Driving Through Land Park

We had the car serviced today, and flushed. They flush the fluids in the brakes and the transmission -- I think it's the transmission. They charge $200 more for the flushing than for simply oil changing, tire rotating, and whatever else they do every 3,000 miles or so. Sometimes I wish they could flush me. Just get all of the bad stuff out of my body and replace it with good new oils and bloods and whatever other fluids I have in me. I'm sure that I have the human equivalent of more than the 40 something thousand miles my car now has on the speedometer.

On the way to Downtown Ford we drive along Land Park Drive. Campaign season is in full swing on Land Park Drive. There are signs for our mayoral candidates -- pretty evenly distributed, and I think that election will be a close one. Lots more Obama/Biden signs than McCain/Palin -- a good sign, I think. Some homes also have Yes or No on Proposition 8 (Gay marriage). The Yes signs are all accompanied by McCain/Palin signs and the No by Obama/Biden. Our Pocket neighborhood also seems to have lots of Obama signs (we all got ours pre-Biden). I'm sure there are McCain signs out there too, but I haven't seen them. In the North part of Sacramento they have been having a problem with lawn signs being stolen or vandalized. Not so much down here. We are a mellow group. We say our piece, but don't really mind if you disagree. We also tend to be on the liberal side. We know we are right and don't care if you are too silly to realize it.

After dropping off the car we had breakfast at Tower Cafe, a favorite neighborhood hangout. They open at 8:00 and we usually get there about the time they open. Alex always has the half-order of French toast and I have a half of Blueberry Cornmeal pancakes. We split a side of fresh fruit, he has coffee and (here is the variety that makes our routine) I have a cup of a different tea each time. This morning it was Caribbean Rum. Our favorite waitress stood and visited with us. Not too many people there before 9:00 -- mostly old codgers like us who live reasonably close. Kelly says she really likes to work the breakfast lunch shift because everyone is so laid back. No hassles, no rush. I guess that's why we don't have to worry about our campaign signs here. Just don't mess with our French toast or pancakes.