Grace and I went down to Los Angeles for Father’s day weekend. Our original flight was cancelled (consolidated), so we didn’t arrive in LA until midnight. Saturday morning, we headed down to Bushwood Candlewood Country Club in Whittier. David, who was back in California after traveling to Brazil, met us at the course to make a five-some. We ran into the Park uncles and aunts, who were about 7 holes ahead of us. It was a pretty hot day for LA, but fun nonetheless.
Afterwards, we stopped by to visit Grandmother and Grandfather Park’s gravesite with Andy and Tommy’s parents. We all had dinner together in K-town – Tommy joined us, too.
For Father’s day, all of the kids chipped in for a 20″ Apple iMac for Dad. It remains to be seen how useful it will be, but IT support is usually required on every trip, so I’m hoping this will help a bit. On the way to Father’s Day Brunch Korean BBQ, I noticed the Ferrari Club of America Concours D’Elegance going on in Beverly Hills. I’ve seen this event before and desperately wanted to stop, but we were running a little late. Grace snapped a quick pic for me. Next time…
Korea was playing France in the world cup during lunch, so Chosun Kalbi was pretty empty. Before the game, I heard the Korean kids who rent from Mom and Dad singing the national anthem next door – awesome. Jen was texting me from K-town in NYC, where she was watching. She said it was nuts. We were sitting outside and when Korea tied the game, the whole staff seemed to disappear indoors to see the replay. As an aside and in the spirit of Korean nationalism, the Fundai Hyundai Azera sedan we rented from Hertz was VERY impressive and far better than our standard Taurus. Great for them!
We headed straight for the airport after lunch. Grace was unhappy with our seats (I never mind where we sit), so we upgraded the 52 minute flight. She slept most of the way and I did the Sodoku puzzles on the way up, so I went a little crazy with the camera, taking more than a few pictures of the beautiful California coastline.
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, too. We missed you and Mom that day.
