22am
Yes, the constant awareness of Time!
We've safely arrived in LA. One 'strawberries and creme' venti and a blueberry muffin later, I'm experiencing sugar rush.
4:22pm?
I've done maybe a dozen "Easy Monday" crossword puzzles. One clue gave me a chuckle:
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Are we there yet? NO!!!
6:51pm - 9:51pm Washington DC time!
We've safely arrived in the hotel room. Yes, very nice luxury, nice classical radio station soothes us after the trials of travel...
10:31pm
Thoughts while trying to sleep... I lay there, observing the pattern of light and shadow caused by the night lights outside coming through the wooden slats of the blinds. The intensity of awareness! This is what I love so much about going somewhere I've never been before. As the Supershuttle took us to our hotel, I strained through the dimming light to see everything. There are all kinds of statues in the classical tradition every where I look. Julia noted a familiar sight, "That's the Kennedy center for the Performing Arts! I saw Swan Lake there many years ago." She used to live only sixty miles away from the nation's capital.
She sleeps while I write this sitting crosslegged on the bathroom floor, real marble tiles! Can you imagine it?
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Thursday, June 7, 2007 A
"First Morning..."
8:30am
Remember I told you about many statues here? I was surprised to find a life sized statue of Marilyn Monroe in the lobby!
I'd seen it in the hotel's website pics, but thought it was just to say, "Marilyn slept here!"
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View from the eatery...
The vibes in the eatery of this place! All the high powered executives are rushing about. Behind us is a table full of young
adults with Big Ideas. Words like 'entropy' and 'protocol' are being bandied about. I like the energy of this place.
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