Well, in this town there is one symmetrical object that rules them all. I bet some of you guessed what I would post for this theme.
Our Tale of Two Cities tour really gets rolling today. The activities are likely to include tacos, a cartoonist named Walt and and a solemn mass.
We reached our first stop. Gustavo Dudamel isn't conducting tonight (we've seen him a couple of times and he's something to watch). Rather, it's Zubin Mehta, the orchestra's conductor laureate, leading Mozart's Great Mass in C Major. I remember him when he was the music director at the New York Philharmonic. Afterwards, lucky us, we get to drive back to the hotel on the 101.
We were supposed to leave for Japan today but it's still not open to foreigners. Mrs. C and I were left with a bunch of air credits and came up with Plan B, which we're calling the Tale of Two Cities Tour. Big time destinations that, except for size, could hardly be more different. However, the friendly airline canceled our non-stop flight for the first goal, forcing us to make a connection. That airport is totally in the wrong direction but the timing gets us where we want to go at about the right time. Lots more to come as STL DPB hits the air and the road.
A last image from the City Museum before we, quite literally, move on. Variations on this figure marked fast food restaurants through much of the U.S., although the numbers are in decline. It started as Bob's Big Boy in the area where we will be tomorrow night but had many different first names from franchisees around the country. Here they were Shoney's Big Boy, although the company eventually dropped the last two words.
In the air and on the road tomorrow with new images to follow.
I mentioned yesterday that Ellie had to go through a very large bank vault door to reach the hall of mirrors. This picture can only suggest how complex and strong the thing is, maybe more than the average Russian tank. So what's it doing in the City Museum? I dunno, someone muct have had an extra one lying around.
