Driving down from Twin Peaks in San Francisco
Church of 8 Wheels!
For fancy dogs: public bowls in America now accept Apple Pay.
Due to a ‘recall’ on the rental car that we were supposed to receive this morning, we were given a free upgrade by Hertz. I’m not complaining.
I will always remember Los Angeles as the city where, no matter what time of day it was and no matter which way you were facing, the Sun was always in your eyes. ☀️
Since arriving in the US, the most amusing thing that I’ve experienced is seeing the looks on people’s faces (in service situations) when I have to provide my first name. I’ve had to resort to pronouncing it in an American accent in order to be understood. 😂
We sit down at a 24-hour restaurant in West Hollywood called Kitchen 24 and Semisonic’s Closing Time starts to play.
We had a very close call in the Cretaceous Period today.
It’s very smart and strategic of Starbucks to hide the short option from its menu to encourage everyone to order a larger size. All that @NTKF and I ever want is a flat white (in what is a normal Australian size) but we get puzzled looks from staff when requesting the short cup.
Although I’m not a religious person, seeing this first printed example of Gutenberg’s movable type at the Library of Congress is a serious highlight of my travels.
My favourite food stop so far in the US has been Let’s Mix! BiBiJa!. They make absolutely delicious Korean bibimbap and Vietnamese pho and they’re super-polite.
The American insistence on referring to them as ‘restrooms’ rather than ‘public toilets’ is hilarious to me; when their toilets end up flushing automatically by surprise when you’re still using them, that’s anything but a restful experience. 🙂
Channelling the Susan Kare within, @NTKF designs desktop icons on a Macintosh Classic at the National Museum of American History.
This room is in a quirky bookshop in Washington DC… we can assume what the shopkeeper’s opinion is of languages other than English! Ha 😜