Re-re-entering Arizona

Looking at City Hall from Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles, California

On my way home to Phoenix, Arizona. First, some shopping in Little Tokyo. Today is our 12th Anniversary. While I found some things Caroline would enjoy, I couldn’t find ‘the’ gift to celebrate our getting married. I had to go further east to an Asian shopping center off the 60 freeway at the Fullerton offramp, where I spotted a cute little set of 18k white gold Hello Kitty earrings.

Ann Burns and John Wise in Goleta, California

Update: here we go again fooling around with the history of this blog by expanding what was originally posted. As I’ve said in other posts, this update is years after the fact, 2023, to be precise. Previously, I’ve shared that I’m updating some older posts with extra photos as they were relevant back when I shot them, but internet bandwidth limitations during those years dictated that I keep things small and simple. Now that this isn’t a concern, I present more of the past. This is our great Aunt Ann Burns.

Burns Family Home in Goleta, California

These old photographs were passed countless times, and now I have no idea what happened to them. My father is in the top left I’m in the photo with my sister Share, her in the white wedding dress, and me in a white shirt over toward the lower right of the frame. The largest photo is of Jerry Burns, Uncle Woody’s brother.

Woody Burns and John Wise in Goleta, California

Great Uncle Woody Burns at home in Goleta, California.

Tommy's Burgers in Los Angeles, California

On the way home to Phoenix, I had to stop at Original Tommy’s, famous for their chili cheeseburgers.

Driving east near Joshua Tree National Park in California

Nothing left but desert ahead.

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