Robot Friday...

The lobby of the building where I work has hosted some odd installation art over the years, but this one is our first wooden robot.

Sight seeing...

Ah...a break in the rain. So, Jeff and I took our LA visitors out for a walk to the bridge and back. The rough weather brought with it some attractive waves for the band of surfers underneath the southern anchorage of the bridge.

A splash of color on a gray Sunday...

It has been a couple of months since I last wandered into my favorite Bayshore back streets. So I took a detour on my way to grab our Sunday morning lattes, and found some new color under gray skies.

Atlanta highlight...

In addition to reuniting with several of my favorite coworkers from across the country, another high point of my short trip last week to Atlanta was dinner at the charming Dogwood Restaurant...and upscale Southern food restaurant.  I had a creative fried chicken dish over a heavenly mac and cheese, that far exceeded my expectations.  And my dessert?  A signature dish:  bread pudding with a chunky bacon ice cream...I know it sounds odd, but it was really yum yum.  (I think it helped that the friendly sous chef came over to chat about creating the dish LOL.)

Avoidance...

The observant Tribulations reader might have noticed fewer shots in my "Hotel Window" series. Well, this is due more to mood than method. Frankly, I'm traveling just as much, but I find the hotel shots to be a reminder of the most trying part of the trip, versus the stories of food or friends. So, I stopped posted the shots unless they fit the chipper story I was telling :)

So, to catch you up...here are three window shots. First is the McLean Hilton (December), the Colorado Springs Hilton (January), and the Atlanta Renaissance (February).

I need a glass of wine.