tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post4343170871500956777..comments2023-10-18T06:07:43.502-07:00Comments on b's little bit o' dis and little bit o' dat: FUN at the airportbafflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17386819588355171736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post-52067940620610901442009-03-13T20:26:00.000-07:002009-03-13T20:26:00.000-07:00It's great to share airport memories from our 'yoo...It's great to share airport memories from our 'yoot' - indeed - our stories do seem to be of simpler times. But then we were kids - life really was simpler - well before we started to complicate our lives with this n' that.<BR/><BR/>Still - such great mental imagery of downtown SF in the olde days - and watching planes take off and land with grandma and grandpa in Indiana.<BR/> <BR/>Isn't it bafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17386819588355171736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post-8907539937901666392009-03-13T13:17:00.000-07:002009-03-13T13:17:00.000-07:00When i lived with grandma and grandpa... an often ...When i lived with grandma and grandpa... an often heard phrase was... "Let's go to the airport." We would get in the car and drive the 5 minutes to get there... always ending up in a parking area that was positioned along the runway. It was a specific viewing parking lot to watch planes land and take off. We would stretch out on the hood of the car and watch them come and go. It was a thrill andConnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198699973154414058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post-84992203887906522962009-03-05T18:35:00.000-08:002009-03-05T18:35:00.000-08:00We didn't leave Marin County much. Not that there ...We didn't leave Marin County much. Not that there weren't enough beautiful, wonderful places to go in Marin County (back when Marin was more family oriented! <BR/><BR/>But for big adventures my mom would take us to the the City. <BR/><BR/>At City of Paris we'd see Santa. We had to wear black maryjanes with white socks and white gloves, a dress and dress coat and sometimes we'dhave lunch at the House Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15418531563021596315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post-75695092378743254622009-03-05T10:57:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:57:00.000-08:00ah - so you too enjoyed cheap thrills at the airpo...ah - so you too enjoyed cheap thrills at the airport!<BR/><BR/>yeah - 9/11 changed so much the way we live. time does that on its own, but that terrible day leap-frogged us into a whole different mindset.<BR/><BR/>thanks for your comment, lizzy!<BR/>xobafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17386819588355171736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31312863.post-34942510962768121532009-03-04T17:36:00.000-08:002009-03-04T17:36:00.000-08:00we also used to go out to the airport and park and...we also used to go out to the airport and park and watch the planes taking off and landing. not sure if you can still do this since 9-11Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13660238953314380676noreply@blogger.com