{"id":5746,"date":"2001-11-29T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-29T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2022-04-29T18:55:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:55:22","slug":"los-angeles-california-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2001\/11\/29\/los-angeles-california-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles, California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Visited Los Angeles one more time before my good friend Joseph Chen leaves the country for Taiwan in early December&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/travelogue\/2001\/2001_11_LosAngeles\/images\/santamonica.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>While driving on Wilshire Boulevard to go to my second customer to visit, I drove the\u00a0<em>wrong<\/em>\u00a0way and next thing I see&#8230; the ocean! It&#8217;s been a long time since I last saw real waves&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image158-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5751\"\/><figcaption>LA Public Library<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image156-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5748\"\/><figcaption>That evening&#8230; met Joe at the Los Angeles Public Library&#8230; here he is in deep thought about where to go for dinner&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image157-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5750\"\/><figcaption>Actually, all jokes aside, Joe is thinking about what to do with life in general&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image160-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5749\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image162-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5752\"\/><figcaption>Joseph and his friend Nadia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image163-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5753\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image164-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5754\"\/><figcaption>On the way to dinner with Joe the second evening, while we were pumping gas, a huge truck pulls up, and guess &#8211; it was the deportation bus! Immediately I pulled the camera from the truck and shot away&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image165-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5755\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image166.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5757\"\/><figcaption>Give me my green card!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"5756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/joe_miata1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5756\"\/><figcaption>By the way&#8230; since Joe was headed back to Taiwan, we talked and decided for me to buy his 2001 Miata&#8230; now the question is how I am going to haul it home&#8230; maybe on my next business trip it will be a cross-country drive back to Minneapolis&#8230;? 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