Veterans Day is big here. There is a group of WW11 vets from La Costa Glen that were recently honored in a special ceremony in Washington. When they returned to San Diego the airport was filled with cheering fans, some children. These vets are now people in their 90's.
My neighbor's husband, now deceased 5 years, was a bomber pilot and did 51 missions.
I did some more exploring yesterday. There were only two people signed up to go shopping, so we went in one of their cars instead of the 30 passenger bus to a huge mall in downtown Carlrsbad, that has been recently refurbished and is still undergoing construction. There is a very popular new Cheesecake Factory, and a Macy's, J.C.Penny's, and Sears. A lot of it seemed to cater to young people, perhaps military from Camp Pendleton. The other passenger was a Japanese lady who is taking her family to Japan on Thursday. She has a lot of family there.
Got back in time to catch the last half hour of the Town Hall meeting. To entice people to participate they give you a raffle ticket as you enter. Prizes were bottles of wine. The new staff are introduced, and various departments like Safety, Transportation and Food were reported on and took questions. The residents are given a portable mike so the questions and not just the answers can be heard. The questions were well handled I thought, and the staff amazingly cooperative and competent.
Let me know if you are reading this stuff, Love to all, Val
Bottle of wine for a prize ...my kinda place��
ReplyDeleteShop at Sears while you can!