Yesterday around 3:30pm PST it started hailing in the valley. It did it once for maybe five minutes, and then started again a few minutes later for a second round. Everyone at the office was pretty jazzed about it except for me.
I’ve seen the car repair bill for hail damage. I’ve seen (home) windows broken and doors dented from hail damage.
The hail never reached the epic size of Ohio hail though – so I guess we’re safe.
On Saturday we woke up dark and early before the sun in order to catch our Uber to LAX before 7am. We were flying southwest and had checked in the day before right at the buzzer, the instant we were allowed to, but still ended up in C group. When we finally lined up we […]
Our train arrived in Paris after sunset and we tried to use the “easy” subway system we experienced in London and Brussels but were quickly stymied by a glitchy machine that wouldn’t keep English selected past the initial screen. Kind of a problem for figuring out what to buy. Belgium even had a guy walking […]
We reached Brussels before sunset, perfect for checking out the Bourse Christmas Market. We’d picked the right lodging in some ways and the worst in others. The hotel was right next to the market and the hub of the city, but it was also somehow very loud at night with clanging and banging and strange […]
