Beautiful Downtown Burbank - Day 1 / by Mark

Latitude 34.10, Longitude 118.23
North Hollywood, CA

We’ve made it to our hotel room after a day of flying from Columbus to Denver to Long Beach. If you’re wondering how the coronavirus has impacted air travel, it appears to be noticeable if not dramatic.

Here’s a shot from John Glenn Airport—but it was early.

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We managed to get our own row on the plane, if only on the first leg of the trip. We’re re-formulating our seat picking strategy for the ride back.

Long Beach is a small airport—how small? Well, we left the plane going down outside stairs. I would have taken a shot of this, but Sunny California greeted us with a cloudburst.

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The forecast shows some form of rain every day—let’s hope they are wrong.

We stopped at a Puerto Rican restaurant on the way called Mofongos for our first meal of the trip. I had a dish involving plantains, pork rinds, and pork shoulder, while Mindy had the chicken stew.

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After checking in at the hotel, we had a little time left in the day, so we went over to the Television Academy—specifically the “Hall of Fame” gallery in front.

It was SO WET in Los Angeles today--HOW WET WAS IT???

It was SO WET in Los Angeles today--HOW WET WAS IT???

The first lady of television.

The first lady of television.

My comedic idol.

My comedic idol.

The mostly-forgotten inventor of television as a technology. He was crushed by RCA and their attorneys.

The mostly-forgotten inventor of television as a technology. He was crushed by RCA and their attorneys.

A giant Emmy and a tiny Mindy.

A giant Emmy and a tiny Mindy.

OK, that’s plenty for one day. Tomorrow, we’re off to see the Mouse.
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