When I was researching what airport to use, I discovered that Stanford was outside San Francisco.
Really?
For some reason, I thought Stanford was in Washington.
Anyway, the discovery of it being outside of San Fran was HUGE! I have never been to San Fran! AND I have friends there das boot!
John & Jeanne are friends of mine from Ft. Myers. I worked with John at WINK back in 1995. They moved to Columbus when he took a job at WSYX. Several months later, WSYX was looking for a lead Chyron operator/trainer and John knew just the person for that job…. The rest is history.
So even though I “blame” my (now) best friend Patty for me moving to Columbus (she hired me), it’s truly not ALL her fault. John is the one who got the ball rolling.
On a side note, I also went to high school with John's brother & sister in-law. It's a small world!
Anyway – after moving to Columbus, I became close with John’s wife, Jeanne. Eventually, we lived about 3 blocks apart and spent tons of time together. We were both very excited when I bought my house in 1999. I was only about 4 miles away – and there were tons of projects for Jeanne and I to do with the new house!
Unfortunately, soon after I moved into the house, John took a job in San Fran and they moved away. :(
All these years… I never got a game in San Fran.
Jeanne did come to LA once when I was doing boxing at the Playboy Mansion – but I think that is the only time we have seen each other in the past 10 years.
I don't have any photos of Jeanne and I on that trip - but here is one of me in "the grotto"
You better believe I scrubbed my self with anti-bac the second I crawled out of there!
So that brings us to today….. I am going to see John & Jeanne!!! Not only do I get to see them, I am staying with them for the weekend. I am super excited!!
I flew out at the crack-o-dawn just so I could get there and have most of today to spend with them. I got in a little late due to strong winds.
I found their house with no issue.
Wow – houses are so different there! Very interesting architecture. All the homes are separate, yet touch each other. They are all 2-story from the front, however, some have a 3rd story that you can not see from the front façade.
Jeanne and I picked up John from the dentist and then went for a late lunch. I forget where we ate, but it was fabulous!!
We hung out for a few hours at home and then headed downtown to Union Square. We put in our names at the Burger Bar and then wandered around Macy’s for a while.
The Burger Bar was very good! Any/every kind of burger you can imagine!
After dinner, we drove around for a while.
They took me to Lombard Street – the crookedest street in America. It is a brick street with 8 sharp switchbacks on a 27% grade slope. Some of the most expensive homes/real estate is on this street. However, there is a constant stream of tourists driving down it and taking photos at the bottom.
(Photos to come later – in daylight)
2 blocks away is Filbert Street…..(between Hyde & Leavenworth) YOWZA!
Filbert Street has a 31.5% grade! Which means you enter the intersection and literally can not see the street ahead of you!
(Photos to come later – in daylight)
They wanted to show me the Golden Gate Bridge, however, the lights were not on tonite. Apparently, they randomly turn the lights off at night – some anti-terrorism tactic.
We ventured back home and I hit the hay…. I had been awake for 22 hours!
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