We are now officially living in Livermore California. This is a very nice town and we have a primo location in it from which we can walk pretty much anywhere. Today we are still in the process of unpacking our "stuff" that is sitting about in big piles in the apartment. A great deal of our "stuff" is still sitting in what is now officially "Mike's Garage" back in Pleasanton. We may end up needing a storage locker at one of the local storage places, at least for extra bikes and camping gear. Or maybe we could get rid of some "stuff." What I've learned from this move so far: 1. Going up to the 2nd floor via stairs more than 100 times in one day makes my legs tired. 2. We have way more "stuff" than we really need. 3. Cost estimates from movers mean exactly nothing.
I didn't make our local Tea Party , but it pulled hundreds of people as well... Tea, anyone? from Father Hollywood by Father Hollywood Like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, the Hollywoods enjoyed a tea party this past Wednesday. "Tea party" (wink wink). Nothing subversive about sipping a little Darjeeling, eh wot? Nothing to see here, Miss Napolitano. Anyway, our local festivities were held at Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie. There were literally thousands of people crammed into the neutral ground (though on that day, the ground was anything but...), as cars and trucks poured by the busy boulevard laing on their horns in support. Here are pictures. And like every such gathering in our environs, there was even a brass band and an improptu "second line" parade. It was a "party" after all. But it was a party with a serious reason. The crowds were so overwhelming that it was hard to hear the speakers, and unfortunately, we did have a fe...