lend me your ears and i will sing you a song

#Lend me your ears and i will sing you a song plus#

Maybe I will do this enough to actually be able to say I know Los Angeles. As long as I don’t get caught in the 3:30 to 7:00 rush hour, I’ll be fine. If it takes more than an hour to fully experience the exhibits in a museum, I can take a break, write, think, walk, then engage in part two. But I had my laptop, got a lot of writing and thinking done, had lunch at a nice Jamaican restaurant close by, and actually had a productive and interesting day. I spent six hours in a Honda dealership recently, waiting for a super fun electrical problem to get analyzed. But maybe I should think about it differently. My attention span wanes after that, and I’m ready for something different and more active – like a burger and a beer. One hour in a museum seems like the perfect length of time for me. After experiencing the exhibit we had a burger and a beer at the Stout Gastropub (spectacular burgers with safe, open-air, vaccinated-only seating), and then I was home by 2:30. I met my fellow retired superintendent and friend Pat there, and we had a blast experiencing the exhibit with all of the other patrons who also had to show proof of vaccination to get in. I was able to get to Hollywood in less than an hour, had my pick of parking places, and was in line early for my 11:00 entry time, all without having to use any of the calming techniques I usually use after driving through traffic hell. This week, I went to the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibit that’s been on display all around the country. I don’t have to go to these places during rush hour or on a weekend any more. So, with a few rare exceptions, my ventures away from home have mostly gone in the opposite direction from LA.īut here’s the thing.

#Lend me your ears and i will sing you a song plus#

Going to the Hollywood Bowl to watch a concert is an unforgettable experience, but I usually have to spend the first part of the event calming down from the 2-hour plus drive that it took to get there. That’s especially true if you live where I live, which is on the far northwestern edge of LA County. The lousy thing about LA is that if you have to go anywhere during rush hour or on the weekend, traffic can be b-r-u-t-a-l. The great thing about Los Angeles is that it has everything you could ever want in terms of culture, sports, food, entertainment, and beauty.