Saturday with the Family in Los Angeles
We went to the Pacific Asia Museum up in Pasadena Saturday. I read about the museum on Koream.
After reading the article I was #1 shocked that the museum was in my home town even before I moved their in 1990 and never knew it, and #2 was shocked at the amount of stuff it had. Granted, it was not a huge place, but it was really pretty cool seeing the stuff. The Korean room was fairly small, but it was nice to see the statues that I remembered seeing as a child.
Molly and Jocelyn enjoyed the ceramics and a number of other things that showed up in the other rooms. It was nice to get out of the house on a bright wonderful Southern California day.
Then it was drive to the Rose Bowl. It was 11 years since Jocelyn had been there, 11 years since I sat her down and proposed to her. This time, 11 years later, Molly was there and had a chance to run around. It was really nice.
Drove to my grandparents house in Alhambra, especially after I had heard that the new owners have put a second story on the place. It took a little bit to locate the house, but it brought back many memories. The chain link gate to the garage was swapped out with this gaudy wooden fence. But I knew what was behind there. I knew what the yard looked like. I could walk through there with a blindfold and know what it was like.
If I won the lottery, I would definitely go and try and buy that house. It seems wrong that a McGuffin does not live there anymore. I would get rid of the fence and put up another type of gate, like the way it should be. I would make sure the work room in the garage was converted into a small bedroom, like it was when I was a kid.
I miss Los Angeles. I miss the people, I miss the heat, I miss the traffic. I miss being close to my family.
